Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson doesn’t plan to mimic what he calls the “media and entertainment” business model of franchises in other leagues. With the NFL, NBA and MLB all...
Not everyone in the Portland Timbers organization lives and breathes data. Coach Giovanni Savarese, for one, still relies heavily on feel when making decisions for the pitch, but he admits...
A new partnership between SeatGeek and the ridesharing company Lyft will ensure that fans are being dropped off near the gate closest to their seats. As part of the deal,...
Fit for 90 is a growing player-monitoring system being delivered to elite soccer teams. The basis of the program is to quantify each athlete’s daily readiness on a 100-point scale in order to provide coaches with the information to optimize performance and development across the entire team. Highly reliant on player feedback, the subjective nature […]
