Army Swimming in Sensors and Drowning in Data

 
 
On Sunday I wrote a small post about how UK company Prozone captures all English Premier League soccer matches on video and then uses that footage to create a database of every shot, pass, tackle and assist made by every player (according to a comment on that post Opta Sports are powering the Guardian Chalkboard [...]

Landon Donovan Visualized

 
 
Yesterday Landon Donovan tore up the right flank of the pitch at the Emirates Stadium and helped his new club Everton secure a draw against my beloved Arsenal.  This morning one of the soccer blogs I follow showed this great visualization of Donovan’s impact on the game. 
 

 by Guardian Chalkboards
   
 
The graph shows Donovan’s completed passes [...]