Update: Changes to tournaments and league standings

A new feature is available within standings that provides greater flexibility in customizing the calculation of standings for tournaments and leagues. There are also more tie-breaker possibilities which will assist those with specific needs.

We made a few adjustments to the way standings work. The feature, Max 3 Goals/Max 4 Goals/Max 5 Goals, no longer works and has been removed as an option from the standings. Instead, we've created a new item called, Limit goals for GF, GA, GD etc to max per game, and it is located under Seasonal Options within Standings. In the box next to this category you enter the number of goals you want to limit it to; for example, 3, 4, or 5 would be placed in this box. In addition, under Standings Display you will select Most Goal Differential - limit max per game (SEQ 380) to be seen as a standings category. You will modify the abbreviation (ABBR) from GDx to GD#. If you limit the goals to 3 then you would change the abbreviation from GDx to GD3.

The appropriate tie-breakers have limit max per game in the description. The limit max per game will use the goals listed within Limit goals for GF, GA, GD etc to max per game to determine the tie-breakers within standings.

Please contact Demosphere Support if you have questions about this new feature.

Update Opt Out Dates on League Team Application

Leagues accepting team applications have the option to add dates that teams can select NOT to play. In order to set it up on the application a Date Group needs to be created. Once the Date Group is created, contact Demosphere Support to link it to the current application. Please let us know what the Date Group is called and which application season to link it to.

Date Groups answer the question, "When will the games be played?" To create Date Groups for your League or Tournament, follow the steps below:

1. Log in and click on Elements
2. Click on Scheduling Administration
3. Select your season (if applicable)
   
4. Click on Date Groups (found under Setup)
   
5. Select the number of Date Groups you wish to add from the drop-down menu at the bottom center and click New
6. Input a SEQ number (indicates the order in which the list of Groups will appear) and Name for the new Date Group and click on Save
7. Click on the new link that has been created for your Date Group
8. Select the number of new dates you want to add from the drop-down menu on the right side and click Save
9. Fill in the dates on which you wants games to be played and click Save
   

NOTE: There is no limit to the number of Date Groups you can create and there is also no limit to the number of dates that can be placed within any single Date Group

New Tournament Marketing Feature

Over the past month, Tournament Administrators may have noticed a new feature in the Team Application Manager.

The Demosphere Tournament Network is a new avenue for promoting your Demosphere-powered Tournament to other Demosphere customers and the rest of the soccer community.

To be listed in the Network, you must first opt-in and then list your Tournament's start and end dates as well as your application deadline. You may also list a specific tournament website address.

Once listed, your tournament will appear in a directory of all Demosphere tournaments in the following locations:

• On our website
  
• Within Team Application Manager
• Administratively for teams modifying their team roster page (Coming soon!)

We are very excited to help share information about your tournament with other Demosphere users and are looking forward to more future enhancements in this area. If you have any questions or suggestions about the Demosphere Tournament Network, please email support@demosphere.com.

Release of New Text Editor

Demosphere is pleased to announce the release of a new text editor to enhance your administrative experience with our products! This new editor will be turned on for ALL customers effective January 15th. Please feel free to browse our Knowledge Base (accessed from your admin home page) for tips on using this new feature. Additionally our support team has created some videos to walk through some of the key new features including an easy to use new file upload feature! Please contact our support team for any questions related to the new text editor.