Tyler Heaps is U.S. Soccer’s director of sporting analytics, and in this episode he’ll talk about…

- Working with national teams from the senior level through the youth ranks
- How they’re handling work during the pandemic
- Thoughts on what Gregg Berhalter said in the previous episode
- Factoring league quality into analysis
- Dealing with small sample sizes
- Keys to working and communicating with a wide swath of coaches and players
- How he watches a game
- What’s interesting about player-tracking data
- His role in France with the World Cup-winning U.S. women
- Tips for breaking into the sports analytics field
- His favorite stadium in England

Show links
- Follow Tyler on Twitter and LinkedIn
- 2019 NESSIS panel
- Article on his 2019 Opta Pro Soccer presentation
- Augsburg alumni spotlight
- Follow @TruMediaSports on Twitter

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Gregg Berhalter has been the head coach of the United States men’s national soccer team since December 2018, following a playing career that spanned 18 years and four countries (Netherlands, England, Germany, U.S.). He thenmanaged Swedish club Hammarby and the Columbus Crew before taking the USMNT job. In this conversation, Berhalter discusses…

- How data crept into his prep process as a player and coach
- How he and his staff use analytics to monitor the player pool
- Using data in game prep and during games
- What happens when data and the eye test conflict
- Keys to communicating data to players
- How he watches a game with data in mind
- One of his favorite games from his playing career
- His godfather, Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski

Show links
- Gregg Berhalter’s U.S. Soccer bio
- How the USMNT uses fitness data
- Highlights of the 2008 German Cup quarterfinal between Bayern and 1860 Munich
- Berhalter’s godfather is Carl Yastrzemski
- TruMedia on Twitter: @TruMediaSports

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