Inaugural U.S. Soccer Hackathon Brings Together Data and the Beautiful Game
As the 2018 World Cup drew to a close on the other side of the planet, U.S. Soccer hosted its inaugural U.S. Soccer Hackathon on July 14-15 in Chicago. The free event at 1871 - Chicago's Center for Technology and Entrepreneurship was the first soccer-specific hackathon to take place in North America. Engineers, developers, data scientists, and students from across the country gathered in a world-class work space to develop solutions for soccer industry problems, and share ideas to push the sport forward from commercial and soccer standpoints.![2018 U.S. Soccer Hackathon](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/18f67e961c86a69afa3081f6bb2d6d938a7bcce7-800x533.jpg?w=1062&fit=max&auto=format)
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