Stats Service Debuts with Kickoff of the 2013 Gold Cup

Miami, FL – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced a strategic partnership with DataFactory, naming the company the official provider of statistics for the Confederation.

“In DataFactory we have found a strategic partner that can provide us with an innovative statistics product, complete with user friendly interfaces structured to give fans relevant and immediate information during games,” said Enrique Sanz, General Secretary of CONCACAF. “This information will also be instrumental for our Technical Study Group (TSG) in their detailed analysis of our games and tournaments.”

The 2013 Gold Cup will be the first in a long list of important competitions in which all game stats will be registered and published, play-by-play and pass-by-pass by DataFactory.

Fans who visit CONCACAF’s website during official matches will have access to GameCast, a tool which allows them to follow the events of each match in an interactive format.

“CONCACAF is the authority of football in the region, as well as a prestigious international organization in the midst of a growth process which we are proud to be a part of,” said Ernesto Cambursano, CEO of DataFactory.

“We are motivated to continue the work we have been undertaking in the United States, Mexico and every other country in the Caribbean, Central and North America, in tandem with the enormous growth of football,” said Regional Manager Cesar Galaviz Valenzuela.

DataFactory already has established relationships with the Mexican National Team, CONMEBOL, the Argentine Football Federation, ANFP of Chile, Liga Dimayor of Colombia, and some of the most important football clubs on the American continent.

About Data Factory

DataFactory is the leading company in Sports statistics in Latin America. Today it is the provider of record for CONCACAF, the Mexican National Team, CONMEBOL, the Argentina Football Association and others. It also provides data on latinamerican football to Univision, Yahoo!, ESPN, FoxSports and Terra,  among others. With more than 10 years experience in the market, the company has become a necessary partner for its clients through constant innovation, to maintain leadership in the production and provision of commodity content. For more information contact Cesar Galaviz ([email protected]) (+52 155) 2136 997.

About CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) is the governing body for soccer in the region, and one of six continental authorities that administer the game along with FIFA. Formed in 1961 from the merger of the Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean and the North American Football Confederation, CONCACAF has 41 member associations, including Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana on the South American continent. As the administrative body for the region, CONCACAF organizes competitions, offers training courses in technical and administrative aspects of the game, and helps to build football throughout the regio