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Ryan O'Hanlon

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Ryan O'Hanlon

@rwohan

Writer, ESPN; author, NET GAINS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’S ANALYTICS REVOLUTION (out now, link below)

Los Angeles

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Joined July 2009

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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Oct 18, 2022
My book, NET GAINS, is out today! It's about why the "data revolution" in the world's most popular game trails far behind sports like basketball and baseball, how that's changing, and how far it might all eventually go. Buy it wherever you buy your books:
abramsbooks.com
Net Gains Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution
Soccer has long been driven by instinct, tradition, and intuitionbut this fast-moving, idea-driven book shows how analytics is reshaping how the game is played, managed, and understood around the...
Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jun 19, 2024
I joke about how, if you only watched international soccer, you would have a deranged view of who the best players in the world are. But if you only watched international soccer, you would think that Xherdan Shaqiri is the greatest soccer player of all time -- and you'd be right.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Mar 6, 2024
Real Madrid look terrible. I'm moving them up to no. 1 in my Champions League power rankings.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Aug 20, 2023
If you amortize the result, Chelsea only lost 0.00003 to 0.00001.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Oct 26, 2024
El Clasico is a great reminder that everything in soccer — beating a high line, playing a high line, scoring a 1v1, finishing a tap in — is harder than it looks.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jul 1, 2024
Hoping this jinxes it, but France–Portugal is shaping up to be one of the worst soccer games we've ever seen.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jun 22, 2024
It's not lost on me that we might never see a 40-something player perform at this level ever again, at a major tournament. Make sure you watch every minute of every Portugal game from here on out. Enjoy Pepe while you still can.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
May 31, 2023
The Greatest Trick Jose Mourinho Ever Pulled Was Making Me Forget That He Got Eliminated from A Knockout Tournament by a Team Whose Coach Was in Jail
Jake.
@YedIin
May 31, 2023
Replying to @YedIin
manager in prison
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jun 1, 2024
I wasn't confident Real Madrid would win the Champions League final until they got outshot 5-2, conceded multiple breakaways, and had their post hit in the first 25 minutes.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Nov 6, 2023
This is the worst I’ve ever seen a team play with nine men *and* the worst I’ve ever seen a team play against nine men.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jan 23, 2024
I wrote about Darwin Núñez, who is A) bad at kicking a soccer ball, and B) one of the best soccer players in the world:
Ignore the lowlights: Why Liverpool's Darwin Núñez is one of the world's best players
From espn.com
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jul 5, 2024
Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jul 1, 2024
Hoping this jinxes it, but France–Portugal is shaping up to be one of the worst soccer games we've ever seen.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
May 22, 2023
Congratulations to the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which has no connection to the Saudi Arabian government, for achieving their first Champions League qualification.
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Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
Jul 2, 2024
I wrote about the main reason why the USMNT got dumped out of the Copa America: the players aren’t as good as we thought they were.
Why USMNT isn't as good as it thinks after Copa America exit
From espn.com
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