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American Soccer Analysis
American Soccer Analysis is a podcast that covers American Soccer from an analytical perspective founded in the belief that soccer is best understood not by fat old men in smoky rooms, but by people adept at Excel spreadsheets.
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Episodes
American Soccer AnalysisNWSL Week 24: "Stop Laughing, The Chicago Red Stars Suck!!!" And Other Ravings of a Madman
The Chicago Red Stars own one of the worst xG differentials in league history. Only the Utah Royals have played worse in total this season. But Chicago just…
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ASA Show - End of Season Awards and the First Ever ASA Brown Liquor Special
The boys poured out the good stuff and got into awards voting as they decide the actual ASA awards ballot in real time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 23 -- The Portland Thorns, Racing Louisville, and the Dangling Thread of the Playoff Line
We have got some things to cover, here! The guys get into the news of Angel City's fines and suspensions for salary cap violations, the firing of former…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 22 -- Bay FC are Doing the Damn Thing
A scrappy 1-0 victory on the road to the Seattle Reign may not look like much, but Bay FC are creeping closer and closer to a playoff berth, only a few months…
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ASA Show - New Playoff Simulation Odds, and 22 Under 22
Ben, Harrison, and Kieran talk the latest MLS playoff odds to descend from the Heavens above (Matthias’ laptop), and some unsung heroes from the 22U22 nominee…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 21 -- Kansas City Current Remind Everyone Who They Are
Oh, did you forget that the Current can gut your favorite team like a fish? After a few games of sputtering defensive performance, KC's new back line is locked…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 20 -- The Orlando-KC Staredown, and Portland's Continued Implosion
We've got two games to cover this week! One was the matchup of the weekend on paper, but fizzled out to a 0-0 draw between the Pride and Current. The other…
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ASA Show - The End of Carlos Bocanegra, The Beginning of ASAtlanta
Ben, Harrison, and Kieran talk about the Boca era in Atlanta and how they would go about rebuilding the team who invented soccer. No trivia, but we hear from…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 19 -- Au Revoir Alex Morgan, Bonjour Bay FC!
Alex Morgan has retired. As yet another titan of the sport walks into the sunset, the guys reflect on what Morgan's career truly meant beyond the goals and…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 18 -- A Walk through Gotham with Jenna Tonelli!
The Orlando Pride continued their unbeaten streak on Sunday, taking down Gotham FC 2-0 after a monsoon nearly flooded Inter&Co Stadium. Gotham was unable to…
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ASA Show - A Draftless MLS and Does Leagues Cup = MLS Cup?
Harrison gets fired up about the MLSPA, Ben thinks Columbus is the best MLS team of all time, and Kieran asks some trivia. Hosted on Acast. See…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 17 -- Your Spirit Has a Powerful Current Running from Washington to Kansas City
Jonatan Giráldez has officially entered the NWSL chat. The Washington Spirit took down the Kansas City Current 4-1, and for a brief second, one had to wonder…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Emergency Pod -- The NWSL's Historic New Labor Agreement
The NWSL Players Association has just signed a new collective bargaining agreement, which may be one of the most historically significant labor deals in sports…
American Soccer AnalysisThe Big Midseason NWSL Transfer Round-Up!
The NWSL is back, baby!!! After six agonizing weeks away, the stretch run kicks off on Friday. A massive amount of transfer activity has gone down in that…
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ASA Show: Secondary Transfer Window Whip Around
Harrison, Ben, and Kieran drop off a transfer they love, a transfer they hate, and a transfer they really wish happened. And, trivia. Hosted on Acast. See…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap -- The USWNT Paved the Parisian Streets with Gold
369 days after the USWNT crashed out of the World Cup Round of 16, they put those demons to bed, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap -- The USWNT are Exhausted, but are On to the Gold Medal Game
The players were dead on their feet. Lindsey Horan could barely ping a pass toward the German goal. But Naomi Girma led the defense to another sterling…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap -- The USWNT Struggles but Moves On to the Semifinals
It was brutal, but perhaps it was necessary. The USWNT scraped past Japan in the Olympics quarterfinals thanks to an extra-time wonder strike from Trinity…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap--The USWNT Win Group B, Face Japan in the Quarterfinals
The USWNT beat Australia 2-1 in the final round of the Olympics group stage, topping the group and heading to the quarterfinals to play Japan on Saturday…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap -- The USWNT Fly Through Germany in the Balmy Marseille Air
Bang! The USWNT rained goals on Germany in a 4-1 victory, their biggest result against a FIFA top-10 side in six years. A Sophia Smith brace, a Mallory Swanson…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Olympics Recap: The USWNT Opens its Account With a Dazzling Win over Zambia
There were a couple of emphatic 3-0 wins in Group B as the Olympics tournament kicked off on Thursday. The USWNT contained Barbra Banda and put Zambia to the…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: The Big USWNT Olympics Preview! Plus Zambia, Germany, & Australia
Here we go again! One year to the week that xOG launched, we find ourselves on the precipice of yet another major international tournament. The USWNT are in…
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ASA Show - Jesse Marsch, Gregg Berhalter, and International Analytics
The resident Canadian drops in to discuss the comparisons between Jesse Marsch and triple G, while Ben and Harrison have an astute conversation about how they…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: The USWNT Preps for the Olympics by Beating Mexico. Plus, A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
The USWNT offered a lot in their 1-0 victory over Mexico on a hot and muggy day in New Jersey. Was their lack of finishing something to be concerned over? Can…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals: NWSL Week 16: Kansas City Current vs. Orlando Pride Was the Game of the Season
The two best teams in the NWSL had to wait until the final matchweek before the Olympics break to square off, and dear lord was it worth the wait…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals: NWSL Midseason Check-In, Pt. 2: Firings, Awards and time to Buckle Up, San Diego?!
Eric and Evan debate another notable NWSL head coach sacking, hand out some Midseason Awards and go deep on Chicago's 3-0 "rout" of San Diego... was it a rout?…
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ASA Show - Peter Vermes and the Hallmarks of Winning Organizations
The boys get existential about what drives winning and how you build your organization when you have a generational coach. And, trivia. Hosted on Acast. See…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: Midseason Check-In, Pt. I: The State of the League
We're now (just over) halfway through the 2024 NWSL regular season, and trends are emerging! Eric and Evan uncover a host of interesting nuggets about how…
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ASA Show - Anonymous MLS Analytics Survey and the State of Analytics in MLS
ASA recently dropped the anonymous MLS analytics survey, as well as the Analytics Tier List for MLS and the guys get into who is where and how that lined up…
American Soccer AnalysisNWSL Week 12: The Bats Take Flight as Gotham FC Start Dominating
Gotham FC's 2-0 victory on the road against Racing Louisville was about as ugly as 2-0 victories get, but dig under the hood and you see that the preseason…
American Soccer AnalysisNWSL Week 11: Rappelling Down the Seattle Reign Cavern, with Sylvs of Shea Butter FC!
The Seattle Reign got smoked by the Kansas City Current over the weekend. That such a result would be par for the course shows what kind of season Laura…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: USWNT Recap -- The Emma Hayes Era Kicks Off With Goals Goals Goals!
The day has come: Emma Hayes is now the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team. The side demolished South Korea for a combined scoreline of 7-0. Sam…
American Soccer AnalysisNWSL Week 10: Destiny's Children? (H-Town Screwed Mix)
Week 10! Two teams. Two massive victories. Two bright futures ahead? Eric and Evan ponder the meaning of Houston's staggering 3-0 home win over North Carolina…
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ASA Show - In Tribute of Om Arvind
Kieran remembers Om Arvind, whose fundraiser you can donate to here: https://gofund.me/78b2bf97 . The boys join to discuss US Open Cup and MLS’ place in the…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 9 -- The Utah Royals Stare into the Void
Another week, another brutal Utah Royals loss. Though the scoreline was a mere 1-0 defeat on the road to the North Carolina Courage, the expansion side was…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL VIBE CHECK, PT. II -- DOUBLE THE OWN GOALS, DOUBLE THE FUN!?!?
More transparency! More accountability! More Own Goals! Kieran guest stars as the Grim Reaper in Evan and Eric's Own Goal Bogus Journey! Art by Eli Elbogen…
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ASA Show - Messi the Magical Assister
Harrison, Ben, and Kieran talk Inter Miami and the Lazarus pit driven powers of Messi and friends. Messi, good or not? Important questions. And, trivia. Hosted…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Vibe Check, Pt. I -- xOG's Biggest Own Goals of the Season!
We here at Expected Own Goals are about transparency and accountability. That's why, at the point in the season when xG stabilizes and becomes sticky, we've…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: What We Talk About When We Talk About The Red Stars, with Gal Pal Sports!
We've been putting it off all season, but after a tough loss to the Washington Spirit and an emphatic win against Bay FC, we can put it off no longer: we must…
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ASA Show - Stuck in El Trafico
Ben, Harrison, and Kieran get in the weeds about Dejan Joveljic’s career progression and how LAFC are always good even when they aren’t that good. And, trivia…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS--NWSL Week 6--Spirit: Pride of the Cimarron
Is Orlando the best team in the NWSL right now? They just might be. An emphatic 3-2 victory over the Washington Spirit on the road cemented what could be a…
American Soccer AnalysisNWSL Week 5: Angel Cities with Filthy Soles, NC Courage Cursed by the Soccer Gods
The NWSL spring trade deadline has come and gone, and somehow, both the Houston Dash and Angel City made some significant moves. Eric and Evan brought Kieran…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 4: Gotham Gets Weird, and the Kansas City Current Put the "Fly" in "Chawinga"
We last checked in on the Kansas City Current in Week 1. What a difference a month makes! They're sitting atop the table on 10 points, have a potential…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: USWNT Recap: Does SheBelieve?
The USWNT is SheBelieves Cup champion once again. Woo...hoo? The Twila Kilgore era comes to a close on a second penalty shootout win over Canada in a month…
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ASA Show - Colorado Rapids and do soccer analytics practitioners grow on trees?
Ben went to the Rapids game and hits us with some in person reporting, and the guys answer some listener questions including: how do we make more soccer…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Late-Game Deciders: A Breakdown of San Diego-Seattle, Portland-Louisville, and Bay-Houston!
No fewer than three NWSL games were decided in the final moments of stoppage time last weekend, but each were decided in different ways. San Diego survived its…
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ASA Show - Small Sample Size Suppositions 2024
Harrison returns from his Kraken based absence and the crew talk about some early season things that may or may not continue as the sample size fairy visits us…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 2: The Spirit in the Bay is Strong!
A jam-packed, wackadoo weekend unfolded in the NWSL, with golazos and refereeing madness and everything in between. Eric, Evan and Arianna drill down on the…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals: The NWSL is BACK, BABY! Breaking Down the Loony Nine-Goal Chaos Show at Kansas City
The greatest league in the world has returned, and boy was it a doozy! From first-minute penalties in Seattle, to the Naeher-aissance denying Utah their…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS - NWSL Preview Week Concludes with the San Diego Wave + Gotham FC
We did it. NWSL Season Preview Week concludes with last year’s champions and Shield winners, who square off tonight in the NWSL Challenge Cup. The Wave added…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS - NWSL Preview Week: Portland Thorns + North Carolina Courage, with Arianna Cascone
The day has arrived! Arianna “Doc” Cascone makes her xOG début as we head into the homestretch of NWSL Season Preview Week. First up, Eric and Evan consider…
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ASA Show - Go Kraken and Small Sample Size Suggestions
Harrison goes to watch the Kraken, so Kieran and Ben commiserate as wooden spoon buddies. An update on the g+ draft and a deep dive on an MLS legend's…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS - NWSL Preview Week: Angel City + Seattle Reign, with Susie Rantz
Another two-episode day here at xOG for NWSL Season Preview Week. We’re heading out to the the best coast to talk about two playoff teams at a crossroads…
American Soccer AnalysisEXPECTED OWN GOALS - NWSL Preview Week: Orlando Pride + Washington Spirit, with André Carlisle
**RECORDED BEFORE SIMONE CHARLEY’S AND RAFAELLE’S INJURY ANNOUNCEMENTS** In part two of today’s entries in xOG’s NWSL Season Preview Week, Eric and Evan dive…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals - NWSL Preview Week: Racing Louisville + Houston Dash, with Theo Lloyd-Hughes
Our second episode today heads down south for the next edition of NWSL Season Preview Week. Louisville has a clear recruitment strategy—buy low on young…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals - NWSL Preview Week: Chicago Red Stars + Kansas City Current
It’s a two-episode day on xOG as we roll along with NWSL Season Preview Week and continue to enjoy our new partnership with American Soccer Analysis! Eric…
American Soccer AnalysisExpected Own Goals - BAY-UTAH
This is a really exciting day. In addition to launching NWSL Season Preview Week--an entire week of content previewing all 14 teams--we are thrilled to…