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Eight Major League Soccer Teams Partner With STATSports

Major League Soccer just raised its’ game with a partnership with STATsports, a global provider of GPS performance analysis equipment.  STATsports has teamed up with eight Major League Soccer organizations – the Colorado Rapid, Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, reigning champs, LA Galaxy, New York City FC, Orlando City SC, New York Red Bulls, and Sporting […]

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France’s Top Soccer League Becomes Latest To Adopt Goal-Line Technology

France’s Ligue 1 has been in the spotlight this year with two teams in this year’s Champions League quarterfinal. Now the league is making more news with their announcement today to use goal-line technology for the 2015-2016 season. France changed their position after declaring for months they would not use the technology. Get The Latest […]

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New Indoor Location Technology Poised To Transform Athlete Training

This is a guest post by Ciaran Connell, CEO, DecaWave, an Irish fabless semiconductor company which develops ICs for indoor location and communication based on its UWB wireless technology platform.   Sports training has evolved quite a bit since backyard pick-up games. Today’s professional and college teams use a wide variety of technology to track exactly […]

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FIFA Decides to Not Use Video Technology Despite Blown Calls

We have seen it time and time again: human error changing the outcome of a game. Whether it is two free throws given for the smallest of touches or an imaginary pass interference, the rules of the game ultimately come down to those officiating. Some sports have taken measures to prevent human error by implementing […]

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How Technology Has Increased American Soccer Fandom

American interest in soccer has been steadily increasing for years now. Since the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup, many Americans started to appreciate that soccer, rather than being a passing spectacle every four years, was actually worth following throughout the year, every year. Figures show that the rise of the MLS has resulted […]

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