Chris Anderson (10)

My boyfriend bought this book for him to read, but I decided that I would read it as well. I recently got into soccer (less than a year) and I am still learning so much about it. I dabble in sabermetrics in baseball so wanted to see what a numbers type of book would be like for soccer. Some of this book was very confusing for me because I'm still getting started with soccer, but I did learn a lot. I'm glad I read the book all the way through because I learned that not only was it a good sit show more down and read book, but it's one that I can go back to when I want to look up a certain stat or graph that I saw in the book. I am excited to pick up more soccer books and learn more about the game. show less

Being a huge fan of soccer and stats, this was an enjoyable book for me. I liked that it gave me some new ways of watching the game.

Starts well, then peters off. There may be some astonishing insights in the final quarter, but by then I'd got so bored...

A look at the game of soccer using analytics. The sub title says it all "Why everything you know about soccer is wrong." Consider this Moneyball, for soccer.