United States Specialty Sports Association

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United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)

Formation	1968
Type	Sport governing body
Headquarters	Viera, Florida, United States
Location	5800 Stadium Parkway Viera, Florida 32940
Coordinates	28°15′25″N 80°44′22″W / 28.25694°N 80.73944°W / 28.25694; -80.73944
Membership	3.5 million players
Executive Director	Meghan Watson
Website	https://usssa.com

The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) is a volunteer, sports governing body and a nonprofit organization^[2][3] based in Viera, Florida. Originally USSSA stood for United States Slowpitch Softball Association. However, in 1998, USSSA rebranded the name to United States Specialty Sports Association, because it expanded into other sports, including youth girls fastpitch, boys baseball, youth basketball, martial arts and more. USSSA governs 13 sports across the US, Puerto Rico, various US Military bases and Canada, and has a membership of over 3.7 million. In 2017, it generated $25.3 million in revenues.^[1]

USSSA was originally founded in 1968 in Petersburg, Virginia, but moved to a new headquarters in Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida in the spring of 2017. USSSA took over the Space Coast Stadium complex from the Washington Nationals baseball club. The complex is a new $50 million state-of-the-art multi-purpose complex with 15 multi-purpose, all-turf fields and a new 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m²) building which houses the USSSA National Hall of Fame and Sports Museum.