Ryan O'Hanlon

Los Angeles

Staff Writer at ESPN

Writer, ESPN; author, NET GAINS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’S ANALYTICS REVOLUTION (out now, link below)

Articles

How Wrexham paid their way to promotion, and why the Premier League requires more than that

1 week ago | 700espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

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How Wrexham paid their way to promotion, and why the Premier League requires more than that

1 week ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

I still think about him all the time, and I was thinking about him again last weekend. You might remember him, too, since I wrote about him a couple of years ago. Back in 2015 or '16, I was playing in a coed soccer game on a Thursday night in Los Angeles. There were very few -- if any -- other former collegiate soccer players in this league, so I always clocked the handful of other players who stood out.
Champions League: Why Arsenal, PSG, Barcelona and Inter will (and won't) win

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

At this point, any team can win the Champions League. And well, uh, yeah. Soccer is random, and all it takes is three more results to lift the biggest trophy in Europe. But usually -- because soccer is so random on the game-by-game basis -- there's at least one surprise team in the semifinals. You know who I'm talking about: that team who we all know technically could win the Champions League, but who we'd all be shocked to see actually win the Champions League. Not this year, though.
How Mbappé's arrival made Real Madrid worse, and his exit made PSG better

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

Back in a 2001 column, my old boss, Bill Simmons, coined the Ewing Theory. A friend of his "was convinced that Patrick Ewing's teams (both at Georgetown and with New York) inexplicably played better when Ewing was either injured or missing extended stretches because of foul trouble," he wrote. Ewing was a star center for the New York Knicks, who drafted him No. 1 overall out of Georgetown in 1985.
How Mbappé's arrival made Real Madrid worse, and his exit made PSG better

2 weeks ago | espn.com.au | Ryan O'Hanlon

Back in a 1999 column, my old boss, Bill Simmons, coined the Ewing Theory. A friend of his "was convinced that Patrick Ewing's teams (both at Georgetown and with New York) inexplicably played better when Ewing was either injured or missing extended stretches because of foul trouble," he later wrote for ESPN. Ewing was a star center for the New York Knicks, who drafted him No. 1 overall out of Georgetown in 1985.
¿Qué equipos europeos recorren más terreno más rápido?

3 weeks ago | espn.com.ar | Ryan O'Hanlon

¿Sabías qué hay equipos que superan los 100 kilómetros por partido? Aquí te presentamos estadísticas muy llamativas. Cuando observamos la distancia que recorre un equipo en un partido, no nos dice mucho más que, bueno, la distancia que ese equipo recorrió en ese partido. En las cinco grandes ligas europeas de esta temporada, ¿sabrías decir qué equipo recorre más distancia? Te lo voy a poner fácil: no lo sabes; la respuesta es el FC Saint Pauli.
Ranked: Of Europe's 96 top-flight clubs, which cover the most ground the fastest?

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

When we look at how much distance a team covers in a match, it doesn't tell us much beyond, well, how much distance that team covered in that match. Across Europe's Big Five top leagues this season, can you guess which team covers the most ground? Let me stop you right there -- you can't; the answer is FC Saint Pauli. Per data from PFF FC, manager Alexander Blessin gets his guys to move 104.84 kilometers every game. You might, though, be able to guess which team moves the least.
How Liverpool can lose the Premier League to Arsenal: The most likely scenario

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

"Liverpool are going to win the Premier League ... ... ... ... right?"While normally you need a $500,000 MRI machine to image the human brain, I have just given you direct access inside the mind of most Liverpool fans, at some point, over the past four months. It has been a foregone conclusion for everyone else for a long time now, but Liverpool fans remember when Steven Gerrard slipped. They can't forget how they finished one point behind Manchester City twice.
Transfer rumors, news: Chelsea eyeing summer move for Delap

4 weeks ago | espn.in | Tom Fenton |Ryan O'Hanlon

Chelsea are leading the race to sign Ipswich Town's Liam Delap, as Tottenham Hotspur rival Arsenal for Kingsley Coman's signature. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors, and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men's January grades | Women's January gradesTOP STORIES- Amorim: Onana to return for Man United vs.
Strikers probably aren't as important as you think: Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City prove it

1 month ago | espn.com | Ryan O'Hanlon

Ask anyone: an Arsenal fan, an Arsenal executive, an Arsenal coach, an Arsenal hater, an Arsenal skeptic, an Arsenal believer, an Arsenal bus driver, an Arsenal mascot, an Arsenal cook, an Arsenal chairman, an Arsenal hairstylist, an Arsenal historian, an Arsenal spewer of opprobrium. Ask them what Arsenal need to do if they want to win the Premier League, and almost all of them will say: Sign a striker.