Soccer Book Club

SOCCER BOOK CLUB meets the 1st TUE of every month at 10am (PST) and is open to coaches and parents primarily, but it could be anybody interested in keeping up with the group. 

We are going to work through 1 book every quarter covering anything soccer.

The book for this fall is: 

THE NUMBERS GAME by Chris Anderson & David Sally

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.

CALENDAR

TUE 03 SEP 10.0am PST

• The Numbers Game Ch 1-3

TUE 01 OCT 10.00am PST

• The Numbers Game Ch 4-7

TUE 05 NOV 10.00am PST

• The Numbers Game Ch 8-12