A year ago last week, Major League Soccer and Audi of America announced a new soccer technology with the hopes that it will help bring the game of soccer in the Unites States to the next level. The two parties held high hopes of their Audi Player Index (API), and believed that the “new form of soccer intelligence...will engage soccer enthusiasts in a new way.”
The idea behind the API is brilliant, and in theory this technological advancement would not only keep fans more involved in MLS, but assist in bringing in new fans. But theory and reality often do not take the same path, and one year after the API’s induction, there are more questions surrounding it than answers.