By Andrew Puopolo With the international break coming to a close this weekend, we are heading into the homestretch of the Premier League season. With seven or eight matches left for every Premier League team, the table is roughly...
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By Andrew Puopolo Three years ago, former HSAC Co-President Brendan Kent wrote a piece on aggression in Premier League derbies. In the article, Brendan looked at 8 derbies over a 5 year span and concluded that there is...
By Andrew Puopolo At the end of the December match between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, West Brom’s left-back Kieran Gibbs put in a cross that struck Calum Chambers on the hand, and Mike Dean awarded a...
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2017: A (Somewhat) Statistical Review
By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2017 comes to an end, we look back at the milestones and moments that made this sports year memorable, and also some weird moments that made it unique. NFL Football 1.) The New England...
By Jackson Weaver Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup has come to a close, and for many fans, including myself, anger and outrage fill our hearts over our respective country’s inability to qualify. Beyond poor performance, there...
By Laurie Shaw Editors Note: This post originally appeared on Eighty Five Points and is being cross posted on this blog. On the 29th March 2017 the UK government activated Article 50, initiating a two-year countdown to the...
By Andrew Puopolo This past weekend marked a major derby match on the Italian soccer calendar, with Roma “hosting” Lazio at the 60,00 seat Stadio Olimpico. For those unfamiliar with Italian soccer, Lazio and Roma share the...
By Andrew Puopolo Traditionally, English Soccer has been dominated by Northern clubs. A potential explanation is that in the Industrial North, soccer was the main leisure activity of the people, whereas in the wealthier South the...
By Andrew Puopolo “It’s not an easy place to go” is a saying often used by soccer commentators when evaluating a team’s prospects in an upcoming away match. Champions League journeys to Eastern European countries like...
By Andrew Puopolo A new season of European soccer is upon us. The Premier League kicked off this past weekend with some exciting matches and a major upset as Burnley defeated defending champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Over...