Steve and I are back again, this time we are here to spread some knowledge and help better inform the fanbase about what types of players it takes to win a championship. Last week I broke down some basics as to how I classified modern MLS player roles with machine learning techniques using more than 100 individual statistics. We did not get very deep into any conclusions from the classification, but this week we will dive into two important actionable insights:
In this article I will refer to player groups/roles/positions by giving them a name rather than using the assigned number for the cluster.