With the Confederations Cup in action, I took a look back at arguably the US' best victory in international competition (head's up - this is a...
I did a data analysis across multiple leagues here, trying to put stats in a global context:...
I wrote about US players who transferred from MLS to Europe here:...
For the most recent article, I looked at Key Passes from this past season:...
I'm choosing to be an optimist: we're realistically 3 points off the pace, and I think we'll still qualify for 2018. But what happens when we get...
A very arcane question, but one that came to mind with the Swansea news... Was Bradley's first game in charge of the US technically the 3-1 win...
This has been my "Halftime of Copa / Euros" project, and thought I'd share some progress. I looked at all of the transfers to and from MLS and...
I did a retrospective of Brooks' development here: https://andthenthehex.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/the-making-of-john-brooks/ After analyzing...
I forgot this until I looked it up. Agudelo, the last US player to score against Argentina, scored two goals in his first three caps...in a mere...
I did a deep-dive here on passing and dribbling stats from last season:...
I took a look at Bruce Murray's goal against Austria here:...
After being inundated with ads last weekend, I took a closer look at the Audi Performance Index. I have no doubt that the analysis team behind...
I wrote about Casey's double against Honduras in 2009 here:...
I took a look at the younger attacking options in the league this week for the blog:...
I thought Carlisle asked a great question in the recent Klinsmann interview on creativity. I took a look at how one can define creativity here:...
I wrote an article around the "Best Athlete" myth in soccer:...
I kind of went to town on this one: I analyzed the different tactical options Klinsmann utilized without Donovan or Dempsey, and then evaluated...
I looked at life after Donovan and Dempsey, starting with an evaluation of the forward pool:...
Inspired by some of the Fabian Johnson discussion, I selected Donovan for goal of the week for his direct sprint on goal against Ecuador:...
It was Altidore's goal against Honduras in 2013. Look at this bunker: [IMG] There are 10 men behind the ball, and eight are within 25 yards...
I looked at the simple but insightful playing time over the past two years:...
With Dallas and New York on the brink, I took a look back through the history of the MLS Playoff formats:...
I'd been kicking this around for a while, but wanted to look at O'Brien's career in more context....
I looked at the evolution of our 12 teams in WCQ here: https://andthenthehex.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/the-concacaf-balance-of-power/ The big...
http://www.espnfc.us/dc-united/story/2694758/dc-uniteds-eddie-johnson-eyes-next-chapter-after-retiring A shout-out to Johnson for his unreal...