Blue Sombrero is proud of our unique approach to online registration and league management. As former players and administrators, our system was built for the specific organizational needs of administrators. The pressures of youth sport administration are minimized through our efficient and customized service. Let’s look at ten specific points of difference that separate Blue Sombrero...

Blue Sombrero Difference #1: Youth Sports
• This service was created by soccer administrators and coaches to simplify the demands of daily administration. Blue Sombrero specializes in youth sports and has designed its programs to streamline your process for the utmost efficiency.

Blue Sombrero Difference #2: On Demand 
• Waiting to make critical registration changes is unnecessary and time consuming. With Blue Sombrero, there is no hard coding. If you can type, you can make the changes needed for customized registration at your computer, at the time you choose.

Blue Sombrero Difference #3: Family Based Registration 
• Parents can add more than one registrant as well as sign up for multiple programs without confusion or the need to re-enter their information.
• For the Administrator, family based registration allows for easy order tracking, account reconciliation and information retrieval. Tracking additional payments from a multi-child family or someone other than a parent is also done with ease.

Blue Sombrero Difference #4: Merchant Account Management 
• The New York Times recently wrote that the IRS has accelerated its due diligence and scrutiny of non-profit 501(c)(3) groups, including soccer clubs. The chance of being audited has become more probable for club treasurers and presidents, placing pressure on those with fiscal responsibility.  Blue Sombrero will issue a detailed accounting report every 2 weeks broken up by program, age, team, and donations. These individual entries become one lump sum entry saving a tremendous time and ensuring accuracy.

Blue Sombrero Difference #5: Security
• All financial transactions are protected by our partner, Verisign – the industry leader in 128 bit SSL encryption. Blue Sombrero does not store credit card information so once the transaction has been secured and processed, only the user maintains that information.

Blue Sombrero Difference #6: Dynamic & Web-based
• With a dynamic service, users can manage multiple procedures and simultaneously show multiple programs (divisions, camps, etc) that are related specifically to the child signing up. Cross marketing these multiple programs like camps and various league registrations is a proven way to increase registrations.
• Blue Sombrero's dynamic service also provides the flexibility to create a separate registration process and ask customized questions for each specific program.                                      

Blue Sombrero Difference #7: Parent Support
• Not all parents are computer literate. Contact information must be readily available on every screen to ensure your customers have the best registration experience possible!  If they don’t see the support information front and center, they will contact the club with technical questions…an unexpected headache when you are expecting support as part of the service.

Blue Sombrero Difference #8: Tryout Process for Competitive Soccer 
• Founded as a soccer company, we know that Select soccer programs need to have an automated registration process that is flexible enough to handle the unique nature of a soccer club’s needs. Our service can accommodate all three types of youth soccer programs: tryout, recreation and camp.

Blue Sombrero Difference #9: Value
• Most youth sports organizations are non-profit companies, so every dollar truly counts. Blue Sombrero’s services are priced on a per participant basis, allowing each organization to include our cost as part of your program fees.

Difference #10: THE BLUE SOMBRERO DIFFERENCE 
• We are just like you…former athletes and former administrators who believe in the power of youth sport to shape lives. Supporting the needs of youth sport organizations is our passion, and that passion shows in everything we do