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Well, that was a delightful introduction to NCFC! We’ll talk more about the numbers in a bit, but first I want to say that I throughly enjoyed watching that game. It was a combination of factors for sure. A large part of it was the delightful commentary from the local commentary team of Austin daContinue reading “Data Dump: at NCFC”

The longer the season goes on, the harder it feels to come up with original content that is interesting and of value. Some of that is our sheer consistency. We have a Jay Mims system, the players work that system. Example: in the last 10 games we’ve averaged 45.7% of the possession, the highest amountContinue reading “Data Dump vs. North Texas (#2)”

There is SO much to cover for this match that we don’t need a long rambling intro. Let’s dive in. 1) What does it mean that we lost to the best team in the league? It will take a few parts to unpack this particular statement, but let’s start with (A) the idea that ChattanoogaContinue reading “Data Dump: at Chattanooga”

Seems like just a few weeks ago we were playing Tucson at Tucson. Oh wait, we were actually. While I have no problems with an unbalanced schedule based on “proximity,” the rate at which we are facing these opponents is odd. I think it really accentuates the impact of these games by having them soContinue reading “Data Dump: at Tucson (#2)”

The original concept behind Data Dump was that I wanted some data to back up my assumptions about what I’d seen with my eyes. In large part this was because I don’t trust myself to make educated conclusions about what I’d seen. I only mention this because Saturday night was one of those nights. We’veContinue reading “Data Dump: North Texas (#1)”

Well, I have to admit, I liked that more than other games in the last month. Is that because I watched from home and therefore gave the game my undivided attention? No, it’s because we won and scored two goals. Duh, let’s dive in. 1) Soccer is a game with a lot of randomness GameContinue reading “Data Dump: at Tucson (#1)”

No words could sum up my feelings for this game as well as the following emoji:  😑 I’ll save the feelings talk for the pod this week, but I think it’s okay to be in your feelings after two straight painful draws, 24 days since we tasted victory, and 38 days since Greg Hurst’s hat-trickContinue reading “Data Dump: Madison (Home) (#1)”

If you only looked at the highlights and the data you’d be stunned we got anything but a drubbing from the so-called “Sad Wolves.” If you were, say, chatting with all your friends on an incredibly beautiful night at Werner Park, you’d feel like we lost a very winnable game. I think the truth isContinue reading “Data Dump: Chattanooga”

I had a great night at Werner Park this week did you? Nothing like an early goal and perfect weather to make the game go down easy. Despite the relative ease of the win, some interesting things still happened, so let’s dive in. 1) Greg Hurst loves Werner Park One, who else is super happyContinue reading “Data Dump: Tucson (#1)”

“A tie where it feels like a loss” – Jay Mims. In his Mims’ Minute (incredible name by the way, wonder who came up with that one….) said just what I was thinking. I felt Jay was dancing around the fact that the team let off the gas a bit after scoring our first goalContinue reading “Data Dump: at Richmond”