Performa Sports secures US deal

Training app has attracted international interest, writes Emmet Ryan.

Joe Hurley, Performa Sports: We have plans to grow the team further but, by our nature, we're a virtual product, so we don't need the same bricks and mortar of ther businesses'.

Performa Sports, the Armagh app developer, has secured a deal with Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the US.

Performa's app is designed to help coaches track player performance, and has been downloaded over 15,000 times in 98 countries.

The Portadown business, run by brothers Danny and Joe Turley, had previously secured contracts with Celtic and West Bromwich Albion. The deal with Dynamo is their second contract with a football team ...