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BLUE STAR SPORTS COMPANY OVERVIEW

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POWERED BY BLUE STAR SPORTS

Blue Star Sports and U.S. Soccer working

together.

• 2013 – USSF selects Game Officials as the

official software of the USSF Referee

Program

• 2015 – U.S. Soccer selects Blue Star

Sports to provide a National Database

and League Management for the U.S.

Soccer Development Academy

• 2016 – U.S. Soccer entered into a

contract for the creation of the National

Data Center (NDC)

• 2017 – U.S. Soccer extended the

contract to a 5 year commitment.

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BLUE STAR CLIENT LIST:

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U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION


U.S.SOCCER NATIONAL DATA CENTER

U.S. SOCCER CONNECT & NATIONAL DATA CENTER

When using the U.S. Soccer Connect, your player information will:

• Automatically flow into the NDC

• No imports and exports required

• Faster FIFA Connect ID generation

• Better player history tracking

• Seamless integration with Club and Leagues

that are also U.S. Soccer Connect adopters

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National Data Center

U.S. Soccer Connect MembersCustomized Member (State Association) Solution

U.S. Soccer ConnectClubs and Leagues


Background – National Data Center

• FIFA Executive Committee Mandate,

create a worldwide registration program.

• FIFA Connect announces in January 2015

• Blue Star Sports was selected in the

Summer of 2016 to build the USSF National

Data Center

MEMBER ALIGNMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

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THE LARGEST COMMITMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT

RESOURCES TO ANY PROJECT IN

AMERICAN YOUTH SPORTS HISTORY

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CLUBSYour Club Connected through Integration to

your State, League and U.S. Soccer

EVALUATING PLATFORMS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

VERSION 1.0 – PAST

• Paper Registration

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VERSION 3.0 – FUTURE

• Integrated, all-in-one

ecosystem for members

VERSION 2.0 – PRESENT

• Individual packages and

the proliferation of non-integrated point solutions


U.S. Soccer Connect Overview

U.S. Soccer Connect is the management platform for soccer members and their participating clubs and leagues.

It serves the members, clubs, leagues and participants by:

• Making it easy to register and participate in the sport

• Creating an online presence for clubs and leagues to communicate with coaches,

• parents and athletes

• Providing a simplified way to operate and manage seasons, schedules, catch and

• player verification and referee assignments

• Enable effective reporting on players, coaches and volunteers

• Simplifies league, coach, parent and athlete communications during the season

• Dedicated U.S. Soccer Product and Development Team

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U.S. Soccer Connect

• Entire platform is PHP and JavaScript

• Mobile App is native Android & iOS moving to React Native

• PostgreSQL Database hosted on AWS

Security

• PCI compliant to latest standards

• COPPA compliant on all platforms & services

• Document encryption

• Access controlled by user permissions

• Clubs & leagues own their own data

WHO WILL USE U.S. SOCCER CONNECT?

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PLAYERS

• Stats & Highlights

• Player Profiles

TEAMS

• Team Connect Communication with

Coaches, Players, and Parents

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

• Player registration Data

• Financial Tracking

• Integration with NDC

• Rule Definition & Enforcement

• ITC & P-10 process

• Background check verification

• Age/ID Verification

U.S. SOCCER

• Development Academy

• National Data Center

• Scouting

• Referee Assignment & Payment

CLUBS & LEAGUES

• Online Registration

• Payment of Dues and Fees

• Document Uploading and Verification

• Background checks

• League Scheduling

• Competition Management

• Referee Assignment and Payment

REFEREES

• Game Assignment

• Assessment

• Payment

• Education

COACHES

• Registration

• Education

• Licensing

• -Team Communications

• Roster Management


EASY ONLINE

REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP

MAKE IT EASY TO SIGN UP WITH A CLUB,

TEAM OR NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP

SELF-SERVICE MEMBER TOOLS

SAVES EVERYONE TIME AND GIVES FAMILIES

CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN INFORMATION

TOURNAMENT AND EVENT

MANAGEMENT

BEST IN CLASS SOLUTIONS TO RUN THE MOST

EFFICIENT TOURNAMENT OR EVENT

TEAM BUILDING

QUICKLY ADD ROSTER MEMBERS AND

GUESTS PLAYERS WHILE ENFORCING

ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMPETITION RULES

GAME SCHEDULING

QUICKLY SCHEDULE GAMES, WITH A VARIETY

OF FLEXIBLE SCORE ENTRY, PLAYER STATS

AND STANDING OPTIONS

OFFICIALS

EASILY CONNECT GAME SCHEDULES AND

OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENTS BETWEEN

ASSIGNOR AND SCHEDULER APPLICATIONS

TEAM REGISTRATION

TEAMS EASILY SHARE ROSTERS WITH

TOURNAMENTS AND RECEIVE INSTANT

SCHEDULE AND EVENT NOTICES ON THEIR

MOBILE DEVICE

WEBSITE BUILDER

EASILY BUILD & MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL

WEBSITE – WITH NO CODING

COMMUNICATE

EMAIL, TEXT & MOBILE APPLICATIONS

INSTANTLY SHARE INFORMATION FROM ALL

LEVELS OF A TEAM OR OTHER ENTITIES

BUILD YOUR OWN REPORTS

DOWNLOAD REPORTS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE

FILTERS AND SORTS

TOOLS FOR COACHES & TEAMS

COMMUNICATE / SHARE SCHEDULES,

ROSTERS, AND MORE - ALL FROM A

SMARTPHONE OR TABLET

MANAGE YOUR MONEY

GREAT REPORTS AND TOOLS FOR TEAM,

CLUB, ASSOCIATION AND EVENT

TREASURERS

BEST CLUB SOLUTIONS. ALL IN ONE PLATFORM. INCLUDED IN U.S. SOCCER CONNECT


BEST CLUB SOLUTIONS. ALL IN ONE ECOSYSTEM

WEBSITE BUILDER FEATURES

• Professional-looking, dynamic design

• Easy and fast for non-technical volunteers to update

• Build your website your way

• Fun drag and drop widgets help you be creative

• Easily create new pages and menus

• Create unique pages for each of your teams,

highlighting your players’ and teams’ achievements

• Easily share game schedules and the club calendar

• Popular tools and widgets include:

• Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Google

• Rotating News Banners, News Sliders, and

Announcements

• Photo Galleries, Image Library, Calendar,

Customizable Standings and Game Schedules

• Sponsor Ad, Team Directory, Location Directory, Board

Member & Staff DirectoryDrag and drop widgets from the tool box onto your web page.

Want to move things around? Just drag content and watch as it automatically

reformats for you.

WEBSITE BUILDER

EASILY BUILD & MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL

WEBSITE – WITH NO CODING


ONLINE REGISTRATION

• Simple registration process that’s easy to understand

• Customizable registration forms – ask any question

• Guides member to the right registration category

• Friendly messaging reminds members to complete

required fields

• Colored prompts tell members whether player is too

old or wrong gender based on your rules

• Mobile-friendly and supports all browsers

• Register anyone for anything – players, coaches,

referees, tournaments, camps, clinics, adults, leagues

• Keeps family information together

• Early discounts, late fees, family discounts and

waiting lists

• Offer auto-payment plans to keep fees affordable

• Support from Bonzi by phone, email or chat

EASY ONLINE

REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP

MAKE IT EASY TO SIGN UP WITH A CLUB,

TEAM OR NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP


MEMBER ACCOUNT

• One log-in per family keeps things simple

• Friendly member family dashboard

• Instantly update contact information for all members

• Player name, birth date and gender locked when birth

certificate is verified by registrar.

• Register for additional events or programs

• Pay balances due on their account

• View background check status

• Accept offer of team placement for competitive teams

• Look up team assignments

• Sign up and review payment plans

• Receive concussion education information

• Print medical release or other forms

• View registration history

• Link to Team Connect

• Family Document Center

SELF-SERVICE MEMBER TOOLS

SAVES EVERYONE TIME AND GIVES FAMILIES

CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN INFORMATION


TEAM BUILDING

• Only confirmed players and coaches can be rostered

• Players and coaches conveniently pre-sorted by

registration category (age/gender/division)

• Drag and drop players and coaches on teams

• Sort players and coaches by anything like school,

ranking,

teammate request

• Use our Quick Look Up tool to view additional

information on-the-fly

• Background check status on coach displays

• Flags tell you if a coach has a child on the team or in

the age group

• Can limit to one team per player

• Only the club can add players and coaches to their

team roster

TEAM BUILDING

QUICKLY ADD ROSTER MEMBERS AND

GUESTS PLAYERS WHILE ENFORCING

ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMPETITION RULES

Drag and drop one or many players or coaches onto a team at once. Easily

switch between teams. Players not on a team display at right.

BEST INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS. ALL IN ONE ECOSYSTEM.

TEAM CONNECT

• Team Connect, a team communication and

management tool, is connected to your Club software.

• Every team gets Team Connect

• Club decides when to turn on Team Connect

• Option to turn on Team Connect for coaches only, then

players & parents

• Option to turn on public team web site for all or

selected teams

• Reduces phone calls and emails to the Registrar

• Rosters created by club available to coaches

• Coaches can only add extra parents (no players or

other coaches)

• Club can send email & text messages, make

announcements, and add events to all or selected

teams dashboard.

• Game schedules automatically publish to Team

Connect and notify team members about schedule

changes.

• Add sponsors for each team






TEAM CONNECT

• Coaches have all the tools they need:

Assign Team Managers & Team Parents

Attendance

Schedule & Calendar

Official roster directly from the club

Contact information for both players and parents

Group Email

Text Messaging

Public Team Web Site

Photo Albums

Print medical release forms

• Players or parents know when and where they are suppose

to be

• Instant photo sharing right form the sidelines

• Mobile application for both iOS and Android for coaches,

players or parents





Team Connect automatically emails and messages

players and parents when changes are made or

announcements are posted.


COMMUNICATE

• Stay in front of members by posting information in

multiple places

• Send Announcements that automatically email & text

message members and also display on Team Connect

and your web site

• Easy to communicate with who you want when you

want

• The Best Group Email System Anywhere:

• Send group email to everyone with 2-clicks

• Professional HTML emails get attention

• Save email templates and re-use them

• Use professionally designed graphic email templates

• Email log to track what’s been sent and by whom

• Send attachments or create links to your website

• SPAM compliant

• Includes Opt-out management

• Powerful feature: You can also email anyone that

displays on a custom report

• No limit on the number of emails or text messages

• Handles very high volume without problems

COMMUNICATE

EMAIL, TEXT & MOBILE APPLICATIONS

INSTANTLY SHARE INFORMATION FROM ALL

LEVELS OF A TEAM OR OTHER ENTITIES

Use our powerful group email system plus the many

other communication tools in Team Connect to stay

in touch with members.



• Report Wizard let’s you build your own custom reports

• Report on only the information in a folder OR your

entire system

• Use “filters” to get the information you want

• Download data from any report

• Email everyone displayed on a report

• Loads of pre-designed reports give you instant

information

• Save your reports for use at a later time

Unique report options include:

• Who has not yet signed up

(for marketing, and yep you can email them)

• Summary of registration numbers by event and

category

• List of who did not finish the registration process

(yep, you can email them too)


DOWNLOAD REPORTS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE

FILTERS AND SORTS

Use Report Wizard

to create reports on

players, coaches,

teams and more.

Download your data

for use in Excel,

Word or other

popular programs.


TEAM REGISTRATION

• Team Management Dashboard displays everything at

your finger tips

• Find and sort teams by age, gender, division or club

• One-click to view registration or financial records

• Confirm Teams meet league rules for entry

• Approve, Pend or Reject Team Registrations

• Manage Roster Lock and/or Automatic Freeze Dates

• Background check status on coach displays

• Convenient roster count displays by each team

• Great features to manage “guest” or write in players

• One-click communication to a team, division or season

• Track birth certificate verification

• Get Connected: One-click to register team(s) to your

leagues or tournaments who also use Connect

TEAM REGISTRATION

TEAMS EASILY SHARE ROSTERS WITH

TOURNAMENTS AND RECEIVE INSTANT

SCHEDULE AND EVENT NOTICES ON THEIR

MOBILE DEVICE


GAME SCHEDULING

• Ideal for scheduling small and large leagues

• Teams automatically display in scheduler

• Drag and drop teams into their divisions or pools OR

auto-assign

• Control availability of locations, game sites and teams

• You tell the scheduler how you want to schedule

• Convenient tools to review schedule balance

• Manage scheduling, location, team and coach conflicts

• Drag and drop games to make changes in the Visual

Scheduler

• Score entry by the club or coaches (via mobile entry)

• Standings instantly update

• Game changes are communicated instantly to coaches,

officials

and teams with Bonzi Team©

• Assign and manage officials

• Supports tournament play and championship brackets

• Optional Game Day Rosters ensure only registered

members participate

GAME SCHEDULING

QUICKLY SCHEDULE GAMES, WITH A VARIETY

OF FLEXIBLE SCORE ENTRY, PLAYER STATS

AND STANDING OPTIONS

YOUR CLUB – CONNECTED TO YOUR STATE ASSOCIATION


SNAPSHOT OF YOUR CLUB• Your Club contacts and stats at a glance

DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR CLUB• Access reports and email functions with one

click of a pie slice.

Talk to your State Association to learn about all the “Association” features available to you

CONNECT TO YOUR LEAGUE(S)

• One Click to Register to your League(s)

• Manage Team Entry

• Manage Rosters

• Everything from your online registration syncs to your league with a single click

• Game Day Rosters

• All data sync’d from Club

• No data entry to create Roster

• Score Entry

• Schedule Sync

• Available online or mobile

• Native iOS and Android Apps


CONNECT TO YOUR LEAGUE(S)

Your League(s) in the palm of your Coaches and Parent’s hand

• Schedule with instant updates

• Game Information

• Maps & Directions

• Coaches have Rosters and Player Passes


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PLUS MORE OPTIONS…

MORE INCLUDED AND PREMIUM OPTIONS

Officials Management – NEW in 2018

• Experience a full integration between your scheduling and your officials management.

• Two way syncing of game and assignment information between U.S. Soccer Connect League or Tournament Management and GameOfficials


Official technology solution of theU.S. Soccer Federation Referee Program

Tournament Management – NEW in 2018

• Team Registration

• Scheduling

• Automated Brackets

• Native Mobile App.

• Two way syncing with U.S. Soccer Connect and Officials Management

MORE INCLUDED AND PREMIUM OPTIONS

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• It serves the members, clubs, leagues and participants by:

• Improving time efficiency for coaches when it comes to game film preparation.

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• Increase athlete exposure via film by providing custom highlight reel capabilities.

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Athletes

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Building

Meaningful

Relationships

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