Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Jul 15, 2019The Union (briefly) and Jamiro Monteiro (less briefly)On August 9th of last year the Philadelphia Union hired Ernst Tanner as their sporting director. Tanner had served as the academy director…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Jun 26, 2019Making xG Trend Charts using ggplot2My favorite Statsbomb data viz is their xG Trend Charts. I also spend too much time on trains. The combination of those two things led me…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Feb 4, 2019Quality vs. QuantityTwo weeks ago, I was in my basement haphazardly searching Twitter for mentions of Luka Jovic, when I came across this blog post from John…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Sep 14, 2018Statistical Scouting — Rafael Santos BorréRafael Santos Borré looks like he could be the next striker to make the jump from Argentina to a top flight European league. I can hear you…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Sep 7, 2018Statistical Scouting — Club BruggeClub Brugge are one of the best teams in Belgium, winning the league last year and finishing in second the year before. They’ll play in the…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Aug 31, 2018Statistical Scouting — Luka JovicI’m going to attribute this anecdote to John Gasaway, but I’m pretty sure he attributed it to someone else as he was relaying it to the…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Aug 22, 2018The New York DerbyNYCFC sits in third in the Eastern Conference, and in the Supporter’s Shield race with 47 points. Their cross-town (state lines) rivals…
Incaleb_shrevebyCaleb Shreve·Aug 17, 2018Atlanta United — The MVP’sAtlanta United are currently atop in the table in the Eastern Conference, and leading the Supporter’s Shield race. Atlanta has gotten there…
