The American Youth Soccer Cooperative for Esports (AYCE) announced 17 state soccer associations have joined its organization in an effort to continue building the nation’s strongest esports cooperative. AYCE now represents 1 million youth players from coast to coast.
The full list of members includes:
- Arkansas State Soccer Association
- California Soccer Association-North
- Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association
- Indiana Soccer Association
- Illinois Youth Soccer Association
- Iowa Soccer Association
- Kansas State Youth Soccer Association
- Maryland State Youth Soccer Association
- Missouri Youth Soccer Association
- Montana Youth Soccer Association
- New York State West Youth Soccer Association
- North Texas State Soccer Association
- Ohio South Youth Soccer Association
- Oklahoma Soccer Association
- Pennsylvania West Soccer Association
- Utah Youth Soccer Association
- Wyoming Soccer Association
AYCE is a cooperative for state associations to coalesce and scale the force of their esports programs and tap into national sponsorship more effectively. Founded by Global Digital Sports and Harena Data, AYCE aims to unify its members, create mass sponsorship opportunities, and generate wider revenue streams for all participants. Via the AYCE-preferred esports platform, GYO Score, AYCE has hosted or will host leagues and tournaments for 17 US state soccer associations representing over a collective 1 million youth soccer players across the US.
“Our campaign has shown great promise with 17 associations already joining and eager to expand opportunities for their players,” said Bill Dever, Chairman of AYCE. “Our plan is to have all state soccer associations across the country opt into our cooperative and join the movement to drive competitiveness higher. Following that, we’ll be expanding into new areas of esports and encourage all players to compete, socialize, and just have fun.”