Our Association is one of the oldest soccer organizations in the United States .
The
Association was founded in the year 1913 and was comprised of leagues from Buffalo and Rochester , composed mostly of immigrant
players from European countries .
The Association was one of the founding members of the United
States Soccer Federation .
The territorial jurisdiction of the Western New York Soccer Association
is as follows: (a) to the North- The United States/Canada border ; (b) to the East - to Eastern boundaries of Jefferson ,
Oswego , Eastern boarder of Medison County , Chenango and Broome counties ; (c) to the South and West
- the NewYork /Pennsylvania state boarder .
Our Association is proud to have three of our members
included into the United States Soccer Hall of Fame - Mr.Daniel(Dan)Fowler (dec.), Mrs.Margaret(Peg)Fowler (dec.), and Mr.Reinhold
Spath , who spent best part of their lives promoting soccer in this part of the country .
Member
clubs , over the years , have had a long history of success with winners of the US National Amateur Cup , ect. The Association
is also proud to have placed one of their homebred player , Brian Bliss on the US National Team , Arman Capan , President
of WNYSA ,Inc. was inducted in to the USASA Soccer Hall Of Fame in 2012 .
