Sports Connect

Youth sports leagues run on volunteers, and Sports Connect is software that takes on the paperwork they would otherwise do by hand. It is an online registration, website and league management product that covers scheduling, communication and reporting in one place. Stack Sports is its parent family, and the company has announced a tie-up with PlayMetrics.

Registration that handles several offerings at once

Leagues use it to register players for a regular season, camps and fundraisers at the same time without confusing families. Payments run through the same online process. The company describes itself as a leading name in online registration, sports websites and league tools for youth organizations.

Websites, scheduling and communication

Clubs can have professional websites and competition management tools. Scheduling, team creation and communications between coaches, administrators and families are managed in the same system, so practices, events and games are easy to track. Reporting rounds out the picture for administrators.

Features tied to particular sports

Sports Connect lists official partnerships that shape what the software does. US Youth Soccer and U.S. Soccer are linked with integrations to the USSF National Data Center. USA Football and Pop Warner have tools for bringing a league online. Little League Baseball and PONY use pitch count tracking to simplify the season. The Amateur Athletic Union has solutions covering registration through to tournaments. Ice sports get compliance features and management tools, and lacrosse leagues get an integration with US Lacrosse alongside scheduling and automated team creation. Organizations that run several sports can manage all of them from one account.

National bodies, local leagues and parents

The company speaks to national and state governing bodies, which can manage regional and state associations from a single place, and to local clubs and leagues that need online registration, payments and management tools to run efficiently. Parents are the other group who use it, when they register children and check schedules.

League registrations year after year

The company points to a 4.6 out of 5 star rating on Capterra, and says its software has helped leagues manage hundreds of registrations year after year.