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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.