Soccer needs some visualization love

Over the years you've seen a fewblogposts from the Juice Team on football, the American variety. We thought it made sense to give the world's most popular version of football a little love since the Major League Soccer (MLS) season just got underway. As we started our journey to pay tribute to the beautiful game, we came to realize much like the recent Sloan Sports Analytics Conference that fútbol is just starting to get its data on. Check out this view of team performance created in Slice.

MLS 2012 Season
MLS 2012 Season

This data comes from the MLS Soccer Team Stats page.