A serious league should make the path from final score to evidence obvious: result, lineup, rules, statistics, replay and permanent player/team history.
Match Center is the postgame spine.
Each official fixture has one canonical Season One identity. The Match Center keeps the score, teams, lineups, game format and postgame evidence attached to that identity.
When richer provider statistics arrive, they can extend that record without changing the public route or inventing fields before the integration supplies them.
Evidence should become history, not disappear into chat.
A replay is more valuable when it remains connected to the match, the teams and the player careers it helped create. The same is true for verified statistical evidence.
Editorial coverage can then revisit moments with confidence because the underlying competition record remains durable and addressable.