The Revolution are big in the numbers game, as one of only a handful of teams that employ a full-time analyst that works directly with the technical staff. Think it pays off?

“I was doing a project, trying to answer one of those questions, and it basically said the way certain teams were approaching a certain team was wrong and that we should do it the exact opposite way of what we were thinking,” said the Revs analyst. “We told the coaches that, and it wasn’t necessarily a high-risk game for us, because it was a road game and one that we weren’t expected to come away with points. I think they bought in that week, and it turned out really well for us. From then on, that kind of thing became a staple of our pregame prep.” - Revolution Analyst Tim Crawford

Check out the full piece on the Revolution's stats game by MLSSoccer.com's Benjamin Baer here.