A fundamental question for anyone interested in soccer is how to evaluate a player’s individual contributions using data. While counting…

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Mauricio Pochettino’s team delivered several thrilling performances on home soil. The way it ended was somewhat less exhilarating

Have you also found yourself scratching your head at the sight of kick-offs at the 2026 World Cup? Instead of passing the ball backward to…

The starting USMNT goalkeeper has an economics degree from Harvard. In his remarkable family, that makes him the underachiever.

Zelfs artificiële intelligentie blijkt Lionel Messi te onderschatten. Hoe kan dat? Computerwetenschapper Jesse Davis (KU Leuven) onderzoekt hoe AI voetbal analyseert en waar die systemen nog fouten ma...

Qatar 2022 saw Messi finally claim his World Cup trophy in an epic final against France. This year’s tournament is the first 48‑team World…

For years, the answer to “what’s the best model for expected goals (xG)?” has been boringly consistent: a carefully tuned XGBoost model…

Philadelphia, Kansas City and Atlanta are among the hosts showing that price-gouging at thus summer’s tournament is, ultimately, a choice

The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts (Signed)

Meer dan 175 jeugdclubs schreven zich in voor de HLN Gouden Jeugdclub, en daar blijven nu nog maar 25 finalisten van over. Een daarvan is <a href="https://www.hln.be/article/~a7d86f48" target="_blank"...

On the evening of 23 April 2026, LISS and the DTAI Sports Analytics Lab will host the Football Analytics Symposium. During this symposium, international speakers will share insights on the use of mach...

Timing and luck often dictate a team’s success at tournaments. And the co-hosts have players coming into form at just the right time

The KU Leuven Institute of Sports Science is an interdisciplinary network of KU Leuven researchers committed to enhancing sports performance and its broader societal impact.

New Vacancy - Data Engineer I am excited to share we are recruiting for a Data Engineer to join our Research team at Liverpool Football Club - this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to be a par...

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The opportunity for this tournament’s legacy is in the fan fests, camps and tune-ups accessible to more than the lucky few

On the evening of 23 April 2026, LISS and the DTAI Sports Analytics Lab will host the Football Analytics Symposium. During this symposium, international speakers will share insights on the use of mach...

From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level.

As Premier League teams learn set pieces are a more efficient way to score, open play goals become rarer. Can the game withstand such a shift?

In sports analytics, the primary goal is to develop indicators that quantify the skills, capabilities, and tendencies of athletes and…

On a team level, xG is often used to assess the quality of the goal scoring opportunities that a team creates and concedes. That is, it…

The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century,...