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Sam Gregory @gregorydsam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Really proud of the community that has developed around this event. If you are looking to get involved in soccer analytics there is no better event to attend. Network opportunities, research, industry and academic speakers, a Women in Soccer Analytics social event and more!

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cata @catabush.com · 12/08/2026

Cultural knowledge doesn't occur naturally. It can only be built by the people who are "in the know". AI and the passage of time create the risk of once common knowledge being lost or rewritten. This industry is no longer nascent; it has history. That history must be shared for it to persist.

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August 12: Cultural Knowledge

We can't know what we can't know

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cata @catabush.com · 15/07/2026

I'm starting a new newsletter. Yeah, I know, another newsletter. This one isn't about soccer though... it's about YOU 🤯 "The Post-Match Report" will release weekly and contain links, analysis, and updates on everything happening in soccer analytics. Publishing on @leaflet.pub. More info 👇

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July 15: Penalties and Goats

The first edition of a weekly soccer analytics newsletter

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

turns out what football is all about is walking through the streets of london at 2am with horns honking, wonderwall and hey jude echoing around, and random shouts of ENGERRRRLAND screamed in your face as you pass people, whilst trying to find a chippy. i bloody love this shit

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 06/07/2026

let's play the next game at the top of mount everest

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

the idea that i now need to go to sleep for 4 hours and then go to work is insane lol. worth it tho

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

can't believe a model at this level is just going to be freely available for all nerds during the WC. big up the Futi lads for this

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Hudl Statsbomb @statsbomb.com · 27/05/2026

NEW: Hudl Statsbomb Release Free Data for Five Top Women's Leagues www.hudl.com/blog/statsbo...

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Arielle is a huge inspiration to me and the reason I ever felt a data job in women’s football was possible for myself. Good luck in your next chapter my friend 💛

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Canada’s offensive play always looks so isolated, idk enough about hockey tactics but why do the USA always look a player up?!

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cata @catabush.com · 04/02/2026

Last week, I posted a small survey that looked at FBref alternatives in an attempt to assess what resources remain for women’s soccer fans. For @theixsports.bsky.social, I expanded that survey, and the results are grim. Here’s what that means for the future of woso data and coverage:

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

One day I’ll write something that properly explains what @americansoccerinsights.com has done for me, but until then: big love to the community cultivated there. It’s unbelievable, and everyone who turns up makes that room (and the bar afterwards) a special place. Some weekend!

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

*eating hobnobs and listening to fred again init that’s better!!

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cata @catabush.com · 29/01/2026

VIZHUB 2.0 IS HERE ‼️ A culmination of VizMas + recent improvements, VizHub 2.0 brings the following features: - revamped league tab with player & team stats - more granularity across entire app - new graphics - mobile support 2.0 only broadens VizHub to cover more of your dataviz needs.

MLS scatterplot: Progressive Passes vs. xA. Djordje Mihailovic is highlighted.

A screenshot of VizHub showing the League Tab. A graphic is generated showing NWSL npxG rankings from 2016. Lynn Biyendolo leads the pack.

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cata @catabush.com · 23/01/2026

Overall, the trend was clear: % of men's app-comps w/ scores: 93.65% % woso: 68.25% % of men's app-comps w/ basic stats: 93.65% % woso: 57.14% % of men's app-comps w/ xG: 73.02% % woso: 20.63% Men's comps were 3.5x more likely to have xG available.

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cata @catabush.com · 23/01/2026

In the wake of FBref's defacto death, I saw a lot of posts suggesting alternate data sources. Unfortunately, many of them focus exclusively on men's soccer. To measure what options remain for woso, I conducted a survey of the most popular FBref alternatives. What I found is disappointing: 🧵

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Title: Best sources for women's soccer data
Subtitle: Women's competitions with xG Data | 8 comps surveyed
Chart shows # of comps on y-axis. Only FBref scored 8/8. Next closest is Fotmob at 4.

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Cata writing for the Guardian 🫡 p.s. seeing your mates win at life is really cool

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Jan Van Haaren @janvanhaaren.be · 29/12/2025

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025. This edition includes pointers to about 200 resources, including research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcasts, and webinars. janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

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Soccer Analytics 2025 Review – Jan Van Haaren

Collection of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025!

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Cata is the gift that keeps on giving! Merry bloody Chrysler indeed 🙏🏼

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Nothing made me more sure that the NWSL salary cap was egregiously low than writing this article and trying to determine how teams could pay players a proper wage + retain “marquee” players. I disagree with the NWSL’s proposed solution as it doesn’t solve the suppression of wages for the majority.

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Very proud to announce I will soon be joining Chelsea FC as the Women’s Football Data Analyst. This club means the world to me so I am very excited for the opportunity to contribute to it. To everyone who has shown me love and support on this journey I appreciate you more than I can say! KTBFFH 💙

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

nothing is more fitting of this Chelsea team than following up last week’s good performances against Barca and Arsenal with this absolute car crash of a performance against Leeds

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Reece James is absolutely having a GAME today

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Ben Stokes, you goddamn beauty

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

hoping i don’t regret being here in -2 temps. cmon the gals 💙💙

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cata @catabush.com · 17/11/2025

2025 NSL VAEP leaders: 🥇 Delaney Pridham, 28, 23.3 VAEP, 2261 mins 🥈 Kaylee Hunter, 17, 20.9 VAEP, 1843 mins 🥉 Holly Ward, 22, 14.8 VAEP, 2285 mins 4. Esther Okoronkwo, 28, 13.8 VAEP, 1360 mins 5. Stephanie Bukoveć, 30, 13.5 VAEP, 2191 mins Data: @chloesainsbury.bsky.social

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

this is so on the nose... “the purpose is to answer football questions, not simply to visualize data”. almost every women’s team is stuck right there or below, and so few have reached the “Wisdom” stage that Jan speaks of

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

home!! c’mon the boys 💙

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

a non-footie post from me for once: i’ve started learning music production and today i put out my own spin on Olivia Dean’s hit Man I Need. Listen here, if you’re into that kinda thing 👇🏼🫶🏻 on.soundcloud.com/dJSxpMTlH396...

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Olivia Dean - Man I Need [C Sains EDIT]

Listen to Olivia Dean - Man I Need [C Sains EDIT] by C Sains #np on #SoundCloud

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cata @catabush.com · 14/10/2025

Among U23 players with >500 mins played in 2025 (24/25 for europe), Vicky Lopez ranks first in VAEP per 97 mins with ~1400 minutes played in Liga F. Second is Kaylee Hunter with 400 more minutes and a nearly negligible difference in VAEP (Vicky: 1.14, Hunter: 1.10). h/t @chloesainsbury.bsky.social

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cata @catabush.com · 08/10/2025

new tableau drop?? This is still a little experimental, but I created a dashboard for viewing NWSL player-level g+ broken down and standardized by game-state. Resulting metric is "g+ above average per 32 mins IGS (in game-state)". Let me know what you think! public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Barbra Banda g+ above average by game-state

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

the fact that many NWSL clubs don’t seem to have even considered this graph and it’s underlying concepts is rough

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cata @catabush.com · 01/10/2025

I have a personal website!! Just finished building my portfolio/get-to-know-me-better site, catabush.com. In it, I included a section for resources that have helped me along my soccer analytics journey, which I'll be adding to over time. If you have any suggestions, hmu! And lmk what you think!

Screenshot of personal website with introductory message: Hi my name is Cata, soccer data & analytics

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

playing Kaptein really high up to support ABJ and the wingers in the press is paying dividends for chelsea rn. so many players in and around the box and West Ham can’t pick them all up or play out of the press #wsl-live

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

i actually hate this rule so much but this is also really funny lmao

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

death, taxes, chelsea v barca

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

when you get to listen to your mates hanging out for an hour >>>

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

difficult to overstate how hard Cata has worked on this. unbelievable resource for 0 cost. couldn’t be more proud of her 🫶🏻

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Amorim forever on a quest to find out how many L’s can you take at once

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

sammy k we don’t deserve you 🥲💙

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

lol who told Keira Walsh she can just shoot anytime she’s around the edge of the box 😭 #wsl-live

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

having a player sit on Keira Walsh is always a great way to nullify any team Walsh plays in #wsl-live

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

remember 3 months ago when @jamonm.bsky.social, @cata-bush.bsky.social and I told you San Diego Wave were actually not good 🙃

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hasegawa repaying me for putting her in my fantasy team 🤝🏼 She’s a special player #wsl-live

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Russo’s hold up play and pass to set up that goal is her bread n butter fr. Not many better at that #wsl-live

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