Webinar Recap: How To Setup Livestreaming for Your United Soccer League Club

Marketing Manager at SportsEngine

March 31, 2025 | 1 minute, 41 seconds read

Our SportsEngine Play expert, Lesley Albano, teams up with our USL partnership manager, Sam Deleppo, and SportsEngine soccer expert, Eric Rabe, to host a webinar showing your club how to get up and running with livestreaming on SportsEngine Play. Join them and dive deeper into the suite of technology that empowers United Soccer League clubs.

What is SportsEngine Play?

We'll tell you all about the new video and streaming home for USL Pre-Pro clubs like yours.

What it means for you

See the impact of creating your own club channel to stream matches, host video on demand, and clip highlights to share with fans.

Streaming best practices & setup

Hear from our streaming expert on the tips and tricks that have worked for hundreds of clubs when implementing live streaming programs.

What else do I get out of this partnership?

SportsEngine has the tech tools to make life easier when running your soccer club, and keep all of your processes under one technology umbrella. Click here to contact us and learn about special pricing available for USL clubs like yours.

Your next steps

You will leave the webinar feeling ready to start streaming through SportsEngine Play and your immediate next steps. If you have questions, please contact our SportsEngine Play customer success manager, Lesley Albano, at lesley.albano@nbcuni.com.

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Webinar Recap: Mastering Member Communication in SportsEngine Motion

by Jerry Wacholz

Marketing Manager at SportsEngine

March 12, 2025 | 1 minute, 12 seconds read

Watch this webinar to gain a better understanding of how youth sports administrators like you can use SportsEngine Motion's tools to better communicate with your members and volunteers.

Follow along as SportsEngine Motion expert, Kylie Anderson, takes you through utilizing the social feed, emails, push notifications, the mobile app, and more to communicate with your team. You'll learn tips and tricks for these existing features as well as new recent enhancements.

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Blue Chip Youth Sports Partners With SportsEngine To Transform Flag Football Organization Management

SportsEngine, the leading youth sports team and club management technology platform, today announced a new multi-year partnership with Blue Chip Youth Sports, one of the largest flag football organizations in the world. The collaboration names SportsEngine as the exclusive provider of online member management, registration, and payment solutions for all participating Blue Chip leagues.

SportsEngine’s collaboration with Blue Chip comes at a pivotal time for the organization as flag football continues to experience rapid growth. As the world’s fastest-growing sport, flag football is played by more than 20 million people in more than 100 countries and across all age groups and genders. According to the International Federation of American Football, 2.4 million kids under 17 are playing organized flag football in the U.S. The sport itself is set to be an official sport at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Blue Chip Youth Sports is at the forefront of this growth, with more than 40 leagues and 30,000 young athletes participating in its programs throughout North America and, most recently, Narita, Japan, its first entry into Asia. The organization’s reach continues to grow, providing flag football opportunities to youth from all walks of life and further solidifying its place as one of the largest flag football organizations globally.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Blue Chip Youth Sports to help bring their flag football leagues the benefits of SportsEngine’s cutting-edge technology,” said Dan Burquist, Senior Vice President, SportsEngine. “Our platform will help streamline operations, simplify registration and payment processes, and ultimately provide a better experience for the athletes, coaches, and parents involved in these leagues. Together, we can build a more efficient and seamless experience for all participants.”

“This partnership with SportsEngine is an exciting step forward for our organization,” said Patrick Williams, CEO, Blue Chip Youth Sports. “Their technology will enable us to better serve our athletes and their families while continuing to expand flag football to new regions and leagues. We look forward to seeing how our collaboration will improve the overall experience for everyone involved in our programs.”

With flag football gaining momentum as a mainstream sport, this partnership will help facilitate its continued growth and success, making it easier for leagues to manage their operations and for families to get involved in the sport.

SportsEngine technology serves more than 27,000 small and medium-sized youth sports organizations, tournaments, the Governing Body community, professional sports leagues and over a thousand municipalities with its cutting-edge suite of technology solutions to dramatically reduce the time they spend on administration and communication, allowing them to focus more time on developing their athletes.

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The Growth of Youth Hockey Participation in the United States

by Jerry Wacholz

Marketing Manager at SportsEngine

March 7, 2025 | 2 minutes, 1 second read

Watch representatives from SportsEngine and USA Hockey discuss recent youth hockey participation growth trends in the United States, initiatives to support and grow girls & women's hockey, and the American Development Model for youth hockey players.

Ken Martel, Senior Director for Player & Coach Development at USA Hockey, and Kristen Sagaert, Director of Girls Hockey at USA Hockey joined Brian Grey, Senior Hockey Account Manager at SportsEngine for this wide-ranging discussion centered around youth hockey participation growth, future of player development in the United States, the Four Nations tournament, the Rivalry Series, PWHL, and much more.

Key highlights include:

39% growth in girls & women's hockey in the past 10 years
126% growth in overall youth hockey participation in the Pacific district— the largest growth in any area of the United States
U.S. born players in the NHL has grown 9% in the last 15 years

About USA Hockey

USA Hockey is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all participants and is divided into 12 geographical districts throughout the United States. Their primary emphasis is on the support and development of grassroots hockey programs. Its renowned American Development Model provides associations nationwide with a blueprint for age-appropriate athlete development. Learn more:

About USA Hockey: https://www.usahockey.com/
Girls hockey: https://www.usahockey.com/girlshockey
USA Hockey's ADM: https://www.admkids.com/

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SportsEngine Play: Stream Any Game, From Anywhere, To Anyone

by jerry-wacholz

March 7, 2025 | 0 minutes, 9 seconds read

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Canes Midwest Baseball Makes SportsEngine Play Official Streaming Partner

SportsEngine Play, the fast-growing youth and amateur sports video streaming platform, has entered into a multi-year partnership with Canes Midwest, making it the official streaming partner for one of the largest youth baseball organizations in the U.S.

Partnership details

The partnership marks another important milestone for SportsEngine Play as it continues to make a substantial impact in the youth and amateur sports industry, particularly in club and travel baseball. Through the agreement, SportsEngine Play will bring livestreaming capabilities to Canes Midwest's extensive lineup of baseball and softball games played at its Brownsburg, Ind., sports complex, offering a high-quality viewing experience for fans, families, and scouts across the U.S.

The streaming action hosted by Canes Midwest will be captured by DoublePlay, the world’s first automated, multi-camera production configuration designed specifically for baseball by SportsEngine partner, Pixellot, a world leader in AI-automated sports production. DoublePlay, also used by the MLB Draft League, provides coverage of all the action from both batter and pitcher’s side of the field, offering a TV-like experience live or on-demand.

“SportsEngine Play’s exclusive partnership with Canes Midwest will showcase the best in youth baseball to the families and fans of teams traveling from towns across the U.S. to compete at the Canes Midwest’s complex, which hosts more than 2,000 games each year,” said Nick Busto, Vice President of Video Operations for SportsEngine. “We’re excited to collaborate with Canes Midwest as they continue their journey to enrich the baseball experience for young athletes both on and off the field.”

About Canes Midwest

Canes Midwest, known for its commitment to player development, has established itself as one of the premier travel baseball and softball organizations in the region. As an affiliate of Diamond Allegiance, the club shares the mission to improve player development, provide more career opportunities for coaches, reduce costs for players and families, and increase participation in underserved communities. Serving athletes from ages 7-18, Canes Midwest focuses on building lasting relationships with athletes and their families, guiding them through their journey. With a track record of success, Canes Midwest has sent more than 150 players to collegiate baseball programs since 2020, in addition to multiple draft picks.

"We are excited to partner with SportsEngine Play to provide our athletes, families, and fans with an enhanced viewing experience," said Chris McManus, General Manager of Canes Midwest. "This partnership aligns perfectly with our commitment to providing top-tier resources and support for our players."

The Canes Midwest Sports Complex currently boasts four fields with lights, irrigation, and eight state-of-the-art batting cages. The complex will undergo significant upgrades in 2025, including new turf on all four diamonds, ensuring an enhanced experience for athletes, coaches, and spectators. In addition, it has entered into a long-term lease agreement with USSSA Indiana Baseball, further cementing the complex’s role as a key hub for regional baseball and softball tournaments.

What is SportsEngine Play?

As part of SportsEngine's leading youth sports technology brands, SportsEngine Play launched in October 2023 as the first-of-its-kind subscription streaming service for amateur sports, connecting millions of young athletes and their families with the sports they love. Currently serving more than 10,000 facilities, sports organizations, tournaments and teams, the platform gives these organizations and individuals, including athletes and their families, the ability to capture and stream video of sports events on just about any device – from sophisticated AI cameras mounted at sporting venues to personal smartphones, and features editing tools for reel and highlight creation. SportsEngine Play also is constantly adding new competitive content through the acquisition of streaming rights to elite amateur sports that will entertain and inspire young athletes.

In addition to live and on-demand event streaming, SportsEngine Play’s All Access subscription tier offers a growing library of video that provides young athletes and their families with everything they need to know about their sports of choice, from rules and equipment to training and skills to mental health, fitness and more. The plan features exclusive instructional videos from world-class athletes like Michael Phelps, Larry Fitzgerald, Shaun White, Kerri Walsh Jennings, and others, who offer video collections featuring tips and techniques highlighting their training regimens, as well insight on leadership and mental health.

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SportsEngine Motion and Swim England Lockup

Built for your Learn to Swim Programme

Swim England has chosen SportsEngine Motion as the preferred technology supplier for swim schools like yours, and is offering special discounted pricing for all Swim England affiliated swim schools.

Speak to a representative to learn about class management tools that will save you time and help manage your swim school better.

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See SportsEngine Motion in action

Discover the power of the only all-in-one software platform for sport businesses.

ATTENDANCE TRACKING

Provide more flexibility to families. Track attendance and assign makeup credits right from your phone or tablet. Simply mark students as “in” or “out” of class and automatically assign students who aren’t present a class makeup credit.

Automated Billing

Handle payments for lessons, team membership, or meet fees without breaking a sweat. You can generate payment requests automatically and send them directly to your members' inboxes.

Class sign-ups made easy

Make life easier for your members. Create and offer simple class enrolments and track sign-ups from your dashboard or mobile app.

Tools to help you save time, increase cash flow, and simplify your organisation

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TRUSTED BY LEADERS LIKE YOU

The tech you need to put you a length ahead

Ian Wallace Head Coach Brentwood Swimming Club

"The app has been very well received by our club's parents. The seamless integration between the app, the database, and our website has been an outstanding feature - saving us significant time while also enhancing the overall experience we provide. While the setup process involved some complexity, the support from the technical setup team, sales team, and our dedicated support representative was excellent."

Ian Wallace, Brentwood Swimming Club

"We have found switching over to SportsEngine motion beneficial in so many ways. The website builder is excellent and allows us to build a tailored website in a straightforward way. We use the social feed all the time to communicate with members. The competition & event side of things is easy to pick up and intuitive. The best new tool is the Motion mobile app. Parents find it so convenient and easy to use. SportsEngine were so helpful transferring us for our previous supplier and made the process a lot less daunting. I would definitely recommend it any club that is finding their current software not up to standard"

Chris Collingwood, Scotia ASC Treasurer

It’s significantly easier for members to enter meets. The fact that swimmers' times are held within the system means that parents can easily see what events swimmers are eligible to enter makes it so much easier to get in the correct events and lowers mistakes. Since we have been using SportsEngine Motion, the number of entries to meets (swimmers and swims) has increased by 25% year on year.

Paul McGregor, Swim Bournemouth

The SportsEngine Motion mobile app, specifically, saves us so much time. It easily saves each of our coaches an hour a week, just taking into account the group emails and messages before. Right there, that’s 500 hours of time saved throughout the year.

Nathan Hilton, Nova Centurion

The card payment processing system has been a massive time-saver for me as treasurer. I used to receive more than 100 individual standing order payments into the club accounts which I had to manually allocate to swimmer accounts. That took at least 8-10 hours per month. With automated card processing now fully up and running at our club, the number of individual payments is down to less than 10.

Adam Wall, Wandsworth Swimming Club

LEGAL TERMS of OFFER

SportsEngine "HQ Q1 2025 Promo"

Offer Official Rules February 10, 2025 to April 30, 2025 (11:59 pm) (PST)

Open only to legal U.S. and Canadian residents who are administrators/owners of youth or adult sports organizations & businesses and are 18 or older as of February 10, 2025. Void where prohibited. Commencing on February 10, 2025. at 12:00 A.M. Pacific Time (“PT”) and continuing through April 30, 2025 at 11:59 P.M. PT, (“Promotion Period”), SportsEngine, Inc. and NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“Sponsor”) are offering 50% off the purchase of new SportsEngine HQ annual or monthly subscription (“Offer”) across all package tiers (Express / Premium / Pro). Once the Offer is applied, you will receive your first year of SportsEngine HQ subscription discounted. At the end of your first year of service, your SportsEngine HQ membership will automatically renew and be billed at the standard annual/monthly rate, plus any applicable taxes and fees.

Offer not valid for existing SportsEngine HQ subscriptions and only available for new SportsEngine HQ annual or monthly payment terms with 12-month subscriptions purchased during the Promotion Period. Offer valid for a limited time only. The Offer is non-transferable and has no cash value. Adjustments to prior purchases will not be permitted. SportsEngine reserves the right to withdraw or modify the Offer at any time, in its sole discretion, and without notice. Additional terms and conditions apply. See SportsEngine Terms of Use for details.

To cancel, automatic renewal must be turned off on your account before the end of the subscription period. SportsEngine’s terms of subscription service, detailed below apply to all orders during the promotional window. Term of Subscriptions: Subscriptions to the Paid Services commence on the Start Date and continue for the Subscription Term specified in the applicable Order Form or SOW. Unless otherwise set forth in an Order Form or SOW, subscriptions shall automatically renew for additional periods equal to the expiring Subscription Term or one (1) year (whichever is shorter), unless either party gives the other notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current Subscription Term: The pricing during any automatic renewal term will be the same as that during the immediately prior term unless SportsEngine has given Customer written notice (which may be given electronically) of a pricing increase at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then-current term, in which case the pricing increase will be effective upon renewal and thereafter. Termination for Cause: Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause for a material breach of this Agreement by the other party upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice thereof if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period. Upon any termination for cause by Customer, SportsEngine shall refund to Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the Subscription Term after the effective date of termination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination for cause by Customer shall not relieve Customer of the obligation to pay any Fees accrued or payable to SportsEngine prior to the effective date of termination. Surviving Provisions: Section 1 and Sections 3 through 7 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement, regardless of the cause of termination.

During the Promotion Period customers may complete a discounted purchase of SportsEngine HQ at https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/pricing to take advantage of this promotional offer. The collection and use of personal information collected below will be governed by the Sponsor’s privacy policy, located at https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/full-privacy-policy.

SportsEngine Helps Homefield KC Provide a Professional Experience to Youth Athletes

by Brynn Mahnke

Content Contributor at SportsEngine

November 14, 2024 | 1 minute, 2 seconds read

Hear from Kelce Ahern, the Director of Operations at Homefield KC, and Dustin Lewis, President at Homefield KC, as they explain why they partnered with SportsEngine to run their sports facility more efficiently.

In this video you'll hear from operators of a large sports facility in Kansas City, MO who chose SportsEngine as their technology partner to run their brand new sports facility. Their goal is to provide a professional experience for youth athletes and fans, and that begins with choosing the best technology for athlete registration, financials, livestreaming, and much more.

Interested in learning more or talking with an expert to see how your sports facility can partner with SportsEngine? Fill out the form below.

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SportsEngine Motion Named Preferred Technology Partner of USA Cheer

NBC Sports Next, the leader in youth sports technology, today announced a multi-year technology partnership with USA Cheer, the Governing Body for sport cheering in the U.S. USA Cheer joins a rapidly growing list of major sports organizations choosing NBC Sports Next’s specialized SportsEngine Motion technology for their member clubs to manage their operations.

USA Cheer represents member organizations in a sport that now includes more than 3 million participants in recreational youth, all-star, school cheer, and STUNT. In 2021, cheer was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee, giving the sport the opportunity to be included in a future Olympic program. Because SportsEngine Motion is specifically designed to manage the unique demands required by studio and class-based sports, USA Cheer will utilize the technology to help achieve its mission to help grow interest and participation, promote safety, and represent the USA in international competition.

SportsEngine Motion’s technology platform is an all-inclusive, business management software specially developed for studio and class-based sports, as well as sports that conduct camps and clinics. Cheer, gymnastics, dance, figure skating, martial arts, and swimming are a few examples. The number of class-based sports organizations using SportsEngine Motion, which have different organizational needs from competition-only team sports like football and basketball, has doubled over the past two years. Stronger Youth Brands’ Soccer Shots, a learn-to-play franchiser currently enrolling more than 600,000 children across North America in age-appropriate soccer curriculum, is the latest industry leader to switch to SportsEngine Motion technology.

WATCH: Industry leaders share their thoughts about switching to SportsEngine Motion >

USA Cheer member organizations utilize the platform’s cloud-based features, including registration, payment processing, automated billing, member communication, and a free mobile app. SportsEngine also provides an exceptional customer experience, as well as flexible payment options for families. Member organizations will benefit from the user-friendly interface of SportsEngine Motion’s class and lesson functionality, providing efficient and streamlined tools for all types of scheduling.

“It’s important for USA Cheer to provide great resources to the cheer community and partnering with SportsEngine will help expand the growth of cheerleading and assist with the ease of doing business,” said USA Cheer Executive Director Lauri Harris.

“We’re proud of our longstanding support for cheer and the confidence USA Cheer has demonstrated by choosing to implement our SportsEngine Motion technology,” said Will McIntosh, President, NBC Sports Next. “The solutions built into Motion were created with cheer in mind, so it’s a better platform, overall, to more effectively engage their membership and advance their mission.”

SportsEngine serves more than 30,000 small and medium-sized youth sports organizations, tournaments, the USOPC and Governing Body community, professional sports leagues and thousands of municipalities with its cutting-edge suite of technology solutions to dramatically reduce the time they spend on administration and communication, allowing them to focus more time on developing their athletes.