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Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution
Written by Ryan O'Hanlon
Narrated by George Newbern
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An ESPN staff writer takes listeners on an in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding around the world in the game.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
Ryan O'Hanlon is a staff writer at ESPN. He has contributed to FiveThirtyEight, The New York Times, and GQ, among other publications. His newsletter, No Grass in the Clouds, examines the unknown, analytical side of soccer. He previously served as a senior editor at The Ringer.
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Reviews for Net Gains
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Perhaps the finest book about analytics in football going beyond the easy stories on the suject (slightly dampened by an audiobook narrator with clearly no knowledge of football).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great, interesting book! Awesome insight into the history of analytics in the beautiful game.
However, the narrator should've taken the time to learn pronunciations. Some of those were like nails on a chalkboard. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great deep dive into the struggle and realities of quantifying the beautiful game
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Highly technical but littered with interesting stories about soccer in recent times. Worth a listen if you are a devoted fan.