The Red Bulls are using Tobii eye-tracking technology to gather data about what the team’s players are looking at through various situations on the pitch. A video by Fractal Media for the company’s Function series examines where players look during penalties, set pieces, one-on-ones, and live gameplay.
In one scene, on the New York Red Bulls practice field, Andrew Tinari was closely watching the ball between the feet of his teammate Scotty Taylor. But in an instant Taylor flipped the ball over Tinari’s head using the back of his heel, before controlling it on the other side.