Another take on statistics in soccer from Slate

Brian Phillips has written an interesting analysis of the uptick in statistical analysis in soccer in Slate, available here, and why a Moneyball-like analysis will, or maybe won't work for soccer. Be sure to click on the link he provides to the UK Guardian's Interactive Chalkboards feature, also available here, and submit your own tactical analysis. You can see my earlier post on the great soccer statistics book Soccernomics here.