United States Adult Soccer Association Explained

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Short Name:	USASA
Location:	Bridgeview, Illinois
Region:	USSF
Region Affiliation:	1982
President:	John Motta
Vice-President:	Fritz Marth

The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 54 state associations in four regions, as well as national, regional, and state leagues. It compares to the United States Youth Soccer Association and its 54 affiliated State Associations - as it was once all one bodied structure.

History

The USASA was founded in 1982 at the first metting of the Senior Division of the United States Soccer Federation. Later that year, the United States Soccer Federation reorganized and the senior division became a separate member. The USASA has been known as United States Senior Soccer Division, the United States Soccer Association, the United States Amateur Soccer Association, and finally its current name of the United States Adult Soccer Association.^[1]

Presidents

Years	Name	Organization
1982–1983	Millton Aimi	Texas South	^[2]
1983–1984	Jim Depew	Texas North
1984–1989	Edward Nunes	California North
1989–1991	Millton Aimi	Texas South
1991–1997	Gianfranco Borroni	Ohio North
1997–2006	Mike Edwards	New Mexico
2006–2010	Brooks McCormick	Florida
2010–2014	Richard Groff	Eastern Pennsylvania
2014–present	John Motta	New Hampshire

Mission

Under the five guiding values of transparency, inclusiveness, integrity, diversity and tradition, the mission of the USASA is:

• Administer Adult Soccer through safe and positive play
• Provide competition and programs
• Identify governance and administrative best practices
• Promote education and training
• Promote the vision "Soccer-your game for life"
• Develop a unified soccer community
• Assist member organizations and local communities^[3]

Organization

USASA is governed by an executive committee composed of a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, four regional directors, two at-large members, affiliate director and an independent director.^[4]

USASA is organized into four regions — Region I, Region II, Region III, and Region IV which breakdown into the 54 affiliated state associations. In addition to these state associations, USASA's rules provide for national leagues and regional leagues. National Leagues must extend across all four time-zones, have 36 teams and play for a minimum of three months.^[5]

USASA has one men's national league, the National Premier Soccer League and two women's national leagues, the Women's Premier Soccer League and United Women's Soccer. All national leagues must have at least thirty-six teams, spread throughout the four time zones of the continental United States and have leagues that last for a minimum of three months.^[5]

USASA rules also provide for multi-state leagues, that must have four states, sixteen teams, and plays for at least three months per year.^[5] USASA's multi-state leagues are Cascadia Premier League, Eastern Development Program, Eastern Premier Soccer League, Gulf Coast Premier League, Mountain Premier League, National Independent Soccer Association, Southwest Premier League, and West Coast Soccer Association.^[6]

State Premier Leagues

League	State Association	Region
Cosmopolitan Soccer League	Eastern New York State Soccer Association	Region I
Long Island Soccer Football League
United Soccer League of Pennsylvania	Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association
Maryland Super Soccer League	Maryland State Soccer Association
Washington Premier League
DC Premier League
Buffalo & District Soccer League	Western New York Soccer Association
Rochester District Soccer League
Michigan Premier Soccer League	Michigan Soccer Association	Region II
American Premier Soccer League	Florida Adult Soccer Association	Region III
Central Florida Soccer League
Florida Suncoast Soccer League
Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League	Georgia Soccer
Colorado Super League	Colorado Soccer	Region IV
San Francisco Soccer Football League	California Soccer Association North
Utah Soccer Premiership Soccer League	Utah Adult Soccer
Wasatch Women Soccer League
Evergreen Premier League	Washington State Adult Soccer Association
Northwest Premier League

State and local associations operate leagues under the umbrella of the USASA. The national organization is split into four regions:

valign=top	Region I^[7] Connecticut State Soccer Association^[8] Delaware Soccer Association^[9] Maryland State Soccer Association^[10] Mass Adult State Soccer^[11] New Hampshire Soccer Association^[12] New Jersey Soccer Association^[13] Eastern New York State Soccer Association^[14] Western New York Soccer Association^[15] Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association^[16] PA West^[17] Rhode Island Soccer Association^[18] Vermont State Soccer Association^[19] Metropolitan DC-Virginia Soccer Association^[20] West Virginia Soccer Association^[21]	valign=top	Region II^[22] Illinois State Soccer Association^[23] Indiana Soccer^[24] Iowa Soccer^[25] Kansas Soccer Association^[26] Kentucky Soccer Association^[27] Michigan Soccer Association^[28] Minnesota Soccer Association^[29] Missouri Soccer Association^[30] Nebraska State Soccer^[31] North Dakota Soccer Association^[32] Ohio Soccer Assoc. — North^[33] Southern Ohio Adult Soccer Association^[34] South Dakota Adult Soccer Association^[35] Wisconsin Soccer Leagues^[36]
valign=top	Region III^[37] Alabama Soccer Association^[38] Arkansas Soccer Association^[39] Florida Adult Soccer Association^[40] Georgia Soccer^[41] Louisiana Soccer Association^[42] Mississippi Soccer Association^[43] North Carolina Adult Soccer Association^[44] Oklahoma Soccer Association^[45] South Carolina Amateur Soccer Association^[46] Tennessee Soccer^[47] Texas North Soccer^[48] Texas State Soccer Association — South^[49]	valign=top	'Region IV^[50] Alaska Adult Soccer Association^[51] Arizona State Soccer Association^[52] California Soccer Association North^[53] California South^[54] Colorado Soccer^[55] Hawaii Soccer Association^[56] Idaho State Soccer Association^[57] Montana State Soccer Association^[58] Nevada State Soccer Association New Mexico State Soccer Association^[59] Oregon Adult Soccer Association^[60] Utah Adult Soccer^[61] Washington State Adult Soccer Association^[62] Wyoming Soccer^[63]

Affiliated Amateur Adult Leagues

See main article: List of USASA affiliated leagues.

Competitions

The USASA National Amateur Cup

See main article: National Amateur Cup. The National Amateur Cup is the most prestigious and longest running tournament for all of amateur soccer in the entire country, crowning its first champion, Fleisher Yarn in 1924.^[64]

To qualify for the national tournament a team must win their respective regional cup. The winner of this tournament is awarded the Fritz Marth Amateur Cup.^[65] In addition to the trophy the winner of the National Amateur Cup is awarded an entry into both the Hank Steinbrecher Cup, and the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup,^[64] which has been in existence since 1914.^[66]

Hank Steinbrecher Cup

In 2013, USASA began a competition to pit the champions of the different men's amateur competitions (USASA National Amateur Cup, National Premier Soccer League, USL League Two and defending Hank Steinbrecher Cup holder) against each other for the title of "Champions of Champions"^[67]

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Third Place	Result	Fourth Place
2013	Carolina Dynamo	1–1 (3–2 PKs)	Lehigh Valley United Sonic	Croatian Eagles	3–1	Battery Park Gunners
2014	RWB Adria	1–0	Sonoma County Sol	NTX Rayados		Ocean City Nor'easters
2015	Chattanooga FC^[68]	3–0	Michigan Bucks	Maryland Bays		New York Greek Americans
2016	Chicago Fire U23^[69] ^[70] ^[71]	2–1	Chattanooga FC	Quinto Elemento FC		West Chester United
2017	Michigan Bucks	3–0	AFC Cleveland	Chicago FC United	4–0	Christos FC
2018	Michigan Bucks^[72]	2–0	Charlotte Eagles	Lansdowne Bhoys FC	2–1	Elm City Express
2019	Flint City Bucks^[73]	3–0	Chicago FC United	FC Motown	3-1	Milwaukee Bavarian SC^[74]
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Flint City Bucks^[75]	2–1	Denton Diablos FC	Lansdowne Bhoys FC		Houston Regals
2023	West Chester United SC^[76]	4–4 (4–2 PKs)	Ventura County Fusion	FC Olympians		Athletico Olanchano

The Adult Soccer Fest

Established in 1998,^[77] the Adult Soccer Fest is formally known as the Veteran's Cup and is a 5–day event sponsored by USASA for teams with players 30 years and older. Matches for Over–30 teams to Over–70 mens are played in an 11 v 11 format, while Over–70 women and Over–75 teams play in an 7 v 7 format.^[78]

See also

• List of USASA affiliated leagues

External links

• USASA
• USASA Adult Soccer Fest

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of US Adult Soccer . USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . April 30, 2024.
2. Web site: Past and Current Presidents of US Adult Soccer . USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . April 30, 2024.
3. Web site: Mission Statement . USAdultSoccer.com . USASA . April 30, 2024.
4. Web site: National Board of Directors . USAdultSoccer.com . USASA . April 30, 2024.
5. Web site: USASA Structure . USAdultSoccer.com . USASA . April 30, 2024.
6. Web site: USASA Leagues & Affiliates . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . April 30, 2024.
7. Web site: USASA Region I . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . November 23, 2023.
8. Web site: The official home of the Connecticut State Soccer Association . www.CSSASoccer.com . Connecticut State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
9. Web site: Home of the Delaware Soccer Association . www.DYAASoccer.org . Delaware Soccer Association . November 23, 2023.
10. Web site: Maryland State Soccer Association . MarylandSoccer.com . Maryland State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
11. Web site: Official Home of Mass Adult State Soccer . www.Mass-Soccer.org . Mass Adult State Soccer . November 26, 2023.
12. Web site: Welcome to the home of New Hampshire Soccer Association . SoccerNH.com/ . New Hampshire Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
13. Web site: New Jersey Soccer Association . www.SoccerNJSA.com . New Jersey Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
14. Web site: Eastern New York State Soccer Association . www.ENYSSA.org . Eastern New York State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
15. Web site: The official home of Western New York State Soccer Association . www.WNYSASoccer.org . Western New York Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
16. Web site: Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association . www.EastPASA.net . Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
17. Web site: PA West . www.PAWest-Soccer.org . PA West . November 26, 2023.
18. Web site: The official home of the Rhode Island Soccer Association . www.RISA.org . Rhoode Island Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
19. Web site: Vermont State Soccer Association . VermontAdultSoccer.org . Vermont State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
20. Web site: Metropolitan DC-Virginia Soccer Assciation - Soccer: Fun, Fitness, and Friends – for life . www.MDCVASASoccer.org . Metropolitan DC-Virginia Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
21. Web site: West Virginia Soccer Association . www.WVSoccer.net . West Virginia Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
22. Web site: USASA Region II . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . November 23, 2023.
23. Web site: Illinois State Soccer Association . www.IllinoisSoccer.org . Illinois State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
24. Web site: Indiana Soccer . www.SoccerIndiana.org . Indiana Soccer . November 26, 2023.
25. Web site: Iowa Soccer . www.IowaSoccer.org . Iowa Soccer . November 26, 2023.
26. Web site: Kansas Soccer Association . www.KansasSoccerAssoc.com . Kansas Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
27. Web site: The official home of the Kentucky Soccer Association . www.KYAdultSoccer.com . Kentucky Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
28. Web site: Michigan Soccer Association . www.MichiganAdultSoccer.com . Michigan Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
29. Web site: Minnesota Soccer Association . www.MNSoccer.org . Minnesota Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
30. Web site: Missouri Soccer Association . www.MissouriSoccerAssociation.org . Missouri Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
31. Web site: Nebraska State Soccer . www.NebraskaStateSoccer.org . Nebraska State Soccer . November 26, 2023.
32. Web site: North Dakota Soccer Association . www.NorthDakotaSoccer.org . North Dakota Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
33. Web site: Ohio Soccer Assoc. — North . www.OhioSoccerNorth.org . Ohio Soccer Assoc. — North . November 26, 2023.
34. Web site: The official home of the Southern Ohio Adult Soccer Association . www.SOASA.com . Southern Ohio Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
35. Web site: Official site of the South Dakota Adult Soccer Association . www.SDAdultSoccer.com . South Dakota Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
36. Web site: Wisconsin Adult Soccer Association . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . December 21, 2023.
37. Web site: USASA Region III . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . November 23, 2023.
38. Web site: Alabama Soccer Association . www.ALSoccer.org . Alabama Soccer Association .
39. Web site: Arkansas Soccer Association . www.ArkansasSoccer.org . Arkansas Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
40. Web site: Florida Adult Soccer Association . www.FASA.soccer . Florida Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
41. Web site: Georgia Soccer . www.GeorgiaSoccer.org . Georgia Soccer . November 26, 2023.
42. Web site: Louisiana Soccer Association . www.PlayLouisianaSoccer.org . Louisiana Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
43. Web site: Mississippi Soccer Association . www.MSSoccer.org . Mississippi Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
44. Web site: NC Adult Soccer Association . www.NCASASoccer.org . North Carolina Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
45. Web site: Oklahoma Soccer Association . www.OKSoccer.com . Oklahoma Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
46. Web site: South Carolina Amateur Soccer Association . www.SCAmateurSoccer.org . South Carolina Amateur Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
47. Web site: Tennessee Soccer . www.TNSoccer.org . Tennessee Soccer . November 26, 2023.
48. Web site: Texas North Soccer . NTXSoccer.org . Texas North Soccer . November 26, 2023.
49. Web site: Texas State Soccer Association — South . www.TSSAS.org . Texas State Soccer Association — South . November 26, 2023.
50. Web site: USASA Region IV . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . November 23, 2023.
51. Web site: Alaska Adult Soccer Association . www.AASA–Alaska.com . Alaska Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
52. Web site: Arizona State Soccer Association . AZAdult.soccer . Arizona State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
53. Web site: California Soccer Association North . www.CSAN.net . California Soccer Association North . November 26, 2023.
54. Web site: Cal South . www.CalSouth.org . California South . November 26, 2023.
55. Web site: Colorado Soccer . www.ColoradoSoccer.org . Colorado Soccer . November 26, 2023.
56. Web site: Hawaii Soccer Association . www.HawaiiSoccerAssociation.com . Hawaii Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
57. Web site: The official home of the Idaho State Soccer Association . www.IdahoStateSoccer.com . Idaho State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
58. Web site: The official home of the Montana State Soccer Association . www.MontanaAdultSoccer.com . Montana State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
59. Web site: New Mexico State Soccer Association . www.NMSSA.net . New Mexico State Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
60. Web site: Oregon Adult Soccer Association . www.OregonAdultSoccer.com . Oregon Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
61. Web site: Utah Adult Soccer . www.UtahSoccer.org . Utah Adult Soccer . November 26, 2023.
62. Web site: Washington State Adult Soccer Association . www.WSSA.org . Washington State Adult Soccer Association . November 26, 2023.
63. Web site: Wyoming Soccer . www.WyomingSoccer.com . Wyoming Soccer . November 26, 2023.
64. Web site: National Amateur Cup . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . April 30, 2024.
65. Web site: Seeds of 2024 Open Cup take root in final four shadow . Battista . Michael . July 31, 2023 . www.USSoccer.com . United States Soccer Federation . November 26, 2023.
66. Web site: U.S. Open Cup History . TheCup.US . TheCup.US . November 26, 2023.
67. Web site: Hank Steinbrecher Cup . www.USAdultSoccer.com . United States Adult Soccer Association . April 30, 2024.
68. Web site: Chattanooga FC Set to Host 2016 US Soccer Amateur Championship. March 24, 2016. Goal Nation.
69. Web site: Chattanooga FC falls to Fire in second overtime. May 28, 2016. Times Free Press.
70. Web site: Chicago Fire PDL Claims US Soccer National Amateur Championship. May 29, 2016. Chicago Fire.
71. Web site: Chattanooga FC Falls 2–1 In Hank Steinbrecher Cup. May 31, 2016. National Premier Soccer League.
72. Web site: Bucks Earn Second Consecutive USASA National Championship. Duggan. Dan. June 4, 2018. Flint City Bucks. July 30, 2018.
73. Web site: Bucks Win Third Consecutive USASA Hank Steinbrecher Cup. June 3, 2019. WNEM. July 18, 2019.
74. Web site: 2019 NPSL Schedule. FC Motown. July 18, 2019.
75. Web site: Flint City Bucks Win Another Hank Steinbrecher Cup . Vaughn . Dan . June 7, 2022 . www.ProtagonistSoccer.com . Protagonist Soccer . November 27, 2023.
76. Web site: West Chester United overcomes two-goal deficit, wins Hank Steinbrecher Cup on PKs . Ralph . Matthew . June 4, 2023 . PhiladelphiaSoccerNow.com . PHISCN . November 27, 2023.
77. Web site: About . www.AdultSoccerFest.com . USASA . November 26, 2023.
78. Web site: Adult Soccer Fest . www.AdultSoccerFest.com . USASA . November 26, 2023.