Affiliates
FIFA http://www.fifa.com/
Fédération Internationale de Football Association 11 Hitzigweg, 8030 Zurich, Switzerland. The world governing body of soccer, with over 200 member nations.
USSF http://www.ussoccer.com/
The governing body of soccer in the United States. Member of F.I.F.A.
US Club Soccer http://www.usclubsoccer.org/
US Club Soccer is a non-profit organization committed to the support and development of competitive soccer clubs. It is founded on the belief that soccer clubs, which are in the business of elite player development, need an organization of their own to foster growth, address concerns, and sanction and provide programs with a minimum of rules and restrictions. US Club Soccer is a National Affiliate member of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and as such, registers players, and sanctions teams, leagues, tournaments and other soccer programs. Players and staff pay an annual registration fee.
USL Super Y-League http://www.uslsoccer.com/
The future of soccer lives in the USL Super Y-League, a professionalized system that is the first step for developing elite youth soccer players in North America. Affiliated with US Soccer and partnered with US Club Soccer, the league is designed for talented youth players destined for professional or international careers. The league contains the youth academies of USL First Division, USL Second Division, Premier Development League, W-League, and Major League Soccer clubs, as well as many of the established premier youth clubs. Through Olympic Development Program status events such as the North American Finals and National ODP Camps, the nation's top players are identified for selection to US National Team Programs. The 2006 campaign features over 800 teams within the U13 - U17 boys and girls age groups competing within 10 geographic divisions of the U.S. and Canada.
NSCAA http://www.nscaa.com/
Based in Mission, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches' organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than 17,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. In addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools, NSCAA offers an extensive recognition program that presents more than 10,000 individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more than 3,000 soccer coaches each year.
LASCA
The Latin American Soccer Coaches Association (LASCA), was founded with the purpose of developing coaches and players in Hispanic communities across the United States. LASCA's vision is to bring together the rich traditions and perspectives of Hispanic soccer communities through education and integrate them into the overall effort to develop soccer in the United States. LASCA aspires to develop the processes to help develop and promote coaches and players into the mainstream effort of United States soccer.
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