United States Adult Soccer Association


The United States Adult Soccer Association is a national organization for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 55 state organizations as well as national, regional and state leagues.
The National Premier Soccer League, USL League Two and United Premier Soccer League are USASA national affiliates designed to promote a higher lever of competition than the state organizations. USASA also affiliates the Women's Premier Soccer League, one of the unrecognized second division leagues below the fully professional NWSL.
USASA has over 250,000 adult members within its leagues and teams.

Organization

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

National Tier Structure

In 2018 USASA introduced a tiered system for amateur soccer. Three tiers with standard requirements include: Tiers I and II are designed for leagues that have or wish to have a national footprint. Tier III is for leagues that operate in multiple states.
In addition to general requirements of all member leagues, Tiers I, II and III must meet these criteria:
Member ClubsSeason lengthFootprintStadium
Tier IMinimum of 36Minimum of four monthsClubs located in all four time zonesCapacity of 500 or more
Tier IIMinimum of 24Minimum of four monthsClubs located in three time zonesCapacity of 250 or more
Tier IIIMinimum of 12Minimum of four monthsClubs located in four or more statesnone

Affiliated Amateur Adult Leagues

Competitions

Hank Steinbrecher Cup

In 2013, USASA began a competition to pit the champions of the different men's amateur competitions against each other for the title of "USA National Amateur Champions."
YearWinnerResultRunner-upThird PlaceResultFourth Place
2013Carolina Dynamo1–1 LVU SonicCroatian Eagles3–1Battery Park Gunners
2014RWB Adria1–0Sonoma County SolNTX RayadosOcean City Nor'easters
2015Chattanooga FC3–0Michigan BucksMaryland BaysNY Greek Americans
2016Chicago Fire U232–1Chattanooga FCQuinto Elemento FCWest Chester United
2017Michigan Bucks3–0AFC ClevelandChicago FC United4–0Christos FC
2018Michigan Bucks2–0Charlotte EaglesLansdowne Bhoys FC2–1Elm City Express
2019Flint City Bucks3–0Chicago FC UnitedFC Motown3-1Milwaukee Bavarian SC

National Amateur Cup