MLS Assist: Advanced soccer metrics explained, how MLS teams use data, and more with Eliot McKinley

Why has soccer been slow to buy into analytics? What are some advanced metrics that can help analyze the game? How is MLS doing on the date collection and analysis front?

Joe Lowery talks to Eliot McKinley of American Soccer Analysis to get answers to these questions.

Because data is good, here are a few helpful timestamps:

4:35 — Expected Goals

12:15 — Expected Assists

15:10 — Post-shot (or Keeper) xG

18:10 — Expected Passing

23:30 — How is MLS doing with data collection and analysis?

27:00 — Tracking data and how it opens up analytics

30:40 — Which MLS teams are most committed to data analysis? (Spoiler: they played in three of the last four MLS Cups ... )