Irish sports tech company Statsports is expecting to significantly increase staff numbers and may seek outside funding as it looks to accelerate growth after scoring a £1 billion (€1.14 billion) deal with the US Soccer Federation. The five-year deal will see millions of American players using its monitoring devices to aid performance on the pitch. The partnership with the US Soccer Federation is already under way with Statsports’s Apex Team Series monitoring devices being rolled out to the men and women’s national teams. Over the coming years, the systems will also be deployed to the paralympic, futsal and beach soccer national teams, as well as to the national women’s soccer league, youth national teams, and development academy clubs. Statsports employs about 50 people but the self-financed company is expecting to take on additional staff on the back of the deal.

Source: The Irish Times March 29, 2018 15:11 UTC