From Analyst/Scout to General Manager in the MLS! - Lucy Rushton - #20

This weeks guest is Lucy Rushton who was most recently the General Manager at MLS side, DC United, working alongside Wayne Rooney. Lucy started out in England with the likes of Watford and Reading and came mainly from a scouting and recruitment background. Lucy shares her knowledge of how data is used in football (or soccer!), gives advice and is so open and honest about her experiences working in sport, both in England, and USA I thoroughly enjoyed this chat and it's probably top 3 of the 21 done so far. Lucy is amazing and has so much knowledge. Any aspiring analyst or scout will definitely be able to gain something from watching this! While you are here, don't forget to subscribe is you haven't already! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 1:20 - Lucy joins and gives background 3:04 - Getting into analysis and scouting 6:42 - Being a women, working in male dominated area 12:46 - Master degree, worth it? 15:42 - Working at Reading FC, and transitioning to scouting 24:05 - Moving over to the MLS 29:41 - The role data plays in sports (off the ball stats, predictions, AI) 35:27 - Using data to recruit coaches, and player grading system 39:10 - Moving to DC United as General Manager (including roles and relationships) 45:42 - Working with Wayne Rooney 48:45 - The MLS Salary Cap 54:56 - Coaching Qualifications as an analyst/scout 56:26 - Advice for aspiring analysts/scouts 59:18 - What Lucy enjoys the most about her role, career highlights 1:01:50 - Podcast recommendations, what's next from Lucy, and where to find her ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 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/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The 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