The rise of analytics in women’s football

Most likely, you have not heard about West Ham Women’s signing of the season.

It was not Rachel Daly, who spent the first half of the season on loan from Houston Dash, or Olli Harder, the manager who is now tasked with retaining their Women’s Super League status. The honour falls to Metrica Sports, a data and video analysis provider to more than 100 teams across the globe including Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Barcelona. West Ham are the first women’s team to use its technology.

The original article was published by Katie Whyatt on The Athletic.

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