This article provides steps on how to start and run a game on the ScoreVision Soccer Scorekeeper App.
Connecting Your Scorekeeper App to a Scoreboard Display
1. Log in to your Scorekeeper App using your ScoreVision credentials. If you want to connect the Scorekeeper app to a ScoreVision display, ensure that the YES tab is selected. Then, press CONNECT on your ScoreVision display of choice (generally, you will select SV-1, but SV-2 also works; naming may vary based on your facility). If you do not want to connect to a ScoreVision display, refer to #2 below.
2. If you do not want to connect the Scorekeeper app to a ScoreVision display, ensure that the NO tab is selected. The most common reason for choosing NO is when you scoring at an away game in order to send information to the ScoreVision Fan App. To do this, you will need a source of wifi such as a hotspot or a connection to the wifi in the facility you are visiting.
3. Press DEFAULT SOCCER SEASON/TOURNAMENT to bring up a list of any active seasons created in the cloud.
4. A list of available pre-made seasons will appear in a pop-up window. Select the season that you want to use. NOTE: If Default Season/Tournament is the only season available in the list, seasons will need to be created in the cloud. 
5. If you have previously entered games in the cloud, a list of those games will appear in the open space below the filter menus. These games will be sorted by start date and time, the nearest upcoming game first.
Press SELECT to begin the game of your choice. The rules that were defined in the cloud (halftime duration, overtime rules, etc.) will automatically be applied. NOTE: Games created in the cloud will be visible 24 hours prior to the scheduled start time. If you need help creating games in the cloud. 
Setting Pre-Game Clock
1. Once you’ve started the game, a scoreboard assistant for PRE-GAME CLOCK will appear giving you three options for pre-game:
- set clock to default time,
- set clock to custom time, or
- I am ready to keep score, skipping pregame all together
NOTE: The board will not engage until you start the pre-game clock. Ads will continue to run.
To set a custom length for your pre-game clock, press on the time at the bottom of the scoreboard assistant.
- Type in the desired amount of clock time.
- Drop the keyboard by pressing the button in the lower right corner.
- Then press SET to engage the pre-game clock on the board.
- Press END if you would like to stop a running pre-game clock after it has been engaged.
NOTE: You can engage the Pre-Game Clock scoreboard assistant as many times as needed by pressing Pre-Game from the menu button but the option will disappear from the menu once you start keeping score for this game.
2. Game options are set when creating games in the cloud but can be altered on the day of game as needed. At any time during pre-game, press the menu icon in the top left corner and select GAME OPTIONS to review or alter these Game Settings.
As best practice, you should confirm the Scorekeeping Mode in which your game is set, because once the game is started, your options for changing modes is restricted.
- Choose SCOREBOARD ONLY if you wish to keep the scorekeeper’s job super simple and do not want to track individual stats for your players during this game. This is referred to as simple scorekeeping.
- Choose BOARD & PLAYER STATS if you want to attribute goals, shots, and saves to players. This mode also allows the use of accolades and displays stat information in the ScoreVision Fan App.
If you make any changes to the game settings, press SAVE SETTINGS.
Simple Scorekeeping (Scoreboard Only Scorekeeping Mode)
1. At the bottom of the screen you see the Clock Start/Stop button. Notice that when the clock is stopped, there are red bars behind the clock time at the top of the screen. This is a peripheral cue that the clock is not running. When you start the clock, the bars behind the clock turn gray. Whether the clock is running or stopped, the display board will remain with a black background behind the clock. This visual cue is to assist the scorekeeper with keeping correct time throughout the game.
2. Press the round buttons on the field to add a SHOT, SAVE, CORNER KICK (CK), or GOAL. Notice the team color surrounding the circle to assist the scorekeeper with accurately recording for each team.
3. When the game clock reaches zero, a scoreboard assistant will appear giving you three options for transitioning into the next period:
- start a halftime break with the clock set to the default time,
- start a halftime break with the clock set to a custom time, or
- jump to the next half without a break.
Quick Edit and Undo
1. At any point throughout the game, you can use QUICK EDIT to edit points, timeouts, team fouls, game clock, game period, team colors, or team names. You must press SAVE afterwards to establish any changes made on the Quick Edit screen.
2. The UNDO button allows you to undo in order of how actions or points were entered. The two buttons perform the same function but are conveniently placed for left or right handed scorekeepers. The most recent action is indicated in the space between the buttons to help the scorekeeper know which action will be undone.
Scoreboard & Player Stats: Setup
Choosing the BOARD & PLAYER STATS as the scorekeeping mode in game options will score in a similar way to Scoreboard Only mode but includes a roster for each team. This allows you to record stats of individual players. Soccer tracks shots, saves, and goals of individual players. NOTE: the scorekeeping mode must be selected at the start of the game using game options in the menu or set in the cloud prior to the start of the game.
1. To access the rosters, press ROSTER beneath the clock and period display. In the slide out wing that appears, you can edit existing players or add new players.
To add a player, press the plus sign button and then enter the jersey number and press SAVE. The player will be added to the roster but will not have a name assigned. When showing on the board, the player name will remain blank unless you utilize the edit pencil button as shown in the next section.
2. Press the pencil icon at the bottom of the roster wing to edit player details. Press on a player’s name or jersey number to review that player’s information – you can update first and last names as well as the jersey number. If a player was not suited up or has to be taken out of the game for any reason, you can press "N" under the SUITED UP option for that player. This will remove that player from the game roster. Press SAVE to keep changes you have made to the player details and press the pencil icon to close the editing menu.
Once you’re comfortable with your rosters, you are ready to score a game.
Scoreboard & Player Stats: Entering Player Stats
Shots, saves, corner kicks, and goals are recorded in the same way as Scoreboard Only scorekeeping mode described earlier in this article. The difference is that if your game is in Scoreboard & Player Stats, the roster wing will open for the corresponding team when these buttons are pressed. Press the player's number on the roster wing to assign the stat to that individual player.
NOTE: When the roster wing opens to assign stats to a player, the scorekeeping functions lock up so that the scorekeeper doesn't accidentally assign additional points without recording the stats.
Player Accolade
In Board & Player Stats scoring mode, the player accolade button can be utilized. Once you’ve assigned a goal to a player, the "player accolade" button will light up in the middle of the scorekeeper screen for a few seconds. You can press it to feature that specific player on the scoreboard in a special accolade animation that was setup in the cloud prior to this game.
Scoring Overtime or a Shootout
If there is a tie when time has run out, a scoreboard assistant will appear for either OVERTIME or SHOOTOUT based on your settings pre-set in the cloud or in the QUICK EDIT menu.
Overtime scorekeeping is just like scoring during regulation time.
1. If SHOOTOUT is selected as your overtime rule, the scoreboard assistant will give you three options:
- START SHOOTOUT (see details below)
- END GAME IN A TIE completes the game and archives the results in the cloud.
- CANCEL allows you to make adjustments to the game data by using the Quick Edit or Undo features discussed earlier in this article.
2. If you select START SHOOTOUT, a scoreboard assistant will give you options for a period break before starting the shootout. You can choose to set a clock or press I'M READY TO KEEP SCORE.
For each team, tap on the X for a kick that was missed or tap on the checkmark for a kick that scored. They will light up green or red and move to the next shootout for both teams.
Additional kicks will continue to be added to the shootout until a winner is declared. At that time, a scoreboard assistant will appear asking if you would like to end the game. Press YES to archive the results in the cloud. Press CANCEL to return to the shootout scoring and use the UNDO button to make corrections if needed.
Ending a Game
1. Once the game is over, a scoreboard assistant will appear that allows you to end the game, or go back to make changes if necessary.
- END GAME completes the game and archives the results in the cloud.
- CANCEL allows you to make adjustments to the game data by using the Quick Edit or Undo features discussed earlier in this article.
2. If at anytime during the game you would like to close the game, press the X button in the upper right corner. A window will appear giving you these 3 options:
- save & close out game,
- save & leave game open, or
- cancel
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- Save & close out match will archive the game in the cloud and you will be unable to access and change data at a future time.
- Save & leave game open leaves the game available to access even after you have closed the app. This option may be needed if you need to leave the Scorekeeper App for whatever reason but wish to continue scoring the game when you log back in.
- Cancel will return you to the scorekeeping screen with no changes.
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