Originally Posted by
Dark Horse
Compared to American sports soccer stats are very undeveloped.
'Time of possession, corners, shots on goal'. lol There is a way to break down the sport into far more detail. For instance, time of possession on opponent's half, number of 'final' passes that put a player one-on-one before the goalie, number of quality chances (even if not resulting in a shot) and quality shots, fast breaks, and so on. We could even start it out here. Agree on a grid of factors, and spread the word so that recording of games follows that grid. Plenty of people watching soccer, so an army of observers is not the problem. You want to get it to a point where you can read an upcoming game from the stats, similar to horse racing.