Iowa Soccer Association announced today that it has chosen sponsorship management platform, PandoPartner, to support the modernization of how their corporate partnerships are planned, managed and tracked. Iowa Soccer is one of six members in the United States Consortium of State Associations (USCCSA) to migrate onto the PandoPartner platform, joining Arizona Youth Soccer, Kentucky Youth Soccer Association, Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, New Jersey Youth Soccer and Tennessee State Soccer Association.
“Brands want to invest in grassroots soccer as an incredible platform to connect with families and athletes across the U.S.,” said Mitch Thompson, CEO of PandoPartner. “Our goal is to help the state associations across the country to showcase their value more quantifiably and to demonstrate sponsor servicing excellence, while enabling staff to focus on high value activities and endeavors. We’re extremely excited for this opportunity.”
This relationship with PandoPartner will enable State Associations to more easily manage and automate the necessary tracking and reporting work that goes into successful corporate partnerships, while ultimately driving a better partner experience for brands that invest in grassroots soccer.
“We are excited to partner with Mitch and his team at PandoPartner,” said Dan Cataldi, Chief Executive Officer of the Iowa Soccer Association. “Their platform will help our team at Iowa Soccer better manage our relationships, deliver on promises, and execute on partnerships that benefit the tens of thousands players, coaches, referees, administrators, and supporters in our membership. PandoPartner will help the team at Iowa Soccer by modernizing our partnership management and making sure we are doing things in an efficient manner, allowing us to spend more time building the sport and providing a top-notch experience for our members.”
Iowa Soccer is one of the founding members of the United States Consortium of State Associations, which currently represents more than 900,000 athletes across 16 US Youth Soccer State Associations. This collaboration with PandoPartner aims to position grassroots soccer as a sophisticated partnership opportunity, adding modern collaboration techniques and reporting to the already high levels of sponsor servicing that corporate partners have come to expect from the State Associations.
“Working in collaboration with U.S. Soccer and US Youth Soccer, the USCSA’s mission is to maximize and unlock the true potential of State Associations by creating a highly functioning network of State Associations,” said Hans Hobson, Tennessee State Soccer Association CEO and USCSA Sponsorship Chair. “We believe PandoPartner is a strategic partner to help State Associations achieve our goals.”
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