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Creating NWSL data visualizations, occasionally using them to tell stories. 📍NYC Gotham newsletter: @thebatsignal.bsky.social
This is really awesome, congratulations!!
04.12.2025 19:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Counterpoint: fake country
02.12.2025 01:58 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Seeing some crazy art on the pitch rn minus republican grandma
02.12.2025 00:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0*-0.00
01.12.2025 21:16 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Also her hockey assist in the championship
01.12.2025 21:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1So who do we think is working a shift at the Astor Place Raising Cane’s?
25.11.2025 00:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot of Google’s AI Overview reading “While there were no prominent rookie goalkeepers in the most recent NWSL season, a notable 2025 rookie was Angelina Anderson, who was the first rookie goalkeeper to play in the NWSL playoffs since 2013. Anderson was drafted by the Washington Spirit in 2023 and signed with the team for the 2024 season. Other notable players who have recently joined the NWSL include McKenna Whitham and Croix Bethune, who are both 14 years old and have played in the league.”
I don’t think there’s a single true fact in this paragraph
24.11.2025 19:32 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Eric Adams just got booed and then said that you have to “play through the hecklers” and you “can’t listen to the haters” 😭😭😭
24.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gotham celebrating their championship victory on a double decker bus
Yael Averbuch West looking at Gotham’s victory parade from a double decker bus
God looking down at his creation
24.11.2025 15:33 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Second-best save: Aubrey Kingsbury vs. Gotham FC (0.04 PSxG on 0.02 xG).
Tracks back to her line just in time.
Top save: Aubrey Kingsbury vs. Gotham FC (0.11 PSxG on 0.03 xG).
Good awareness to keep her team in the game for now.
Top goal: Rose Lavelle vs. Washington Spirit (0.59 PSxG on 0.09 xG).
Long switch ball is underrated. But wow, Rose Lavelle. Will always be one of the best to ever do it.
Basically, these are the goals where the player taking the shot added the most value just on shot quality, and the saves where the keeper was best able to navigate this unexpected extra shot quality. Not a perfect way to measure best goals/saves, but cool to look at. Top goals and saves below.
23.11.2025 15:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Goals and saves from NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP with highest PSxG-xG 👇🧵
23.11.2025 15:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
a picture of Gotham FC’s crest on a jersey with only one star above it.
tfw you just bought a jersey and it’s already outdated 😪😪😪
23.11.2025 15:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
two shots of fireball
23.11.2025 03:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So that was a handball right?
23.11.2025 02:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Third-best save: Mackenzie Arnold vs. Washington Spirit (0.54 PSxG on 0.19 xG).
Does well to collect a header on frame.
Second-best save: Mackenzie Arnold vs. Washington Spirit (0.50 PSxG on 0.12 xG).
Arnold benefits from Bethune getting caught off balance, but still does the important part.
Top save: Mackenzie Arnold vs. Washington Spirit (0.53 PSxG on 0.10 xG).
Lots of deflections, lots of bodies, and she still manages to punch it over.
Third-best goal: Croix Bethune vs. Portland Thorns FC (0.99 PSxG on 0.95 xG).
When your center back and your goalkeeper are in a who's giving up more contest. But seriously, great job by Croix to lurk undetected and then get past the keeper.
Second-best goal: Gift Monday vs. Portland Thorns FC (0.98 PSxG on 0.86 xG).
Gift Monday did an excellent job putting it away but wow, Rose Kouassi take a bow.
Top goal: Jaedyn Shaw vs. Orlando Pride (0.22 PSxG on 0.06 xG).
Big player delivering in a big moment.
Basically, these are the goals where the player taking the shot added the most value just on shot quality, and the saves where the keeper was best able to navigate this unexpected extra shot quality. Not a perfect way to measure best goals/saves, but cool to look at. Top 3 goals and saves below.
17.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Goals and saves from NWSL semifinals with highest PSxG-xG 👇🧵
17.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Esther what
16.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Third-best save: Mackenzie Arnold vs. San Diego Wave FC (0.43 PSxG on 0.03 xG).
Reads the play well, stays by the near post, and is well-positioned to collect.
Second-best save: Anna Moorhouse vs. Seattle Reign FC (0.71 PSxG on 0.17 xG).
Moorhouse gets on the end of an unpredictable bouncing ball to preserve her team's lead.
Top save: Mackenzie Arnold vs. San Diego Wave FC (0.72 PSxG on 0.16 xG).
Sam Hiatt does her part to close off the angle and Mackenzie Arnold puts her face on the line to take care of the rest.
Third-best goal: Haley McCutcheon vs. Seattle Reign FC (0.64 PSxG on 0.11 xG).
Beautiful and intelligent one touch shot to cap off some seriously scary team play.
