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American Football Match Center Widget

Add a full American Football match view to a post.

The Match Center widget brings several views of one American Football match together behind a tab bar, shown underneath the scoreboard for that match.

The fastest way to add an American Football widget: select the American Football icon in the quick-add row below the article body — no need to open the full block picker and search a category list.

Preconditions

  • Your project must have the American Football feature enabled. Widget categories are switched on per project, so if American Football widgets does not appear in the block picker, ask your administrator to enable it.
  • You need permission to create or edit articles.
  • This widget is match-scoped, so you need a specific match rather than a competition.

Adding the American Football Match Center Widget to a post

To set up the widget:

  1. Open an article for editing, or create a new one.
  2. Below the blocks in the article body is a row of quick-add buttons: the content blocks first, then one icon for each sport enabled on your project, then +. Hover an icon to see its name — the American Football icon is hovered here.

    The quick-add row below the article body: content-block buttons, then one icon for each sport enabled on this project, then +. The American Football icon is hovered and shows its name.

  3. Select the American Football icon, then choose Match Center from the widget list that opens.

    The American Football widgets list opened from the sport icon, with Match Center among its widgets.

  4. Set the widget options. Team controls what it shows.

    The Match Center options panel as it first opens.

  5. Check the options are the ones you want. Some fields depend on others, so a list can be empty until you set the field above it.

    The Match Center options panel with its fields set.

  6. The match list has Upcoming games, Past games and Interrupted games tabs. They read “No games found” until a team is set; then Upcoming games lists the team’s scheduled matches and Past games its finished ones. If Upcoming games stays empty, the team has no scheduled matches — open Past games. Select the specific match you want — the widget has nothing to show until one is checked. Once a match is checked, Display main events appears below the list.

    The match list for the selected team, with one specific Match Center match checked.

  7. When done, select Save block.

    The saved Match Center widget block in the article body.

  8. Hover the saved block. Of the controls that appear (Copy embed code, Preview, Edit and Remove), select Preview to see the real widget.

American Football Match Center Widget options

  • Team (required) — The team whose data you want to show. Type to search.
  • Display main events — Highlights standout match events directly on the match card. It appears once a match is selected.
  • Refresh time — Controls how often the published widget refetches its data. Leave empty to use your project’s global refresh setting.

What the American Football Match Center Widget shows

The tabs available depend on what data the match has. Typically these cover:

  • Information — starting lineups: both squads, split into starters and substitutes
  • Timeline — match events: scoring plays, penalty flags and other match events, quarter by quarter, most recent first
  • Standings — group table: the table for the group this match belongs to

Preview of the American Football Match Center Widget

The widget shows the match scoreboard with the tab bar underneath, Timeline selected first by default.

The American Football Match Center widget rendered in the CMS preview. The widget shows the match scoreboard with the tab bar underneath, Timeline selected first by default.

Good to know

Only the preview shows the real widget. The collapsed block and the options panel show a CMS summary card instead — always check preview before publishing.

  • The preview area is narrower than a published page, so the widget uses its compact layout there and may hide columns that the published version shows.
  • The widget always renders whichever version of the sports widgets library your project is on. There is no version to set.