diff --git a/event_types.go b/event_types.go
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+++ b/event_types.go
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+package footballdata
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Contains information about a soccerseason update sent to us by the Event API.
+type SoccerSeasonUpdate struct {
+	Timestamp time.Time
+	Resource  string
+	Id        uint64
+	URI       string
+	Updates   UpdateDescriptor
+}
+
+type FieldUpdateValues struct {
+	OldValue string
+	NewValue string
+}
+
+func (v FieldUpdateValues) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s -> %s", v.OldValue, v.NewValue)
+}
+
+type FieldUpdate struct {
+	Name   string
+	Values *FieldUpdateValues
+}
+
+func (v FieldUpdate) String() string {
+	r := []string{v.Name}
+	if v.Values != nil {
+		r = append(r, v.Values.String())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(r, "|")
+}
+
+type UpdateDescriptor string
+
+func (d UpdateDescriptor) Fields() (retval []FieldUpdate) {
+	// (FIELD_NAME|OLD_VALUE -> NEW_VALUE)(;($1))?
+	retval = []FieldUpdate{}
+	fieldStrs := strings.Split(string(d), ";")
+	for _, fieldStr := range fieldStrs {
+		field := FieldUpdate{}
+		fieldStrSplit := strings.SplitN(fieldStr, "|", 2)
+		field.Name = fieldStrSplit[0]
+		if len(fieldStrSplit) > 1 {
+			// OLD_VALUE -> NEW_VALUE
+			valueSplit := strings.Split(fieldStrSplit[1], " -> ")
+			field.Values = &FieldUpdateValues{
+				OldValue: valueSplit[0],
+				NewValue: valueSplit[1],
+			}
+		}
+		retval = append(retval, field)
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/event_types_test.go b/event_types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f356a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event_types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package footballdata
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_UpdateDescriptor_Fields(t *testing.T) {
+	testValue := UpdateDescriptor("status|IN_PLAY -> FINISHED")
+	fields := testValue.Fields()
+
+	assert.Len(t, fields, 1)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "status", fields[0].Name)
+	assert.NotNil(t, fields[0].Values)
+	assert.Equal(t, "IN_PLAY", fields[0].Values.OldValue)
+	assert.Equal(t, "FINISHED", fields[0].Values.NewValue)
+}
+
+func Test_UpdateDescriptor_Fields_Multiple(t *testing.T) {
+	testValue := UpdateDescriptor("status|IN_PLAY -> FINISHED;score|1:0 -> 1:1")
+	fields := testValue.Fields()
+
+	assert.Len(t, fields, 2)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "status", fields[0].Name)
+	assert.NotNil(t, fields[0].Values)
+	assert.Equal(t, "IN_PLAY", fields[0].Values.OldValue)
+	assert.Equal(t, "FINISHED", fields[0].Values.NewValue)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "score", fields[1].Name)
+	assert.NotNil(t, fields[1].Values)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1:0", fields[1].Values.OldValue)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1:1", fields[1].Values.NewValue)
+}
+
+func Test_UpdateDescriptor_Fields_NameOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	testValue := UpdateDescriptor("status")
+	fields := testValue.Fields()
+
+	assert.Len(t, fields, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "status", fields[0].Name)
+	assert.Nil(t, fields[0].Values)
+}
+
+func Test_UpdateDescriptor_Fields_NameOnly_Multiple(t *testing.T) {
+	testValue := UpdateDescriptor("status;leagueTable")
+	fields := testValue.Fields()
+
+	assert.Len(t, fields, 2)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "status", fields[0].Name)
+	assert.Nil(t, fields[0].Values)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "leagueTable", fields[1].Name)
+	assert.Nil(t, fields[1].Values)
+}