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One place for every conversation

Most organizations run their season across three group chats, a mailing list and somebody’s personal phone. Private messages, team threads and group chats belong in the same app as the schedule, the roster and the scores — so a coach is not handing out their own number, and a parent is not missing the one message that mattered because it went to the wrong group.

How Messaging works

Private, team & group chats

Message one person, a whole team or a group you have put together for a purpose — the U12 coaches, the tournament volunteers, the travelling squad. Threads sit alongside everything else in the app, so a question about Saturday is asked next to Saturday’s fixture rather than in a separate chat app nobody checks.

PrivateTeamGroup
The Ligue messenger on mobile showing team conversations and a message thread
Messenger — every conversation inside the app.

Secure & in one place

Conversations stay inside your organization. Staff do not have to hand out personal numbers to run a team, families are not added to a chat app you have no control over, and when someone leaves the organization their access to those threads goes with them. Roles decide who can start a conversation with whom.

No personal numbersRole-controlledOrg-only

Right in the app

It is in the app people already have for the schedule and the scores, so there is nothing extra to install and no separate login to remember. A message arrives with a notification on the same device that shows tomorrow’s kick-off time, which is why it actually gets read.

In the appNotificationsOne login

What teams actually use it for

Most of a season’s communication is small, urgent and specific — which is exactly what a group email is worst at.

Game-day logistics

Arrival times, parking, which entrance, who is bringing what. Sent to the team that needs it on the morning it matters.

Arrival timesVenuesLine-ups

Last-minute changes

A pitch closes an hour before kick-off. The team thread reaches the families who are already in the car, rather than a notice on a website they will never open.

WeatherReschedulesCancellations

Coach to parent

A quiet word about an injury, a missed session or a placement, kept private and kept inside the organization rather than on a personal phone.

PrivateOne to oneOn record

Org-wide notices

When something is for the whole club rather than one team, send it as an announcement and see that it was delivered.

EveryoneTargetedDelivery
The Ligue announcements screen with a message composer and delivery statistics
Announcements — when the message is for everyone, not one thread.

Messaging: common questions

Do coaches have to share their personal phone number? +

No. Conversations happen inside Ligue, so staff can run a team without handing out a personal number, and access ends when someone leaves the organization.

Can I control who is allowed to message whom? +

Yes. Roles decide who can start which conversations, so an organization that wants coach-to-parent contact to go through a manager can set it up that way.

Is messaging part of the app families already have? +

Yes. It is in the same app as the schedule, the rosters and the live scores, so there is nothing extra to install and one place to check.

What is the difference between messaging and announcements? +

Messaging is a conversation — someone can reply. An announcement is a broadcast to a group you choose, with delivery and read figures, for the times you need to tell rather than discuss.

Can parents message each other? +

That depends on how you set it up. Group threads can include families where that is useful, and you can keep communication one-directional where it is not.

Do people get notified? +

Yes, on the device they already use for the schedule and the scores — which is the main reason a message about a rained-off game actually reaches people in time.

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