Sports Business Journal: EasyCoach Lands First U.S. League Deal with the WPSL
A First U.S. League Deal, Covered by Sports Business Journal
Sports Business Journal reports on EasyCoach’s first U.S. league deal: the Women’s Premier Soccer League makes EasyCoach available to its 180+ clubs across 38 states.
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TL;DR
- Sports Business Journal reports on EasyCoach’s first U.S. league deal, written by Joe Lemire (March 11, 2026).
- The WPSL, the largest women’s football league in the world, makes EasyCoach available to 180+ clubs in 38 states.
- It is EasyCoach’s first league-wide partnership in the United States, after federation deals in Europe and Africa.
- Coverage was featured in the SBJ Power Up newsletter the following day.
Why this matters
The WPSL deal is EasyCoach’s first league-wide partnership in the United States. EasyCoach already powers club operations for federations and clubs in Europe and Africa, including Villarreal CF, Shakhtar Donetsk, the Israel Football Association, Croatia FA, and Kazakhstan FA. The agreement made EasyCoach available to WPSL clubs across the United States, with each club able to choose whether to opt in.
At the time of the announcement, the WPSL reported more than 180 clubs across two divisions. The partnership made EasyCoach available to those clubs on an opt-in basis. For EasyCoach, it marks the start of a U.S. market entry, and a meaningful expansion into women’s football.
“EasyCoach management software makes first league deal in US with WPSL and its 180 clubs.”
Sports Business Journal headline, March 11, 2026
About the coverage
Sports Business Journal is one of the most influential publications in the U.S. sports industry, read by team executives, league offices, agencies, and investors. Coverage in SBJ signals that the WPSL and EasyCoach partnership is being followed by the U.S. sports industry as a meaningful technology decision.
The article was written by Joe Lemire, who covers sports technology, business, and innovation for SBJ. It appeared on the publication’s site on March 11, 2026, and was featured in the SBJ Power Up newsletter the following day.
Read more
- Sports Business Journal: EasyCoach management software makes first league deal in US with WPSL and its 180 clubs
- EasyCoach announcement: EasyCoach Becomes the Exclusive Sports Management Company of the WPSL
- WPSL press release: WPSL Partners with EasyCoach
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