Nate Krackeler

Nate Krackeler-Soccer Data

I'm Nate Krackeler, a Cornell Government and UMass MS Sport Management Grad. I currently do consulting work with small clubs on soccer data, focusing on recruitment, player evaluation, and transfer valuation. This portfolio showcases soccer data project work and articles I've completed in the past.

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Nate Krackeler • 30th July 2026

Philadelphia Union Center Forward: Recruitment Situations Part 2

Welcome back! I’m sticking East Coast this week as I dive in to what I think is a really interesting challenge: helping the Union find a striker.

Nate Krackeler • 28th July 2026

New England Revolution Central Midfield: Recruitment Situations Part 1

This article is the first in a series where I will attempt to solve a specific MLS recruitment problem in each edition.

Nate Krackeler • 18th June 2026

My Composite Ratings World Cup Team of the Round: Group Stage, Round One

This week, now that, just like the rest of you, I am completely all in on the World Cup, I took my composite ratings to the world stage.

Nate Krackeler • 10th June 2026

My All Data, No Vibes Team of the MLS Half-Season

This article functioned as some testing for a task I’ve been given as part of some consulting work I’ve been doing for a low-level European soccer team: creating a customizable composite rating system to serve as the first layer of filters for player recruitment.

Nate Krackeler • 5th May 2026

(Old draft) There is a Significant Flaw in Thomas Frank's System in Each Third on Offense and Defense

This is a tactics article I wrote in deep frustration the weekend before Thomas Frank was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur. Given the moderate improvement spurred on by coaching changes from Roberto De Zerbi, I felt it was an okay time to post it.

Nate Krackeler • 14th April 2026

Data Scouting the Brasileirão for the MLS

Given that this is the last year that the MLS schedule will line up with South America, it is as good a time as any for American teams to look to the Brasileirão.

Nate Krackeler • 5th April 2026

Winning the 2026 Tulane International Fútbol Negotiation Competition

Earlier this week, I traveled to New Orleans to take part in the 5th Annual Tulane International Fútbol Negotiation Competition.

Nate Krackeler • 17th March 2026

Analyzing MLS Passing Through K-Means Clustering

As an output for my MLS fullback analysis, I generated a chart of 32 passing clusters, listed from most passes to least completed passes across the sample, for right fullbacks playing on the right and on the left.

Nate Krackeler • 4th March 2026

How Does Luca Bombino Keep Getting Away With It?

Drop everything you’re doing. We have a left-footed right back.

Nate Krackeler • 13th August 2026

I Analyzed Every Corner Kick of the 2026 MLS Season So You Don't Have To

One critique of set pieces that you hear quite often in European soccer circles is that they’re too American. They turn soccer into a “game of NFL” and remove the fluid complexity that makes the game so beautiful. If that’s the case, it doesn’t get more American than this article.