Tampa, Fla. (April 25, 2024) – Global soccer data and sports AI leader Stats Perform will serve as the USL Super League’s official data provider to power the new professional women’s soccer league’s fan-facing platforms and TV broadcasts.
The partnership with the USL Super League is part of a broader data agreement for all of the USL’s professional leagues, including the men’s USL Championship and USL League One. It will begin when the USL Super League kicks off in August 2024.
The wide-ranging initiative will provide the USL Super League with Opta’s world-class data services and products, including real-time match event data and in-depth AI-powered analysis tools, enhancing the experience for fans and partners.
“From the first kick in the USL Super League, this exciting partnership with Opta will provide our fans and coaches with the best data experience possible in the game,” said USL Super League President Amanda Vandervort. “Opta’s globally respected products and services are used by the world’s top soccer leagues, players, and media, and we look forward to tapping into the many applications that will elevate the fan experience.”
Opta has served as the official soccer data provider for the USL since the start of the 2017 Championship season.
Opta covers more than 1,500 mens and women’s soccer competitions around the world and serves as the official data provider for the Premier League, WSL, La Liga, La Liga Femenina Serie A and Serie A Femminile, as well as for sports like WTA tennis, among others. Opta data has become the industry standard used by the world’s professional men’s and women’s soccer teams, media, broadcasters, and scouts.
Steve Xeller, Stats Perform Chief Revenue Officer, said “we’re proud to be known for our expertise in soccer and our commitment to elevate women’s sport by making it more entertaining and accessible. We know the storytelling power of Opta and Opta AI and their ability to connect fans more deeply to the action, both during games and far beyond. We’re delighted to help the USL Super League build its players into heroes and to win audiences and sponsors. We’re sure that together we’ll create incredible experiences on digital, in broadcasts and in the venues, that last long in the memory.”
About USL Super League:
The USL Super League is a Division One professional women’s soccer league kicking off in August 2024. The USL Super League’s vision is to be a global leader in women’s soccer on and off the field while providing more opportunities for more women in more communities. The inaugural markets are Brooklyn, Carolina, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Lexington, Spokane, Tampa Bay and Washington, D.C.
The USL Super League will sit at the top the USL’s distinct youth-to-pro women’s pathway. The complete pathway includes the USL W League, the leading pre-professional women’s soccer league in the United States; the USL Academy, an advanced talent-development platform connected to professional and pre-professional USL clubs; and USL Youth, a premier national youth competition.
About Stats Perform:
Stats Perform is the market leader in sports tech providing the most trusted sports data and the latest advancements in applying AI and machine learning to deliver better predictions for teams, sportsbooks and a more engaging broadcast, media and fan experience. The company collects the most detailed sports data to create new experiences across sports. Leveraging the richest sports database, Stats Perform enhances sports competition and entertainment through machine learning and computer vision to create advanced predictions and analysis – be that for digital and broadcast media with differentiated storytelling, tech companies with reliable and fast data to power their innovations, sportsbooks with in-play betting services, rights holders and betting operators with integrity services, or teams with first-of-its-kind AI analysis software.