Sports stats

CPL Vancouver FC

Vancouver FC Announces Partnership with HealthTech Connex

July 20, 2023 - Canadian Premier League (CPL)
Vancouver FC News Release


Langley, BC - Vancouver Football Club and NeuroCatch Inc., a leading neurotechnology company and a division of HealthTech Connex, announced today that they have entered a strategic partnership to enhance and optimize the mental performance and recovery for the team's players. The NeuroCatch© Platform, a cutting-edge medical device used for the objective evaluation of cognitive function, will be utilized by the Vancouver FC performance and medical staff for ongoing monitoring of cognitive health relative to factors such as travel, post-match fatigue, training loads, nutrition, and hydration.

The partnership between HealthTech Connex and Vancouver FC represents a significant milestone in the field of mental performance in professional sports, and the first of its kind in professional soccer. By utilizing NeuroCatch©'s advanced neurophysiological measurement capabilities, Vancouver FC will have the advantage of leveraging a novel performance technology to keep their players' mental performance in an optimal state and priming it before matches.

The NeuroCatch© Platform utilizes electroencephalography (EEG) to capture and analyze cognitive evoked potentials quickly and accurately at the point-of-care. This non-invasive technology enables the evaluation of cognitive processes such as attention, anticipation, and processing speed, providing valuable insights into an athlete's mental performance. With NeuroCatch©, Vancouver FC will be able to adjust performance training schedules and loads based on each individual player's objective brain data.

Dr. Ryan D'Arcy, President and Chief Scientific Officer at HealthTech Connex, is excited to see the technology deployed with high-performing athletes in professional sports. "Vancouver FC and their staff are innovative in how they approach training, and we're excited to partner with them to use objective cognitive analytics to help them make data-driven decisions." On what this means for mental performance being leveraged across the rest of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), Dr. D'Arcy says, "We're excited for Vancouver FC to represent the initial demonstration of NeuroCatch©'s capabilities and look forward to possible opportunities that may emerge across the wider CPL."

Rob Friend, President of Vancouver FC and former Canadian Men's National Team and LA Galaxy forward, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership. "The wellbeing of our athletes is of the utmost importance to everyone at Vancouver FC, whether it be physical, mental, or emotional. We are excited and proud to provide our players with an innovative way to improve their performance. It is also an opportunity for young professionals to tap into a new area of their performance that they may not have been able to develop before."

The collaboration between HealthTech Connex and Vancouver FC will leverage the novel mental performance technology of NeuroCatch© and the influence of Vancouver FC to advance how mental performance is monitored and trained in professional sports.

For more information about NeuroCatch©, please visit www.neurocatch.com. To learn more about Vancouver FC and to purchase tickets to upcoming home matches, please visit www.vancouverfc.canpl.ca.

Check out the Vancouver FC Statistics



Canadian Premier League Stories from July 20, 2023


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Vancouver FC Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central