ARLINGTON, Texas — A German-based sports technology company, which signed a multi-year deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) in February to provide its Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and data services to the American soccer league, has established its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Texas.
Sportec Solutions, based out of Munich, has been reporting soccer statistics since 1988 and rolled out its sports technology services such as Goal Line Technology (GLT) and VAR with the German soccer league, Bundesliga, at the start of the 2022-23 season. Following its success there, the company partnered its FIFA-approved technology with MLS at the start of the 2024 season.
Amid its partnership with MLS, Sportec Solutions made Arlington its base of operations in the United States, settling into a state-of-the-art operations center.
“We are the center of all the data for the whole sport of soccer, so in that sense we are core to the development of the MLS in the U.S.,” said Christian Holzer, managing director at Sportec Solutions. “All of that will happen at our Arlington operations center.”
The Arlington Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) approved a $1 million performance grant to Sportec Solutions for its headquarters, which will create 17 new jobs with an average salary of $55,000 annually.
“We are so excited to support innovative sports technology moving into Arlington. We’re eager to see how Sportec Solutions will utilize its technology to explore relationships with other local football clubs and beyond,” said Marty Wieder, executive director of the Arlington Economic Development Corporation.
Arlington's centralized geographic location in the country, along with the city's portfolio of professional sports teams, was crucial in the company's decision to make North Texas home, officials said.
“Arlington was the perfect location with the perfect infrastructure for our company,” said Stefan Schuster, chairman of the supervisory board at Sportec Solutions. “The City and the AEDC were extremely supportive and went to great lengths to help us throughout the process. It’s the ideal situation for our growth.”
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