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American Soccer Analysis

American Soccer Analysis is an occasional podcast with a focus on soccer made or played in America, especially NWSL and MLS, from a numbers and analytics perspective. The rotating cadre of hosts bring an enthusiasm, statistical acumen, and deep understanding of the game that can be rivaled only by Alexi Lalas and Carli Lloyd.

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ASA is Back Tournament

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2022/09/14

The Boys are back? Harrison, Ian, and Kieran break down some of the more interesting storylines of the MLS campaign thus far. Kieran puts Ian and Harrison's MLS knowledge to the test, and they are found wanting.Intro: Let's Go Get The Goal - Don't Kick The BabyOutro: Across That Fine Line - Nation of Language

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2021.E8 - Discussing the National Team

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2021/12/16

Hello World!The ASA Pod has once again as promise returned! But in such epic fashion as has never before been seen. This episode boasts a grand total of 179 minutes, nearly 3 hours, of beautiful audio content. All discussing National Teams and the United States Men’s National Team to be specific. A grand conversations on sample size, squad selections and data as well as much much MUCH more were had. A big thank you to both, the wonderful and deep thinking Bobby Warshaw as well as consummate

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2021.E7 - Addressing the mysteries of Goals Added

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2021/10/01

Folks, we’re back. This time with some smarty pants folks. One of the ASA founders and all around smart guy Matthias Kullowatz drops by to do some high level discussions of G+. Additionally we have Jamon Moore who hangs out and helps facilitate hosting duties in Ian’s stead. We appreciate all those that sent DM’s or public messages to help facilitate questions and general discussion. This won’t be the last time we dissect things and talk about our player model but this was a good start. As always

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2021.E6 - MLS Cryptonomics

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2021/05/27

Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) offer up some takes on the newest cryptocurrency which is being lauded by multiple MLS players. They let it be known that they each (and producer Simon too) are willing to do any advertisements for money! Oh, they also talk some soccer and even a bit of European Football.Intro: Let’s Go Get the Goal - Don’t Kick the BabyOutro: Black Sheep - The Clash at Demonhead

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2021.E5 - Strange DC takes

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2021/05/21

Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) take on some of the burning questions that exist in the back of your mind. Such what the heck is happening statistically between Nashville, NYC and Sporting. The two then suddenly have a barrage of DC takes because… who knew? There is also some random dunking on Gio Savarese. Enjoy!Intro: Let’s Go Get the Goal - Don’t Kick the BabyOutro: Fruitless - Bridal Party

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2021.E4 - Catching Back-up

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2021/05/14

Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) catch back up on some of the items they’ve missed from their mini break. Seems like these San Jose folks are good, maybe Vancouver too? What is the drama in Atlanta and Columbus? We talk about it plus other things in the G+ realm. Tune in! Intro: Let’s Go Get the Goal - Don’t Kick the BabyThe Cat Came Back - Tex Morgan

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2021.E3 - Week One Take Away's and the Frankie Amaya...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2021/04/22

Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) must address the elephant in the room and talk gasp Euro soccer (sorry, Drew). Then review the week one events of Major League Soccer as it pertains to them while also highlighting some numbers and various statistical narratives from the week. The guys then break down some of their thoughts on the Frankie Amaya trade. Intro: Let’s Go Get the Goal - Don’t Kick the BabyOutro: そのいのち - Kaho Nakamura

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2021.E2 - ASA MLS Preview, Part 2: Western Conference

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2021/04/14

Not one but two Podcasts this week as this is part 2 of our MLS 2021 between Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) as they discuss the Western Conference.Intro: Let’s Go Get the Goal - Don’t Kick the BabyOutro: Break my Fall - Doc Robinson

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2021.E1 - ASA MLS Preview, Part 1: Eastern Conference

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2021/04/14

Part 1 of our MLS 2021 Preview with Harrison (@harrison_crow) and Ian (@ahandleforian) covers the Eastern Conference by our vary own and unique power ranking system, enjoy!Intro Let’s Go Get the Goal - Dont’ Kick the BabyOutro: Only Home I’ve Ever Known - The California Honeydrops

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2020.E2 - Nine Months Later

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2020/11/20

I would use some catchy “we’re back!” title but I feel like I’ve used that a lot over the last few years. Honestly more than anything I simply want to thank all of those that have reached out and encouraged us to come back. Getting back in the chair and chatting about this league is a lot of fun and is a wonderful distraction everything going on both in the world and even in our little soccer community. We took some time out to talk about our time away from the podcast and how it’s been coming back

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2020.E1 - We Made It. 2020, Baby!

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2020/01/13

It’s our first podcast of the year and we start it off talking about … well, a lot of things and yet it’s kind of a lot of nothing. Major League Soccer has some new Designated Players, Miami and Nashville both have actual players now on their team but there is still work to be done with most teams including those playing CCL in about a month. The hold up? We are still waiting for much of the details for the 2020 season to be finalized with the CBA and we talk about how that will probably impact TAM

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2019.E25 - Token MLS Cup Preview

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2019/11/09

We sat down and talked about this upcoming MLS Cup game because… well everyone else is doing it. Specifically we talk about an episode that we didn’t release because A) we recorded it late and B) it wasn’t super relevant after the Sounders and Toronto knocked off the respective favorites in each conference final. Of course, we review some of the various details of what we might have gotten wrong about Seattle and Toronto as well as what was specifically very right, how it’s good to focus on what we

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2019.E23 - Drew Left Us The Keys

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2019/10/06

We finally got around to recording a podcast and mostly did it because Drew’s out of office this week and we are unsupervised children running around the (virtual) office in our underwear like Tom Cruise in Risky Business. Now with that visual in your head. We discuss a whole array of topics covering the Western Conference, Eastern Conference, teams Harrison got wrong and teams Ian got right. We discuss coaches being fired. We also discuss awards and how much they suck and who should get them to

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2019.E22 - Discussing Analytics with Sean Davis

American Soccer Analysis ·

2019/09/12

RBNY midfielder Sean Davis joins Ian and Drew to discuss the burgeoning field of analytics from a player's perspective.

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2019.E21 - Having Mauro Manotas vs. eight million...

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2019/09/09

Is LAFC still good??? It’s these types of tantalizing topics that are always explored and quickly answered on this podcast. The team does discuss Mason Toye and his career projection and wrap up some of the more interesting issues left over from last weekend, such as when will the Galaxy ever defend again? Things change gears as the team also looks into why Houston would keep Mauro Mantos over having eight million dollars in transfer fees. We of course also hit the listener questions. Which, say,

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2019.E20 - Atlanta Finally Won Something (Again)

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2019/08/30

It’s not every week that we talk about Atlanta winning a trophy. Just twice this month, to Ian’s absolute delight! The team break down some of the various particulars of the US Open Cup final and some of what went wrong for Minnesota as well as what went right for Atlanta.The conversation is then turned to the review of LAFC-LA Galaxy and the possibility of a playoff match up as well as the outlook of the Western Conference. Could Zlatan have enough at the end to lift LA Galaxy past LAFC? How much

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2019.E19 - It's Always Sunny in Seattle

American Soccer Analysis ·

2019/08/23

The season is winding down and wouldn’t you know it, the Seattle Sounders are on a downward spiral but unlike years past there is less that seems to point that they’ll figure things out before the playoffs. Just south the Timbers are putting together an impressive counter attack and while their xGA is similar, there are key differences which point to Portland having a much better, more compact defensive unit. Aside from the run down of Cascadia the team launch in on Darlington Nagbe and his

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2019.E18 - Red Bulls Marching To Their Own Drum

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2019/08/04

ASA’s dynamic duo return to discuss the many more MLS moves that seem to keep coming on strong. They shift into RSL’s recent defensive surge and discuss whether or not we can expect it to keep happening., touch on how good NYC have gotten over the second half of the season and lastly talk a bit about the NYRB, Brian White and a touch a bit on Bradley Wright Phillips. Got questions for us? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US? It’s a thing, now. No seriously, it’s totally a thing. Be a contributor to this

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2019.E17 - Chicago Is Open For Business

American Soccer Analysis ·

2019/07/21

The team knock out the biggest story of the week—the trade of Patrick Mullins to Toronto. They also talk about some of the lesser deals and rumors. Which leads to a bit of a dive into Chicago and what they have going for themselves and what pieces other teams may or may not want. Lastly, as they’ve been apt to do of late, they answer some of your questions.DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US? It’s a thing, now. No seriously, it’s totally a thing. Be a contributor to this podcast by hitting us up with

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2019.E16 - The Annual All-Star Podcast

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2019/07/11

Harrison and Ian gather round their microphone in their remote offices to recap the latest with USWNT, USMNT and MLS news. They then turn their attention to discuss their respective all-star selections from the eastern and then western conferences. Lastly we get to some of your questions. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US? It’s a thing, now. No seriously, it’s totally a thing. Be a contributor to this podcast by hitting us up with questions and topics you want to hear about. You can reach us on e-mail at

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