The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know about Soccer Is Wrong

by Chris Anderson and David Sally

Book Overview

Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers--a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game , Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions--How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player's value be judged?--they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124560
• ISBN13: 9780143124566
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher