United States Adult Soccer Association

USSF
Short name	USASA
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Location	Bridgeview, Illinois
USSF affiliation	1982
President	Jim Sadowski
Vice-President	Fritz Marth
Website	usadultsoccer.com

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

The USASA was founded in 1982 at the first meeting of the Senior Division of the United States Soccer Federation. Later that year, theUnited 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]

As a501(c)(3) organized non-profit, USASA mission is to support the advancement of amateur adult soccer in the United States.^[3]

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^[5] which break down into the 54 affiliated state associations.^[6] 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. Finally, USASA rules also provide for multi-state leagues which span four states, involve sixteen teams, and play for at least three months per year.^[5]

USASA has one men's national league, theNational Premier Soccer League, and two women's national leagues, theWomen's Premier Soccer League andUnited Women's Soccer. USASA's multi-state leagues are Cascadia Premier League, Eastern Development Program,American Premier Soccer League, Mountain Premier League,National Independent Soccer Association, and West Coast Soccer Association.^[7]

USASA is also affiliated withAmerican Youth Soccer Organization,Beer City Cup (Home Team Soccer Tournaments, LLC),SAY Soccer, andUS Club Soccer.^[7]

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

TheNational 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.^[64] 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 theLamar Hunt US Open Cup,^[66] which has been in existence since 1914.^[67]

In 2013, USASA and U.S. Soccer 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 defendingHank Steinbrecher Cup holder) against each other for the title of "Champions of Champions"^[68] The competition eventually allowed in other champions such as those from theUnited Premier Soccer League,United States Specialty Sports Association and the USASA Werner Fricker champion.

Beginning in 2024, USSF delegated the funding of the cup to the affiliates, including potential reorganization or renaming.^[69]

USASA has run two different competitions, starting in 1980. Originally, USASA set upUSASA National Women's Amateur, which was open to all amateur teams throughout the country. Through 1995, the Women's Amateur Cup was the highest level of completition in the United States. In 1996, USASA introduced theUSASA National Women's Open, but the Women's Amateur Cup continued through 2014. Prior to the Women's Open Cup, Michelob Ladies (TX) was the most successful team with four championships. After the Open Cup, both Soccer Academy United (VA) andChicago Eclipse Select won the Amateur Cup three times.^[85]

In 1996, USASA introduced the Women's Open, which was open to all Amateur and Semi-Professional teams in the United States until 2011. In 2009, the competition changed its name to the Women's Cup, reverting to the Women's Open in 2013. Professional teams entered the competition beginning in 2012. In 2015, the competition reverted to fully amateur. After the 2016 Women's Open, the competition was not competed until 2023, when it was reintroduced as a fully amateur competition.^[86]

On March 12, 2025, USASA announced the Brandi Chastain cup which will feature four top women's amateur teams competing.^[87][88][89]

Established in 1998,^[91] 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.^[92] In December 2024, USASA announced that they would be returning the Adult Soccer fest to its original name Veteran's Cup.^[93]

• List of USASA affiliated leagues

• USASA
• USASA Adult Soccer Fest

• United States Adult Soccer Association
• Soccer governing bodies in the United States
• 1995 establishments in the United States
• Sports organizations established in 1995

• CS1: unfit URL
• All articles with dead external links
• Articles with dead external links from August 2025
• Articles with permanently dead external links
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from June 2024
• Use American English from November 2023
• All Wikipedia articles written in American English