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Shaun Botterill

Why possession is not the key factor in 2022 Champions League Final

Possession is something that each team takes into account when trying to reach the Champions League Final. Pep Guardiola's reimagining of total soccer pushed possession into becoming a dominant statistic. In fact, it is often the first thing on stat reports during postgame analysis. In the big five leagues of Europe, three of the five […]

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Average score tallies for MLS are offensive in the wrong kind of way

I dedicate this post to Otilino Tenorio, who died 4 years ago this week in a car accident at the age of 25.  At the time of his death, he was the league leader in goals scored in his home country of Ecuador.  It is appropriate that his name lives on at the top of this […]