It was a better performance by the US this time around, but they still struggled to break down Panama. Panama played a much better pressure game and looked to stymie the US from building out of the back, but they…
The semifinals should be some intriguing match-ups as the quarterfinals showed that the games are tighter than the games in the group stage. Here is a look at both of the semifinals. Panama vs. United States This rematch should be…
The Bundesliga season was all about Borussia Dortmund who dominated, but they don’t appear as dominant in the statistics. Defensively, they were the top of the league, but offensively, Munich were far and away the strongest team in the league.…
Depending on the severity of the injury to Altidore, this is a question that the US may have to answer in this tournament, but for one game against Jamaica, it seems that they can indeed play in that formation. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
