SIDELINECLOCKPRODUCT UPDATES
A clear record of what is available, what has been tested, and what is still being worked on.
Statuses reflect the supplied source and development handoff. Tested locally does not automatically mean verified in production.
Recent improvements to tournaments, game management, scheduling, public league pages, and the SidelineClock experience.
Public tournaments are organized into Live Now, Upcoming Tournaments, and Tournament History. Live events are prioritized, upcoming tournaments are grouped by month, and completed tournaments are grouped by year and month. Search and sport filters work across the directory.
Pool and division winners are identified independently, so one completed pool does not have to wait for every other pool to finish. Separate Pool Play divisions are also supported.
Tournament management supports additional bracket formats, including double elimination, with improved match creation and progression.
League registration records the date and version of the Community Standards accepted by the registering league.
Staff can request a password-reset link and set a new password through the account recovery workflow.
Games retain their live status and scores when paused. Completed, live, postponed, cancelled, and scheduled games are displayed with more accurate statuses.
Games that have already started or ended cannot be accidentally scheduled again. Eligible unscheduled and postponed games remain available for scheduling.
Postponing, cancelling, and unscheduling games are handled separately from normal scheduling eligibility.
Team schedules include opponents, dates, kickoff times, home and away labels, field names, full field addresses, results, and game statuses.
The Platform Owner-only analytics dashboard shows total leagues, teams, players, and games; completed and scheduled games; sports breakdown; and 30-day growth trends. Spectator visit tracking is not yet available.
League Admins and League Staff can view upcoming and completed games for their assigned league in a dedicated Schedule tab. The view includes dates, times, matchups, field information, game status, scores, and notes, with a print-friendly layout. Scheduling changes remain restricted to the separate Scheduling management page.
Public league statistics display team standings and player performance information, including goals and assists.
Official brand logos are being standardized across the public league directory, individual league pages, statistics, public schedule, and printable schedules.
Simplified navigation on league pages by removing redundant Schedule links.
Refined printable schedule branding, removed duplicate wordmarks, and improved the page layout.
Platform Owners and authorized League Admins can create and manage tournaments, organize divisions, and add existing league teams without duplicating team or player records.
Tournament administrators can manually create matchups or automatically generate round-robin schedules for participating teams.
Tournament matches can be connected to the existing SidelineClock scoreboard, reusing the normal game clock, scoring, spectator viewing, and referee controls.
Tournament administrators can generate and regenerate referee access links for tournament games. Regenerating a link invalidates the previous link.
Tournament games are excluded from regular-season player statistics so tournament activity does not inflate league performance totals.
Previously released capabilities and completed development work. Individual features may have different production-verification dates.
Added a Home link to Staff Sign In, made Scheduling page navigation use direct page links, and updated the changelog header to use the current SidelineClock primary horizontal logo.
Spectators can follow a game on their phones without installing an app or creating an account.
Referees can manage the game clock and update scores.
Games can be opened using a shareable link, QR code, or six-digit game code.
Admin tools include team and player management, season organization, and player jersey numbers.
The app supports recording goals and assists and viewing completed-game history.
The homepage includes the support email and links to Admin and Staff Login.
Staff invitations, sign-in, league assignments, and the staff dashboard have been developed and exercised locally.
League Admin and League Staff have different permissions, while the Platform Owner retains cross-league access.
Scheduling controls are shown according to role. League Staff scheduling requests are rejected by the API with HTTP 403, League Admins can schedule games only when authorized for both teams' leagues, and the Platform Owner can manage games across leagues. Verified in local testing.
Invitation, access revocation, and league assignment workflows have been exercised during development.