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Match Analysis - Crew Retains Match Analysis for Video and Technical Analysis Tools

Respected California-based firm provides technical staff invaluable video and statistical information and analysis

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Crew Contacts: Dave Stephany, 614-447-4190, or Marco Rosa, 614-447-4176
Match Analysis: Eddie Hidalgo, 510-282-0687

COLUMBUS - The Columbus Crew today announced that after a one-year hiatus it has renewed its relationship with California-based Match Analysis to provide video and technical analysis tools and data for the 2012 MLS season and beyond.

The new multi-year agreement will provide the Crew's technical staff with complete touch-by-touch video and statistical analysis of every MLS match using Match Analysis's Mambo Studio software. In addition, coaches and players will have online access to detailed individual analytics, upcoming opponent analysis, and complete touch-by-touch player video through Match Analysis's Tango Online. Coaches also have the ability to send video directly to players using the company's proprietary Tango ToGo system.

"Match Analysis delivers a consistently fantastic service and the best technology on the market," said Crew technical director Brian Bliss. "We did some comparison shopping last year with a European system, but we can now say with confidence that Match Analysis provides the most advanced tools and the best service on the market. It's a great asset for our coaches and players, and we're happy to be back.

"We want our staff to have the best information, real insight, and the most powerful and complete tools for communicating with our players. Match Analysis delivers that in spades. The Crew has enjoyed a lot of success working with Match Analysis, and we're looking forward to continuing that tradition."

The Crew first signed on with Match Analysis in 2002. While a client of Match Analysis, the Crew won the 2002 U.S. Open Cup, the 2008 MLS Cup, and the 2008 and 2009 MLS Supporter's Shield. Match Analysis clients have won eight of the last 10 MLS Cups, nine of the last 10 US Open Cups, and nine of the last 10 MLS Supporter's Shields.

About Match Analysis

Match Analysis is the leading pioneer in high performance analytical tools for soccer (football). Over the past decade, Match Analysis has worked with almost every top club in North America and top media outlets including the New York Times coverage of the 2010 World Cup. In 2011, Match Analysis clients included all 18 Premier Division clubs in Mexico, nine MLS clubs, Women's Professional Soccer and its clubs, the Mexican and Canadian National teams, and a wide array of college and amateur sides including the 2010 NCAA Women's College Cup champions Notre Dame. Match Analysis offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services including video indexing and archiving, statistical analysis, live data collection, player tracking, and fitness and performance analysis.

About the Crew

Founded by American sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, the Columbus Crew is Ohio's Major League Soccer club, anchoring a diverse sports and entertainment enterprise. One of the league's Charter Members, it won its first MLS Cup championship in 2008 and has also won the 2002 U.S. Open Cup and MLS Supporters' Shield titles in 2004, 2008 and 2009. It is entering its 17th season overall and 14th at first-of-its-kind Crew Stadium.