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MLS Assist: Advanced soccer metrics explained, how MLS teams use data, and more with Eliot McKinley

Published: April 14, 2020, 2 p.m.

b'Why has soccer been slow to buy into analytics? What are some advanced metrics that can help analyze the game? How is MLS doing on the date collection and analysis front?\\nJoe Lowery talks to Eliot McKinley of American Soccer Analysis to get answers to these questions.\\nBecause data is good, here are a few helpful timestamps:\\n4:35 \\u2014 Expected Goals\\n12:15 \\u2014 Expected Assists\\n15:10 \\u2014 Post-shot (or Keeper) xG\\n18:10 \\u2014 Expected Passing\\n23:30 \\u2014 How is MLS doing with data collection and analysis?\\n27:00 \\u2014 Tracking data and how it opens up analytics\\n30:40 \\u2014 Which MLS teams are most committed to data analysis? (Spoiler: they played in three of the last four MLS Cups ... )\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'