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Premier League Stat Around: Who Will Win the Title?

February 24, 2016
by harvardsports
7 min read
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With just twelve matches left before the Premier League champion will be crowned, we decided to take a look at the contenders and offer our predictions as to who will raise the trophy, come May. Premier League Champions:...

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How likely are keeper penalties?

November 24, 2015
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Brendan Kent Keeper penalties are quite simply the best. First of all, if a keeper is taking a penalty we are most likely in sudden death penalties of a knockout match. Pretty exciting to begin with. Now add the fact that the...

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Chollima Tactics: North Korean Team Strategy at the 1966 FIFA World Cup

October 16, 2015
by harvardsports
1 min read
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By Brendan Kent In very few nations does politics become entangled with everything else so much as in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Political ideology manifests itself in film, music, cultural celebrations, and...

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Diminishing Returns? Examining the effect of road-trip longevity in MLB

July 30, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent A while back, I wrote a piece on travel distance in Major League Soccer. It got me thinking about which aspects of travel affect a team’s performance. It would seem that as a trip progresses, travel might take...

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An Early Look at the 2019 USWNT World Cup Roster

July 23, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent We’ve got the three stars. We’ve had ourselves a ticker tape parade. And while I don’t think the celebration should end anytime soon, it’s been long enough since the final whistle blew in Vancouver to...

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Does Travel Distance Affect Results in MLS?

May 22, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent A key feature of Major League Soccer that differentiates it from European leagues is the physical distance between the teams. While the two-conference system reduces the average distance an away team travels for a...

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Major League Soccer and the Effect of Egalitarianism

March 2, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent A key feature of Major League Soccer that separates it from European leagues is the salary cap. For the 2014 season, that salary cap was $3,100,000 spread over roughly twenty players. There are, of course, several...

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Borussia Dortmund: Bad or Just Unlucky?

February 17, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent Just last season, Borussia Dortmund placed second in the Bundesliga. The year before that, they also placed second and reached the Champions League final. And in the two seasons before that, they won the...

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UEFA Champions League: The Value of a One Seed

February 11, 2015
by harvardsports
4 min read
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by Barrett Hansen and Brendan Kent In the final phase of the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League Group Stage, Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-2 at the Allianz Arena in Munich. As stunning as City’s defeat of the reigning...

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Premier League: Do Derbies Feature More Aggression?

January 23, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Brendan Kent The Premier League has seen an influx of foreign talent in recent years. Some would argue that as a result, derby matches don’t have the passion and aggression that they used to. These detractors of modern...

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