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This is the first release of itscalledsoccer, a wrapper
around the same API that powers the American Soccer Analysis
app. It enables R users to programmatically retrieve advanced
analytics for their favorite players and teams, with coverage of the
following competitions:
We at ASA, have been working on this for the better part of 6 months and are super excited to release it. We hope it makes interacting with our data easier and allows people to build new and informative things.
Technically everything in the package is new, but we’ll highlight all the functions that are currently available and provide a brief description of what data they return. The package does take a couple seconds to initialize because we do cache some data at the start.
get_stadia: Gets data about stadiums, things like
location, name and capacity.get_referees: Gets data about referees, things like
name, birth date and nationality.get_managers: Gets data about managers, things like
name and nationality.get_teams: Gets data about teams, things like
abbreviation and name.get_players: Gets data about players, things like
height, weight and nationality.get_games: Gets data about games, things like score,
attendance and matchday.get_player_xgoals: Gets a player(s) xGoals for a season
or range of dates.get_player_xpass: Gets a player(s) xPass for a season
or range of dates.get_player_goals_added: Gets a player(s) g+ for a
season or range of dates.get_player_salaries: Gets a player(s) salary for a
season or range of dates, only available for MLS.get_goalkeeper_xgoals: Gets a goalkeepers(s) xGoals for
a season or range of dates.get_goalkeeper_goals_added: Gets a goalkeepers(s) g+
for a season or range of dates.get_team_xgoals: Gets a team(s) xGoals for a season or
range of dates.get_team_xpass: Gets a team(s) xPass for a season or
range of dates.get_team_goals_added: Gets a team(s) xPass for a season
or range of dates.get_team_salaries: Gets a team(s) salary for a season
or range of dates, only available for MLS.get_game_xgoals: Gets a game(s) xGoals for a season or
range of dates.For more info on xGoals, xPass and g+, check out these articles:
None, but if you do find a bug while using the package, please submit an issue.
We know our documentation is a bit sparse at the moment, but we plan on building it up and adding more examples over time. In the meantime, the API documentation should be a sufficient stop gap for specific functions.
Happy soccering!
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.