The Player Matrix
The Player Matrix
The ultimate stat builder for grassroots football. Enter your players, choose their archetypes, and let our unique star rating system do the heavy lifting. Easy, fair, and flexible so every player gets a card to be proud of.
The Player Matrix is Pro Squad Prints' stat builder tool, the engine that turns a season of real football into a personalised trading card.
It is the step between placing your order or registering your club, and supplying all the player details like images, names, positions, archetypes, and skills. Once you submit your team, we get to work by removing image backgrounds and generating the card details as per the matrix preview.
Access works via a Club Reference for clubs, or an order number for parents placing a one-off order or single-team order directly.
- The club registers and receives a Club Reference (or a parent or single team uses an order number).
- Each coach logs in and sets their team's star limit as a starting guide. (Note: If you have ordered more than one team or coach more than one team, you can build and submit multiple teams in one go. Just add a new team on the team tabs and confirm the team name, for example U7 Boys and U9 Girls).
- For each player, the coach picks a position, an archetype (such as Poacher, Playmaker, Enforcer), and two skill tags.
- The Matrix automatically computes and balances the six stats. You can then use the unique star rating to make minor adjustments.
- The coach uploads a player photo and submits the team. The club reviews and approves everything before it goes to print.
- Save and backup: Save your progress at any time. Each time you upload player data, a backup file automatically downloads to your device so you can re-upload quickly if anything technical goes wrong.
Computed, Not Hand-Picked Stats: Every stat is dynamically calculated from the position, archetype, skill tags, and star limit you choose.
Built-In Fairness: Every player on a team starts within the same star budget, ensuring no kid ends up with a visibly weaker card.
Real Variation: Archetype and skill choices create depth, giving every player a unique stat sheet worth comparing with teammates.
A Development Tool and Keepsake: Matrix choices mirror real playing attributes to spark coaching conversations, and cards track player progression season after season.
The Star Limit is the total points spread across a player's six stats. It is a guide, not a hard cap. Values like 20, 25, and 30 are common starting points, but how you use this section is entirely up to the coaches or parents. While clubs may set specific rules or guidelines across their teams, nothing is hard-restricted. It is designed to be completely flexible.
It does two important jobs:
- Fairness: Keeps the whole team balanced around the same limit.
- Progression: Allows clubs to set lower starting points for younger age groups (such as 20 for Under 8s) and higher points for older ones (such as 30 for Under 14s), so a kid's card visibly grows as they move up through the club.
