Sweden won the 2016 Rio Olympics Soccer Quarterfinal over the U.S. Women’s National Team 1 – 1 as decided by penalty kicks. But how did the teams perform statistically? Was this meant to be the result, a close game decided by penalty kicks? Or was there something peculiar about the game statistics, and “luck” factored into play? We will look at the game statistics, and see how each player may have affected the outcome.We will be using the “SNAFU” analysis from Part 3 of this “Blame it on the Rio Olympics” series. Of the mathematical models evaluated so far, this analysis seems to be the most reliable indicator of overall player performance.
2016 U.S. Women’s Soccer- Blame it on the Rio Olympics – The Grande Finale – Part 4 – Sweden vs USA Quarterfinal Game – “SNAFU” Analysis
