Monthly Archives: June 2011

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Lessons Learned From The Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals are over and the semifinals are set for Wednesday in Houston. Honduras will face Mexico in the first match while the United States get a rematch against Panama. Here is a look at some observations from the four

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United States 2, Jamaica 0: Player Ratings

The United States finally put forth a complete performance as they advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The US had a shaky start when Luton Shelton missed an open net. Things got worse for the US as

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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Quarterfinal Preview

The group stage didn’t have as much intrigue as so few teams were actually eliminated. The one moment of intrigue was Canada almost beating Panama in the last game, but instead they were eliminated on a late goal. However, we

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 14 I Know The Score

The Gold Cup group stage is over which means a couple of players will be returning to their club teams with Canada providing most of the players. However, some of the bigger stars are still absent. Here is a look

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Serie A: End Of Season Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the Italian Serie A’s statistics for the end of the season. Defense was once again the key component to winning the title as AC Milan showed a consistent defense. Napoli were also strong, but they were a bit

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Ligue 1: End Of Season Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the first installment of the offensive and defensive effectiveness from the end of the season in Europe. I’ve only included the non possession based statistics for Ligue 1. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Std. Dev.

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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Group Stage Recap

The group stage has been completed and Mexico, Jamaica, and Panama were the winners of their groups and all three of the teams deserved it. Panama was the big surprise as they defeated the United States who did not have

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United States 1, Guadeloupe 0: Player Ratings

The United States got the job done with a 1-0 victory over Guadeloupe that sees them advance as the second place team from Group C as they will face Jamaica on Sunday. It was a much better performance, especially defensively,

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Major League Soccer: Offensive and Defensive Effectiveness

It’s been a while since I ran these stats and I will have more of them in the week as I look at the statistics from the European leagues that finished up a couple of weeks ago. However, the first

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What Needs To Change For The US?

In the aftermath of the US first loss during the group stage of the Gold Cup, there has to be a question of what improvements need to be made whether they are simply better focus from the players at the

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