Paul Carr

Just the number of analysts, to kind of sum it up in general, the number of analysts has been behind most MLS clubs.

And so they're growing in that vein.

And they can use the data different ways.

I mean, some of it is what you mentioned as far as identifying players to recruit.

And there are so many leagues and stuff that the data can really help

Kind of narrow it down.

It may not tell you which player to sign, but it might give you a pool.

Instead of 1,000 players, now we're down to 20.

And then you have scouts and coaches and people who can take a closer look at those guys.

That's one way it can help.

It can help analyze your team.

What are we doing well?

We're trying to do X, and we haven't done that based on what the numbers from this post-game report tell us.

And then scouting.

You're just trying to, again, simplify things sometimes or do things faster sometimes.

You want to pull out the key information you want to know about opponents, and that can make your scouting more efficient and better and give you more time, you know, on the field to train and things like that rather than have to do it.

So those are, you know, just kind of three general ways that I'm sure sporting is using data now and will continue to use it and try to find those efficiencies to help them catch up with some of the big boys.

Yeah, I mean, some of it could be just basic tendencies like any sport.

You know, NFL is, you know, which direction they run or what they do in certain down and distance.

So in soccer, it might be how does the opponent attack or where do they attack from?