To kick off Expected Value’s Champions series, our first guest is Ravi Ramineni, director of soccer analytics for the reigning MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders. Ravi talks about… - His role, which covers on-field strategy, player recruitment &amp; salary cap - What he does on a matchday - How his job has evolved in seven years with Seattle - Descriptive, predictive &amp; prescriptive analytics - His career path from India to Microsoft to MLS - Being married to a data analyst for another soccer club - Winning trophies with SeattleShow links - Follow Ravi on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/analysefooty" target="_blank">@analyseFooty</a> - <a href="https://www.soundersfc.com/post/2018/08/31/big-data-how-seattle-sounders-use-analytics-driving-field-performance" target="_blank">How Seattle’s use of analytics drives on-field performance</a> - <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2019/new-owners-field-analytics-heres-technology-impacts-seattle-sounders-fc/" target="_blank">How technology impacts the Sounders</a> - <a href="https://theathletic.com/1200554/2019/09/10/the-seattle-sounders-guide-to-onboarding-new-players-from-abroad/" target="_blank">Ravi road trips to Vancouver with Emanuel Cecchini</a> - <a href="https://nwasianweekly.com/2015/10/visionary-ravi-ramineni-sounders-find-strength-in-numbers/" target="_blank">Sounders find strength in numbers</a> - <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2015/from-microsoft-to-the-mls-ravi-ramineni-crunches-data-to-help-the-sounders-win/" target="_blank">From India to Microsoft to MLS</a> Listen here or wherever you get podcasts: <a href="https://bit.ly/ExpValueApple" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVgoogle" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVpodspotify" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVstitcher" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVtunein" target="_blank">TuneIn</a>

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