AI gave advice on tactics: “It worked, we won”

Laura Harvey, coach of Seattle in the American Women's Soccer League, began using AI for tactical analysis ahead of the season, writes Reuters.

And then I asked, "What formation should we have to beat NWSL teams?" And it spit out formations we should use against all the teams. For two of the teams, it said we should have a five-man back line," Davies said on the Soccerish podcast, according to Reuters.

She got the coaching staff on board with the defensive formation, which the team had never used before, and began preparing the players for a game.

It worked. We won the game.

Last year, Seattle came second to last, this year they are four ahead of the final round and have a chance to make the playoffs for the first time.