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The ECNL was founded as a girls' soccer league in March 2009 during a meeting of 40 founding clubs. [1] Its founding was inspired in part by frustrations experienced by clubs and coaches with older volunteer-driven organizations, such US Youth Soccer and the American Youth Soccer Organization, in favor of a more professionalized approach. [12]
The United States Youth Soccer Association (USYS) was founded in 1974 with a modest base of 100,000 registered players. The organization's primary goal was to create a structured environment for youth soccer in the United States, promoting the sport at the grassroots level and providing opportunities for young athletes to grow and compete in a supportive, organized system.
The United States Soccer Federation's State Soccer Associations are the local governing bodies of soccer in the United States. State Soccer Associations exist to govern all aspects of soccer in the United States. They are responsible for administering club and player registration as well as promoting development amongst those bodies and referees.
The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 54 state organizations as well as regional, national and state leagues.
Men's leagues currently organized are the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the youth league, USL Youth. A women's league, the USL W League, began play in 2022. [1] It is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation and the United States Adult Soccer Association. The USL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. [2]
The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is one of the two main national organizations in youth soccer in the United States for children aged 4 through 19. [7] AYSO was established as a non-profit soccer organization in Torrance (a suburb of Los Angeles, California) at Jefferson Elementary School in 1964 [8] with nine teams. Today the ...
Organized youth soccer affiliated with Major League Soccer began with various MLS academy teams playing in the Super Y-League at its foundation in 1999. In 2007, the United States Soccer Federation created an elite academy league called the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which featured academy teams of MLS teams, along with several non-MLS academies across the United States and Canada.
Mr. Pasquale "Pat" Varsallona was born in Favignana, Italy, and later moved to Torino, Italy, the city where he started his soccer career as a youth player. Upon his arrival to the United States , he immediately began playing Semi-Professional soccer for various teams in New Jersey .