DETROIT, Mich. – TOCA Football, Inc. (TOCA), the world’s first technology-enabled soccer experience company, is expanding its footprint in the Midwest with the acquisition of Total Sports.
The acquisition includes seven premier indoor sports facilities that span across metro Detroit and northeast Ohio. With the addition of Total Sports, TOCA now operates 14 multi-sport centers in the Midwest, including five centers in Cleveland, and a 90,000-square-foot facility in Naperville, Ills.
As part of this transaction, TOCA will be onboarding a group of operators and a league business boasting more than 900 teams. The seven Total Sports centers are nearly one million square feet in total, plus an additional 400,000 square feet of outdoor synthetic turf baseball and softball fields. TOCA is taking over the first full-field indoor facility in Michigan, with centers across the metro Detroit area and northeast Ohio. One of the centers is also the largest indoor youth-based sports facility in the state of Michigan and when combined, the centers average over two million annual visitors.
Beginning in 2023, TOCA, as an official training and entertainment facility partner of MLS, will integrate MLS content in all its Detroit training centers. Additionally, TOCA and MLS will jointly develop training lessons leveraging TOCA’s proprietary technologies including its data- capture and analytics. According to a news release, the 10-year partnership will serve as a foundation for the long-term growth and development of soccer and reflects the region’s commitment to investing in the sport’s expansion.
“Expanding our existing Midwestern presence with the acquisition of seven new indoor sports venues in Detroit provides an incredibly exciting opportunity for TOCA,” says Yoshi Maruyama, TOCA CEO. “Detroit is the perfect city to continue our mission of bringing the joy and excitement of soccer around the world. We want to welcome everyone, from beginners to highly experienced players, to come experience what our technology has to offer.”
“TOCA’s world-class athletic training technology is unlike any other in the sports tech market and will usher in the next chapter of player development in the Detroit community. With an emphasis on fully embedding itself within Detroit’s athletic culture, we can’t wait to see what’s in store. We are thrilled to have provided the best resources for youth sports in Detroit for the last 25 years. TOCA is committed to maintaining that goal while retaining the core character of our Total Sports locations,” said Tony Moscone, owner, Total Sports Complex.
