The Harvard Data Nerd Defending America’s Goal at the World Cup
In February 2021, then-Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey received an email from an enterprising Harvard student looking to connect with a pioneer of basketball analytics about working in a front office. Matt Freese is the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. men’s national team. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Matt Freese was no ordinary Ivy League student trying…
