York United FC has signed a partnership with StatsBomb to use its industry-leading soccer data and analytics platform.
The agreement sees York United FC become the first Canadian Premier League team to utilise StatsBomb's analytical services and will strengthen the club's talent identification and performance analysis capabilities.
As part of the agreement, York United FC will have access to the StatsBomb IQ platform, including the IQ Scout and IQ Tactics tools. The club will be able to easily compare players across 100+ competitions and use customisable templates and filter using StatsBomb metrics to build personalised scouting shortlists. York United FC will also be able to visualise and analyse patterns in its opponents' play via IQ Tactics.
York United FC will also join 100+ professional teams worldwide in using StatsBomb's performance data to support the work of the club's coaches, scouts and analysts. StatBomb's data spec records over 3,400 events per game and features unique metrics, including Pass Height, Shot Impact Height, Pass Footedness and more.
Flavio Fusi, Sales Executive, StatsBomb, said:
"We are delighted to be working with York United FC and supporting the club as the Canadian football movement continues to grow. The partnership will also strengthen the club's innovative approach to key aspects of the modern game, including recruitment and performance analysis."
Speaking about the agreement, Angus McNab, President, CEO & General Manager, York United FC, said:
"We are delighted to have agreed this partnership with StatsBomb. I’ve known Ted for many years now and admire what he has achieved and created. StatsBomb’s commitment to putting clubs first and delivering complex insights in ways that can be easily understood is first class.
Their data has been of huge value in our preparation and review process through the initial part of our season. In particular, access to A League data was incredibly helpful in our recruitment of Tass [Mourdoukoutas] and Luis [Lawrie-Lattanzio]."
