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Sportsvite.com
URL	http://www.sportsvite.com/
Commercial?	Free
Type of site	Social networking website
Registration	Required
Owner	Sportsvite.com
Created by	Sportsvite.com

Sportsvite is an online community web service that connects people who play sports and allows them to organize their sports activities. Sportsvite incorporates social networking features including the ability to communicate with other users, create a customized profile, and join teams and groups.

1 About
2 Sportsvite Facebook Application
3 Recognition
4 Media
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] About

Sportsvite combines sports-specific targeted search and member profiles with invitation and game management tools. Members can also keep track of stats and future games, send out email invitations, and maintain their schedule for their teams in leagues or casual pick-up games. Sportsvite is a free service.

Sportsvite was released in beta version in the spring of 2006. Sportsvite has over 20,000 active members^[1].

The most popular regions for Sportsvite members are New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, Austin and Denver.

The most popular sports are Soccer, Softball, Basketball, Football, Volleyball and Tennis. ^[2].

Sportsvite is a joint venture of [212] Media and OpenEvolve Inc, and is located in New York, NY at 72 Madison Avenue.

Sportsvite raised its first round of capital that was reported to be up to $2 million in February, 2007. ^[3]

[edit] Sportsvite Facebook Application

In August, 2007 Sportsvite released its Sportsvite Facebook Application, which lets users fill out a profile of their skill level and interest in different sports, and then compare themselves to their friends.

[edit] Recognition

In 2006, Sportsvite was named as a Webby Award official honoree.^[4]

Sportsvite was named "Hot for 2007" in the sports social networking category by industry blog Mashable. ^[5]

[edit] Media

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Sportsvite has been reviewed by The New York Times, Indystar.com, The Kansas City Star, Yahoo! Picks, Thrilist.com, and other media. Many of these publications positively review the premise of Sportsvite but believe the community needs to grow for it to be more useful.^[6] WABC ran a segment on Sportsvite that showed how recreational athletes have connected using the site.