Stuart Neely, former Manager of Canada Soccer Coach Education and soccer industry veteran joins leadership team.

Toronto, ON October 1, 2021//: Best Athletes is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Neely to their leadership team to oversee revenue operations and customer success.
Best Athletes is a leading sports analytics platform that allows coaches and players to take control of their future with professional-level data tools and performance development analytics to help athletes develop and get recruited.
Steven Caldwell, CEO of Best Athletes and former captain of Toronto FC remarked “We are thrilled to have Stuart join our leadership team to increase our focus on customer needs in the soccer space. He brings a wealth of experience in the area of player and coach development and a deep understanding of sport in Canada. This new role will tap into Stuart’s knowledge of serving the Canadian soccer community with an eye to helping us scale and grow our operations.”
Prior to Best Athletes, Neely had successful roles as national staff coach, program manager, academy director, high performance director, and head of football development. His career has spanned positions with Ontario Soccer, Manitoba Soccer Association, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Toronto FC, as well as in Belgium, England and New Zealand and again recently with Canada Soccer.
In addition to his previous role as Technical Programs Manager with Canada Soccer, he has been a Master Coach Developer on Canada Soccer Licensing programs for the past 15 years and more recently served as Manager of Coach Education.
Best Athletes was created to address the ongoing gap in youth sports by allowing coaches and players to use data science and analytics to benchmark performance, find better talent matches and better understand the pathway to University/College opportunities and elite team participation.