Articles written by: Chris Sherman

Chris is a data scientist who was a mediocre left back and center back for the Upper Dublin High School..... JV team. He then got a Computer Science & Business degree from Lehigh University and a Master's' degree from Northwestern University in Predictive Analytics. He likes data and building programs to do his thinking for him.

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through July 2

by × on July 5, 2017 at 9:30 am × 0 comments

New SEBA projections. Union chances improve a little, but power ranking improves a lot, as the model still tries to figure out what to think of Philadelphia.

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through June 24

by × on June 28, 2017 at 10:30 am × 0 comments

Philadelphia’s odds improve, but are still in a deep hole. Chicago stays on top.

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through June 18

by × on June 21, 2017 at 9:30 am × 1 comment

Philadelphia’s playoffs chances continue to crash. Also, the USOC chances get bleak due to unlucky draw.

SEBA Projections

Updated SEBA international forecasts through June 13

by × on June 15, 2017 at 10:15 am × 2 comments

Updates to USMNT projections after their draw at Azteca; Updates on total world cup picture

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through June 11

by × on June 14, 2017 at 9:30 am × 4 comments

Despite only a few games this week, Philadelphia’s chances continue to decline a little bit.

SEBA Projections

Updated SEBA international forecasts through June 8

by × on June 9, 2017 at 10:00 am × 5 comments

How can stats forecast the Hex for the USMNT? Chris Sherman has the latest.

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through June 4

by × on June 7, 2017 at 9:30 am × 0 comments

Chicago at the top of the power rankings. Philadelphia continues declining. They’ll need to pull at least 7 points from the next three home matches to improve their playoffs outlook.

SEBA Projections

Updated SEBA international forecasts through May 29

by × on June 2, 2017 at 10:30 am × 2 comments

USMNT projections, World Cup/Qualifying projections, Gold Cup projections, all kinds of projections

SEBA Projections

Updated MLS, USL, and NWSL SEBA projections through May 28

by × on May 31, 2017 at 9:30 am × 0 comments

Philadelphia moves up in power rankings but down in playoff chances. Toronto is back on top.

Analysis / Statistics

Investigating home field advantage in MLS, Part 2: Crowd Size

by × on May 26, 2017 at 10:30 am × 8 comments

Chris Sherman continues to investigate potential causes for home field advantage in MLS using statistical analysis. This second article demonstrates home field advantage and studies the effect of the size of the home crowd on the home team’s advantage.

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