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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780143124566
- ISBN-10: 0143124560
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: July 2013
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 400
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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