Director of Analytics at US Soccer - Sam Gregory #54

Very pleased to welcome Sam Gregory onto the podcast to share his journey and some of his knowledge. Sam entered the world of football analytics from an economics background and was also a key member of the analytics community back on Twitter around a decade ago. Tom has spent time in various tech/data companies before working for York Utd (Canada) and Inter Miami as head of analytics. He joins me for this video 3-4 months into his new role as director of analytics for US Soccer. With the Copa America and the upcoming World Cup, now seems like a really interesting time for football (ok, soccer), in the US! All relevant links, down below. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe! 0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Sam joins, background, getting started 6:56 - Networking tips 12:16 - The importance of football knowledge 14:47 - Moving from commercial, to a club setting 21:41 - Joining Inter Miami 28:34 - Tracking data, how used, pressure 34:31 - Delivering insights to different personnel 42:35 - Building tools, and infrastructure (SQL, python etc.) 48:28 - Working at US Soccer, building out a department 56:15 - Looking ahead, the future of analytics, AI 59:30 - Advice for interviews, networking, new analytics conference 1:04:30 - Book recommendations 1:06:22 - Euro 2024 prediction, wrap up Related Episodes Tom Worville - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9z-V4g3dh8 Sarah Rudd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMbRuYEEQc Jeremy Steele - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8A7Mym0Zo Books mentioned Thinking fast & Slow - https://amzn.to/3RLsw9j The Undoing Project - https://amzn.to/3xoG1F7 The Beckham Experiment - https://amzn.to/3zfpMuC The Mixer - https://amzn.to/4cBBOwv Zonal Marking - https://amzn.to/4cBBOwv American Soccer Insights Summit - https://americansoccerinsights.com/ Follow Sam on Twitter - https://x.com/gregorydsam?lang=en Sams talk at StatsBomb conference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JIZr1v14I ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk