In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts get into data collection across sports. Then they cover the modeling of soccer games from shots on goal to performance measures. Plus we talk MLB, World Cup, and the NBA draft with the great Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight. Tune in!Guests:Luis Amaral - An engineering professor at Northwestern where he has investigated complex social and structural networks in areas ranging from healthcare and biology to gender discrimination and gun violence. His diverse research interests has now led him to study soccerNeil Paine - A longtime friend of the show as well as a Senior Writer and General Editor at FiveThirtyEight. He covers a wide range of sports, with a focus on sabermetrics and statistical analysis. Follow him on Twitter at @Neil_Paine
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