United States Adult Soccer Association

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United States Adult Soccer Association

Nations
United States
Higher Division
USL Premier Development League, National Premier Soccer League, Pacific Coast Soccer League
Lower Division
None
Cups
US Open Cup, George F. Donnelly Cup, National Cup Finals, Coed Cup, Veteran's Cup
Website
Official site

The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is the national organization for amateur soccer in the United States. It represents the fifth and lowest tier in the American Soccer Pyramid, underneath the USL's Premier Development League. The USASA purports to have over 250,000 adult members playing within its leagues and teams, making it the country's largest division of organized soccer at the adult levels.

1 Organization
2 Competitions
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Organization

State and local associations operate leagues under the umbrella of the USASA. The national organization is split into 55 state associations across four regions:

Region I

Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York (two associations, east and west)
Pennsylvania (two associations, east and west)
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia/District of Columbia
West Virginia
Within Region I there are also two "Regional Leagues" the CLS & MSSL

Region II

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio (two associations, north and south)
South Dakota
Wisconsin

Region III

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas (two associations, north and south)

Region IV

Alaska
Arizona
California (two associations, north and south)
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming

[edit] Competitions

Nationally, the USASA runs the following competitions for its affiliated teams:

National Cup Finals - a 32-team tournament, also open to USSF-affiliated youth teams.
Coed Cup - a competition for coed teams. Each USASA region sends one representative team for entry into the Open division and another for entry into the Over 30 division.
Veteran's Cup - men's and women's competitions for various senior teams.
George F. Donnelly Cup - four-team tournaments (men's and women's) composed of the regional winners among state select teams.

The USASA also enters eight teams (two per region) into the annual US Open Cup.

[edit] Trivia

The USASA enjoyed its greatest success when Dallas Roma FC (Texas, Region III) defeated CD Chivas USA by penalty kick shootout in the third round of the 2006 US Open Cup. The amateur team became the first USASA team to defeat a Major League Soccer side. They would later lose to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the fourth round.