USL News Release
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
TAMPA, Fla. – United Soccer Leagues announced that it has extended its agreement with the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) to serve as the player registration and insurance administrators for the Super Y-League. A fellow organizational member of the United States Soccer Federation, USSSA has been facilitating USL youth league registration and insurance since 2008.
USL’s partnership with USSSA Soccer, an arm of the organization created in 2001, allows clubs to directly register players with their respective USL youth teams via the Demosphere registration system on USLsoccer.com. USSSA will also continue to serve as the insurance conduit for the Super Y-League.
In addition to enhanced administration benefits, the registration and insurance aspects of the agreement reduces player registration costs for Super Y-League teams and provides member clubs the opportunity to register their teams and players at all levels with USSSA.
“Our partnership with USSSA has been a huge added benefit for our clubs during the past three seasons,” USL Senior Director of Youth League Development Brian D’Amico said. “Not only has it streamlined the process, it has significantly enhanced our ability to service our clubs while reducing their costs as well.”
Based in Kissimmee, Florida, USSSA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and expand the game of soccer in the United States. Founded in 1968, USSSA originally stood for United States Slow-pitch Softball Association.
In 1997 at the National Meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) became the first multi-sport governing body to oversee slow and fast pitch softball, baseball, basketball and golf. In July of 2001, USSSA added soccer to its multi-sport organization by becoming a member of U.S. Soccer. In the past decade, they have aggressively grown their soccer membership base by providing high quality / low cost services to competitive and recreational teams throughout the country.
“We are very pleased to have renewed our agreement with USL and look forward to continuing the relationship we have built over the past two seasons,” USSSA Vice President of Soccer Craig Scriven said. “The system they have created for their members offers a high level of youth soccer in an environment that focuses on development; we are excited to be able to assist in helping the youth game grow throughout the country.”
Demosphere has been a partner with USL since 2003, providing the official website USLsoccer.com and additional online administration and database solutions such as senior league player registration, player statistical management and youth team management.