An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the
wild experiments unfolding around the world in the beautiful
gameNet Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution
takes readers on a tour across the world and throughout soccer
history, introducing the many people who have attempted to shine a
light onto and innovate a sport that, in many ways, is still stuck
in the Dark Ages. This deep dive into the rise of analytics in
soccer-a sport where tradition reigns supreme-shows how
revolutionary tactics and underexplored metrics are breaking the
beautiful game wide open. By exploring how massive institutions
built on billions of dollars can function for so long without any
kind of introspection-and what happens when people from the outside
attempt to question the status quo-author Ryan O'Hanlon, staff
writer at ESPN, shows how time and again experts, managers,
coaches, players, and fans feel they know the best approach for any
given team or player, and yet get undermined by the complexity of
the game-and human behavior. To tell this globe-trekking story,
O'Hanlon takes readers inside the front offices and analytics
departments of the top professional leagues' most cutting-edge
clubs and profiles a misfit cast of number-crunchers, behavioral
economists, tech insiders, and managers all working to move beyond
the philosophical side of soccer and uncover the hard truths behind
possession, goals, and developing talent.
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