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American Soccer Analysis

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:09

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 13 — We Need to Talk...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/06/24

We've reached the halfway point of the 2025 NWSL regular season, and though we've been putting it off as long as possible, we have no choice but to discuss the Utah Royals. After a quick whiparound (2:19) and an analysis of the Seattle Reign's side of their 4-1 victory in Sandy (25:38), the guys get to the state of the Royals organization. How have they managed to be worse this season than during Amy Rodriguez's time as head coach? Can Jimmy Coenraets get these players to play expansively and

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1:11:32

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 12 Recap — Bay FC's...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/06/17

Another week, another slightly chaotic result. Bay FC lost 1-0 at home to the Orlando Pride, but not without producing some scintillating stuff in the game-state-driven closing stage of the match. Might Bay be turning the corner in spite of the result? Might Orlando be just fine despite some regression from last year? The guys puzzle it over (21:06). Then, they chat with new Angel City FC head coach Alex Straus about his coaching philosophy, his ambitions for this season, and what the team can

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57:45

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 11 — San Diego Returns...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/06/10

NWSL clubs came out of the international break a little rickety, and with plenty of fire. The guys whip around the league to hit the officiating controversy with Gotham, puzzle over Alex Straus's first game with Angel City, and debate Louisville's future (1:51). Then, they peel back the layers of a grubby contest in San Diego between the Wave and the Seattle Reign. Has San Diego been getting lucky in attack? Can the Reign continue their trench warfare in all of these 1-goal victories? Just how

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45:08

ASA Show - Harrison and Ben Go On An Adventure

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/06/06

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57:34

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: USWNT Recap — Two More First...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/06/05

The U.S. women's national team put two more friendlies in the books. What can a 7-0 aggregate scoreline against China and Jamaica really tell us about the side, two years out from the 2027 World Cup? Has Phallon Tullis-Joyce grabbed the starting keeper job? Did Kerry Abello prove herself enough to be called back in? Could Alyssa Thompson even be the better option than Mallory Swanson on the left wing? The guys try to find sticky answers to all this and more (2:50). They also rant about the meanings

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57:09

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 10 — Unpacking the Sam...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/05/27

Six games, 27 goals: 4.5 goals per game this weekend marks the second-highest per-game goal total over a single NWSL matchweek in league history. It's been nearly four years since a matchweek saw no clean sheets recorded. It was goals galore!The guys touch on Gotham's CONCACAF W Champions Cup victory in Mexico (00:43), then whip around the goalscoring bananza across five other NWSL matches (02:33), before digging into Angel City's 3-2 home loss to Racing Louisville. They break down Louisville's and

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1:14:46

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 9 — HEAT CHECK Part II

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/05/21

The numbers? Still Sticky! But before they dive back in, Eric and Evan briefly discuss the latest USWNT Roster and one very notable omission (hint: it rhymes Shmorbin Shmalbert). Then, the guys are joined once more by Kim McCauley of the Guardian to finish their review of the data, check their sometimes questionable priors (Utah), and call out a few of their own goals (again, Utah).Teams featured in Part II:Utah Royals (5:42)North Carolina Courage (14:13)Gotham (20:32)Bay FC (27:36)Kansas City

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59:43

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 9 — HEAT CHECK Part I

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/05/20

The numbers are sticky (or, at least, stickier)! Finally, we have a clearer picture of which teams are contenders and which teams still have some (or a lot of) work to do. The guys are joined by Kim McCauley of the Guardian to sort through the data, check their priors, and call out a few of their own goals.Teams featured in Part I:Chicago Stars (2:03)Houston Dash (9:22)Portland Thorns (17:36)San Diego Wave (28:34)Seattle Reign (37:42)Racing Louisville (43:13)Angel City (49:23)Join our Patreon for

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59:19

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 8 — Chicago Stars are...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/05/13

Believe it or not, the guys were already planning on featuring the Chicago Stars' 3-2 loss at home to the Washington Spirit as their game of the week, and then Lesley Ryder published her story on the state of the Stars. Much of what Stars GM Richard Feuz said that piece was embodied by Chicago, who put up their best attacking performance at home in nearly three years, but promise little for the future.The guys whip around the league (1:45) and then dive into what the Spirit's defense is still

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1:00:31

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 7 — Parity 4evr???

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/05/06

The top-4 only managed to grab a single combined point over the weekend. Does this mean last year's us-and-them table is a thing of the past? Maaaayyyyybe. The guys whip around the league to figure some of this out (2:56), and then close with the Portland Thorns' 1-0 win over the Orlando Pride at Providence Park (37:59). Barbra Banda was all alone, Coffey and Hina bossed proceedings, and Olivia Moultrie is locking in.Join our Patreon for $6/month ($60/year) to get all of our exclusive bonus

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46:44

ASA Show - Seattle Colorado, Atlanta Orlando,...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/30

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53:47

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 6 — Chaos League...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/29

All games from this weekend are our featured game, because too much insanity occurred for one match to pull focus. The guys go through all of it, from Orlando's epic comeback to North Carolina's at-the-death victory to a foul-choked draw between Portland and Louisville, not to mention Gotham's beatdown of Washington and Chicago's whimper of a performance against San Diego.CHAPTERS3:35 - Houston Dash8:27 - Utah Royals11:47 - Bay FC15:23 - Seattle Reign19:35 - North Carolina Courage24:06 - Kansas City

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36:01

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 5 — The Wave Go Surfing...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/22

The whiparound, like the weekend's NWSL action, doesn't exactly quicken the guys' pulses on today's episode (00:41). But there are many important things to address with the Washington Spirit's 1-0 road win against the Orlando Pride, not least of which is the handling of Ashley Hatch's concussion (10:48). This week's featured game takes us down to Kentucky, where the Wave pasted Racing 4-1. But what was going on beneath the surface? Is San Diego a contender? Do the underlying data or the eye test

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41:01

ASA Show - Ilya Orlov Reviews Direct Attacks

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/17

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1:00:04

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 4: Gotham on Fire,...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/15

Seven games, six road victories, four of them shutouts. It was a weird weekend in the NWSL, and the guys scan the ups and downs from all of the action (1:14). Then, they peruse Gotham's 3-1 home victory over the North Carolina Courage (23:01). Each club had a starting center back missing, but only one didn't play like it. Is Gotham the sleeping giant that has finally awoken? Has North Carolina reached the end of the road with Nahas-Ball, especially since Jaedyn Shaw and Ashley Sanchez really aren't

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53:27

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: USWNT Recap — A Split Card...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/10

One for them, one for us. The USWNT beat Brazil fairly comfortably in Trinity Rodman's return to the U.S. lineup in front of over 32,000 in Los Angeles, while an incredibly green squad went down 2-1 to the Seleção in San Jose. The guys tackle Saturday's victory first (3:05) before noting that each friendly was a mirror image of each other from a tactical and personnel perspective (7:11). This leads into figuring out who might now be at the top of the USWNT goalkeeper depth chart. (16:47) The guys

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58:14

ASA Show - Peter Vermes is Out, How Would We Fix SKC?

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/10

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1:19:53

ASA Show - Akshay Easwaran, Data Engineer at US Soccer

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/02

Akshay Easwaran, a data engineer with US Soccer and formerly of Atlanta United joins the boys to talk data democratization, working for his boyhood* club, meeting Emma Hayes, and the differences between club and national team ball on the data side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:09

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 3 — Angel City's Up,...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/04/01

More draws! With even fewer goals! The guys whip around the league to gawk at some less-than-stellar matches (1:40) before diving into this week's featured contest, Angel City's 2-1 defeat of the Seattle Reign at home. We preamble a bit (17:00), and then peel back what's been suprisingly effective about Angel City's attack (19:00), before trying to understand how Seattle could be even messier than we expected (31:40). We cap it off with a discussion of what kind of a player fans can expect Christen

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57:54

EXPECTED OWN GOALS: NWSL Week 2 Top-4 Clash of the...

American Soccer Analysis ·

2025/03/25

The top four all played each other this weekend, in a couple of tasty fixtures filled with drama and intrigue. After the whiparound of the league's fixtures, the guys get into the main events. (8:28) The Kansas City Current got the officiating calls to go their way and Temwa Chawinga tore the Washington Spirit's heart out at the last second. (26:52) The Orlando Pride didn't score once in open play but dispatched Gotham 2-0 in front of their home fans in New Jersey. What do we now know about these

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