GSSL Mission

The mission of the Greater Seattle Soccer League is to promote adult team soccer play by providing an enjoyable and competitive playing experience at all skill levels with safety, schedule reliability, quality refereeing, and professional league management.

About the GSSL

The GSSL is Washington's leading non-profit adult outdoor soccer league, serving Seattle and all of the greater Seattle area.

More than 250 teams play nearly 3,500 matches each year. The GSSL offers various levels of competition for Open (all-ages), Over-30, Open MOD, Over-40, Over-50, Over-55, Over-60, and Over-65 divisions.

We offer four league sessions: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, as well as tournaments for teams to compete in year-round. The league plays according to FIFA law, with the exceptions of unlimited substitutions and slide-tackle restrictions in the older age groups. We also have slide tackle and reckless play from behind restrictions in the Open MOD and O-50+ divisions.

The league features four, full-time, professional staff members, as well as one part-time member. In addition to this, the GSSL hires referees and manages them directly, as well as works one-on-one with them as needed. The GSSL is governed by a Board of Directors who are elected by the member teams, meaning members have direct control over league affairs.

How the GSSL is organized

The GSSL plays four seasons throughout the year:

• Winter season: January and February
• Spring season: March through May
• Summer season: June through August
• Fall season: September through November

Play is divided into age groups, with divisions based on skill within each group. Typically, between six and twelve age groups compete in up to 20 divisions.

Divisions

• Open and Open MOD: Players of any age
• Over-30: Players must turn 30 in the calendar year
• Over-40: Players must turn 40 in the calendar year
• Over-50: Players must turn 50 in the calendar year
• Over-55: Players must turn 55 in the calendar year
• Over 60: Players must turn 60 in the calendar year
• Over 65: Players must turn 65 in the calendar year

Approximately 250 teams participate in the Greater Seattle Soccer League. Over the last year, the GSSL has placed hundreds of new players to teams that match both their age and skill level. The GSSL maintains an active player pool list of all ages for our teams. This allows manager/teams the ability to contact the office with specific player needs.

Players

Every player is an individual member of the GSSL. Each has a separate membership card, and may be on as many teams as he or she wants.

The GSSL is a competitive and recreational league that features players of all skill levels. Players in our league site our quality of play, referees and fields, relative low cost to play, and overall camaraderie being a part of the league allows, as reasons why they come back season after season.

The GSSL prohibits discrimination in membership on the basis of age (except playing group qualifications), ethnicity, race, gender or sexual orientation.

Contact Us

The Greater Seattle Soccer League

9750 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98103 

Hours: 8am -5pm

p: 206.782.6831

f: 206.782-6947

e: soccer@gssl.org