This story was written by Lew Blaustein, who writes at the intersection of green and sports for his GreenSportsBlog. AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, hosts 100 million fans annually at more than 120 stadiums, arenas and other facilities around the world. In an effort to lower its energy use and minimize its […]
Last Friday the sport of football was changed forever as the MLS became the first league to ever use video reviews in a live match. This comes after the controversial meeting last June where The International Football Association Board (The IFAB), supported by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, gave the green light to test the impact […]
Like some industries, ticketing has been stuck in its ways using the same technique for many years now. The industry standard and old technique has been a closed system with various restrictions surrounding where and when fans can buy and transfer tickets. However, SeatGeek, which, a ticketing aggregation site that searches dozens of ticketing sites […]
Soccer has long been a game untouched by the world of statistics, with the primary statistical differentiator between players being merely amount of goals or assists. But thanks to player tracking technology and advanced algorithms, MLS sponsor Audi is trying to change that mentality in one of the fastest growing soccer leagues in the world. […]
On the heels of the kick-off workshop in the Netherlands in May, International Football Association Board (IFAB) and Major League Soccer (MLS) will host a second workshop experimenting with the implementation of video assistant referees (VARs). The workshop will take place from July 19-21 in New Jersey and will be attended by more than 20 leagues […]
