Ryan O'Hanlon

Writer, ESPN; author, NET GAINS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’S ANALYTICS REVOLUTION (out now, link below)

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

My book, NET GAINS, is out today! It's about why the "data revolution" in the world's most popular game trails far behind sports like basketball and baseball, how that's changing, and how far it might all eventually go. Buy it wherever you buy your books: https://t.co/5jnrw1DyBX

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Please read my tactical analysis of the USMNT's 4-1 loss to Belgium:

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

David Moyes says #mufc must improve in a number of areas, including passing, creating chances and defending.

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Non-penalty goals at the last two World Cups:

-Cristiano Ronaldo: 2
-Gonçalo Ramos: 4

Minutes played at the last two World Cups:

-Cristiano Ronaldo: 732
-Gonçalo Ramos: 187

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

https://t.co/GkVk8Cq4b0

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

If you're into reading the things I've written, I'm planning on sending out links through my not-dead-yet newsletter ...

[Heather Meyer @Dr_Heatherini]

Our SUF4 condensation paper is finally out! https://t.co/aBzV1wu2tl Thank you to everyone who has scientifically, mentally, and emotionally supported my co-authors and me over the years. Below is a summary of the work-- we hope you enjoy our findings!

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Asking for a friend: where in Lisbon would be a good spot to watch the Benfica and Sporting games today?

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

I'm not checking this site too much anymore, but I've started to put links to everything I write in this Google doc. If you're into that kind of thing: https://t.co/Z3zI8ZgmRU

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

I don't know if links still work here or whatever, but my book, NET GAINS, is currently 50% off if you buy it from my publisher. Get if for someone you love, someone you hate, or even someone toward whom you harbor no feelings, good or ill! https://t.co/5jnrw1Va0x

[kevin lincoln @KTLincoln]

Issue #2 of my newsletter, Good Moves — a newsletter about chess and what it can teach us about performance in other things, too! — is now out. Inside: how do we decide what to do when we don't know what to do? And will I lose to another child? Find out! https://t.co/G5OOpj17hk

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Sure, why not? @rwohan.bsky.social

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

I can't believe a predictive model is a little skeptical of a team that's won two games this season without scoring a touchdown.

[Kevin Cole @KevinCole___]

Steelers are on a run of luckier results since Russell Wilson took over as starter. Three of the four wins were losses if you go by my adjusted scores

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Really impressive five-minute stretch from NBC's broadcast team: bemoaned United letting Scott McTominay go, made fun of a model that said Chelsea's chances of finishing top four changed after the team played soccer games, and dismissed xG as more complicated than nuclear fusion?

[Sean Forman @sean_forman]

Soccer commentary and stats are about 15 years behind where baseball is now.

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Probably has something to do with the guy who stole the Ballon d'Or from Vinicius Jr. and Dani Carvajal.

[Steve @Kickpuncher]

@rwohan How did "start 4 CBs to prevent counters" City turn into late-Klopp-era LFC?

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

I wrote about the end of ETH: https://t.co/G0avxoOtfO

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Baffled by my TV's characterization of the Liverpool-Arsenal game as one-sided. Even on shots. One side has two more touches in the penalty area. The other has slightly more final-third possession.

[Mohamed @MoeSquare]

And as stated before, I'd be quite open to working within a club or consultancy when it comes to scouting for recruitment in football. I'd like to think that I'd be an asset given my portfolio of written/video work in the public sphere since the mid 2010s https://t.co/SwSNlnzIqX

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

Lamine Yamal scoring at the Bernabeu and then *showing off his braces* to the crowd might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen happen on a soccer field.

[Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan]

El Clasico is a great reminder that everything in soccer — beating a high line, playing a high line, scoring a 1v1, finishing a tap in — is harder than it looks.