Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC)

After years of working across the global soccer landscape—from FIFA DRC proceedings to regulatory reform—I’m proud to introduce Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC): a boutique consultancy designed to help CONCACAF stakeholders navigate the game’s evolving legal framework. Here’s the reality: 🧑⚖️ Players lack legal protection 🏟️ Clubs & leagues face barriers to professionalization 🗂️ FIFA’s regulatory tools remain widely underused in our region This legal gap is holding back development—and revenue. PSC exists to close it. As a Canadian with roots in 🇸🇷 Suriname, 🇨🇼 Curaçao, and 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis, making sports law—especially soccer law—accessible across the Americas is personal. At 28, I represent a new generation of legal professionals working to bridge global standards with regional realities. Despite gaining experience with some of the world’s leading legal institutions, I’ve often encountered a recurring theme: that this type of legal expertise is “ahead of its time” for the market. But that’s exactly why PSC was created—to make these tools not just available, but actionable. We deliver legal and strategic support in: ⚖️ Dispute Resolution 🔐 Compliance & Governance 🛡️ Player Protection 🔑 Knowledge & Capacity Building Whether you’re a club, league, agent, player, or institution—PSC meets you where you are, and helps you get where you need to be. 📩 If you're working to raise the standard of soccer in CONCACAF, I’d love to connect: 📆 Book a time to talk: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eMCXGe5d 📧 Email: andrew.m.werners@gmail.com 🌐 Substack: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eDJp5-4G Let’s talk solutions. — Andrew M. Werners, LL.B, LL.M (International Sports Law) Founder | Pitchside Soccer Consulting #SportsLaw #FootballGovernance #FIFARegulations #CONCACAF #PlayerProtection #SoccerBusiness #TrainingCompensation #SportIntegrity #DisputeResolution #PitchSideSportsConsulting

🌍⚽ PSC Webinar Series: Part 1 – Careers in Global Sports Law Ready to break into the world of football governance, FIFA regulations, and agent representation? Join our upcoming webinar series designed for law students, sports management grads, and professionals looking to build a career in global sports law. 👉 Register here: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/e_rwBD4g

⚖️⚽Football Law in CONCACAF — Part 2 🇨🇦When Canadian Exceptionalism Needs a Reality Check 📢 In the latest FIFA latest Football Tribunal Quarterly Report: ⚖️110 new decisions in the Q2 Meanwhile in Canada: ❌0 claims filed ❌0 decisions rendered ❌0 structural mechanisms to access this global system ❌0 understanding of 'lex sportiva' and the importance of #football 🧠 Its not that football-related dispute disappear when you come up north. This also is not a technicality. It’s a systemic #legal gap. Not just a missed opportunity — a $500M+ disconnect from the regulatory economy driving #global #professional #football. 🧩 In Part 2 of our ongoing series, I expand on the FIFA data and go deeper into: 📌Why the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada / Centre de Règlement des Différends Sportifs du Canada (SDRCC) Lacks a Football-Specific Dispute Mechanism — and How Canada Soccer & Law Societies throughout the nation continue expose this structural gap by not recognizing this field in the Law Society Certified Specialist Program Framework 📌 How FIFA Circular #1010, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Jurisprudence, and the CAS #Football #List Set the Global Benchmark for Football Dispute Resolution — and Why Only a Select Number of FIFA-Recognized NDRCs with a Designated Football List Meet This Standard 📌 What it would take for #Canada and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada / Centre de Règlement des Différends Sportifs du Canada to meet the global benchmark — despite receiving over $5 million annually in #federal #funding, and no structural alignment with FIFA Circular 1010 or CAS jurisprudence. Bridging this gap would first require capacity to navigate lex sportiva... thereafter, targeted legal reform, regulatory expertise, and investment in football are all necessary steps to Canadian sports development 📍Full article in comments. 📣 Share this with someone serious about advancing football law in Canada Soccer or across CONCACAF. Part 3, dropping next week 🇦🇬 🇧🇸 🇧🇧 🇧🇿 🇨🇺 🇩🇲 🇩🇴 🇬🇩 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇰🇳 🇱🇨 🇱🇷 🇲🇸 🇲🇫 🇲🇶 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇷 🇸🇷 🇸🇽 🇹🇹 🇹🇨 🇻🇨 🇻🇮 🇻🇬 🇰🇾 🇨🇼 🇧🇶 #FootballLaw #FIFATribunal #LexSportiva #SDRCC #CanadaSoccer #NDRC #SportsGovernance #FIFA #PSC #PitchsidePerspective #FIFAClearingHouse #DisputeResolution #Substack

I am bound to find out what this webinar represents. Join me and let’s stake a step forward! #MLS #Premierleague #global #agent

🚨 Football Law in CONCACAF — Part 1 Global precedents are being written. But where is our region? On 15 July 2025, FIFA released its latest report on football-related cases before Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As the only football regulatory consultancy in the Northwestern Hemisphere, we conducted a region-specific analysis — and the findings are hard to ignore: ⚖️ Over 70% of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) proceedings now originate from FIFA Football Tribunal cases — affirming Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as the central forum for global football dispute resolution. 📉 Yet 95% of CONCACAF stakeholders — including #Canada and the #Caribbean — have filed zero cases altogether. 📍The only activity from our region came from the U.S. (1) and Mexico (3). The rest of CONCACAF remains entirely absent. This isn’t a coincidence — it’s an institutional gap with far-reaching legal, economic, and developmental consequences. At Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC), we launched #TheFootballRegulatoryDatabase on Substack to help correct course — providing stakeholders across Canada, the Caribbean, and Central America with the regulatory tools and legal pathways to engage with the system that governs the global game. 🧠 In Part 1 of our series: - Reflections on the FIFA Quarterly Report. - What opportunities are being lost in #disputeresolution, compensation, and precedent-setting - How to activate FIFA’s legal tools in underserved football nations 📩 If you're a player, agent, club, league, federation, players' association, or football stakeholder in CONCACAF — lets connect 🫱🏾🫲🏿 We are actively working with stakeholders across the region who stand to benefit significantly from FIFA’s regulatory framework. 👇 Link in comments. Let’s get to work. #FootballLaw #SportsLaw #FIFA #CAS #FIFAFootballTribunal #CONCACAF #Canada #Caribbean #LexSportiva #PitchsideSportsConsulting 🇨🇼 🇸🇷 🇰🇳 🇨🇦 🇦🇮 🇦🇬 🇦🇼 🇧🇸 🇧🇧 🇧🇿 🇧🇲 🇻🇬 🇰🇾 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇲 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇬🇩 🇬🇹 🇬🇵 🇬🇺 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇶 🇲🇸 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇷 🇱🇨 🇻🇨 🇸🇽 🇹🇨 🇹🇹 🇻🇮 🇺🇸🇧🇶

⚖️⚽ PSC Webinar 2 – So You Want to Be an Agent? Building on the success of Webinar 1, we’re taking a deeper dive into the world of representation, contracts, and regulatory compliance. ✔️ Learn how to prepare for the FIFA Football Agent Exam ✔️ Understand the regulations shaping global player representation ✔️ Get practical insights drawn from real PSC case experience If you’re serious about becoming an agent—or advising those who do—this session is for you. Link to Registration: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eHW89Z2h #SportsManagement #LexSportiva #SportsLaw #FootballLaw #FFAR #FootballAgent

🌍⚽ PSC Webinar Series: Part 1 – Careers in Global Sports Law Ready to break into the world of football governance, FIFA regulations, and agent representation? Join our upcoming webinar series designed for law students, sports management grads, and professionals looking to build a career in global sports law. 👉 Register here: https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/e_rwBD4g

It doesn’t always look like it — but sometimes you and the person across the table are building the same thing. 🤝 Thank you to Dr. Shannon Kerwin, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at 🇨🇦 Canada’s leading sport management faculty, for a generous and engaging conversation last week at Brock University. As the founder of ⚖️ Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC), I’ve been focused on bridging the #legal, #economic, and #capacity gaps in our region’s professional football landscape. And it’s clear: Brock is a uniquely positioned institution to help shape the next generation of sport leaders — especially those interested in governance, player rights, and global sports law. 📚🌍 📣 We’ll be expanding on this tomorrow evening during our PSC Webinar 1: Global Careers in Sports Law — designed for students, graduates, and aspiring agents across Canada and the Caribbean. 🗓️ Webinar: Tonight (Monday) at 7:00PM EST 📥 Registration link in the comments 👉 Follow Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC) for more updates We’re laying a new foundation—one that will ignite this region’s growth and elevate its game. #SportsLaw #FootballLaw #LexSportiva #PSCWebinar #BrockUniversity #Canada #Caribbean #FootballGovernance #PitchsideSportsConsulting #SportManagement #GlobalCareers

📊 PSC Webinar 1 Results — Setting the Standard for Football Law Education in CONCACAF At Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC), we set out to prove that there is both the interest and the need for specialized football law education in our region. The results of our first webinar, Careers in Global Sports Law, confirm exactly that: ✅ Interested participants from Canada, the Caribbean, and beyond. ✅ Engaged with live FIFA & CAS case studies, practical career pathways, and actionable tools to stand out globally. ✅ Their feedback makes one thing clear: there is a hunger to close the legal, economic, and capacity gaps in football governance across CONCACAF. As the only football regulatory consultancy in the Northwestern Hemisphere that is CONCACAF, Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC) is uniquely positioned to turn that hunger into #ProfessionalDevelopment. Our work isn’t theoretical — it’s built on real cases, regulatory expertise, and a commitment to preparing the next generation of professionals to shape the game’s future. 👀 And we’re just getting started. 📣 Early next week we announce Webinar 2 — a focused session for those ready to step into agent representation and master FIFA’s new regulatory framework. Link for early access in the comments. 🔗 Swipe through this deck to see the numbers, the voices, and the momentum behind this movement. #FootballLaw #SportsLaw #FootballGovernanc #FIFA #LexSportiva A special thank you to Cody Gaillard and Michaela Rankin for their thoughtful reviews and feedback — your insights are helping shape the future of football law and sports law education in our region.

Reposting in support of BVI International Arbitration Centre 2026 Arbitration week. At Pitchside Sports Consulting (PSC) we are the only football‑specific regulatory consultancy in the CONCACAF region, with active work in #sportslaw across Canada and the Caribbean. We back initiatives like #BVIAW26 that strengthen legal and governance frameworks and foster cross‑border collaboration — particularly in the context of sports-related disputes. Excited to see how opportunities like this continue to grow and connect our region. #FootballLaw #SportsArbitration #CONCACAF #Caribbean #BVIAW26 ⚖️