Driving Catapult Sports’ acquisition of Playertek last year was the chance to crack into not only the amateur market but also lower rungs of professional sports. Louisville City FC of the United Soccer League recently joined the latter ranks a month ago.
Playertek is a GPS-enabled, sensor-embedded device much like the elite Catapult harness but more affordable to the sub-elite level, such as clubs in the USL, one tier below Major League Soccer. Given a recent match with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in St. Louis, for instance, LouCity had better data to monitor workload in that sweltering heat, as well as in training.