United States Consortium of State Associations (USCSA) Selects Destination Sport Group as its Official Travel Partner
Destination Sport Group delivers tailored travel solutions for athletes, families, and fans, offering access to top global soccer clubs and elite sporting events.
An exclusive partnership with United States Consortium of State Associations (USCSA), which encompasses Destination Sport Group divisions inspiresport, SportsBreaks, and Destination Sport Travel will provide tailored travel solutions, including international soccer tours, fan travel experiences and business travel management, to the Consortium.
With the USCSA currently representing over 900,000 athletes across 16 US Youth Soccer State Associations, this collaboration aims to streamline and elevate its travel opportunities, offering unrivaled travel experiences for athletes, coaches, officials, families and fans.
By bringing together the expertise of its three core divisions, Destination Sport Group will offer comprehensive travel services designed to support every aspect of sports development, participation, and enjoyment.
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As Official Travel Partner of the USCSA, inspiresport offers the Consortium access into 50+ top professional clubs and academies. With exclusive partnerships with top level teams throughout Europe and South America, it provides a unique opportunity to train at elite facilities and play games against competitive opposition, while being immersed in an enriching culture of club and country.
SportsBreaks, which specializes in providing ticket-inclusive packages to many of the world’s most sought after sporting events, offers USCSA members access to its outstanding portfolio of soccer clubs across UK and Europe including English Premier League (EPL), La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga, in addition to the likes of Formula 1, Ryder Cup and other sports.
Destination Sport Travel, a global leader in travel management for elite sports organizations, will leverage its vast experience in professional team travel and business travel, ensuring precise and efficient management for the Consortium’s travel and events.
“From our initial discussions, it was evident that our breadth of solutions and expertise as a global leader in sports travel management, combined with our ambition to positively impact all levels of sport, perfectly aligns with the USCSA’s objectives and commitment to their membership,” said Jeremy Parkins, President of Destination Sport Group North America. “We’re thrilled about the partnership and grateful for the trust they’ve placed in us. We’re looking forward to achieving great things together.”
USCSA Vice President and Ohio Soccer Association CEO, Gordon Henderson commented, “As an organization of close to one million players, this is a natural fit with one of the worldwide industry leaders in providing unique travel experiences for the totality of our membership and their families. The level of access they can provide as exclusive partners to some of the top soccer clubs in the world, as well as many other national governing bodies across sport, means our membership will have an unparalleled breadth of access to some of the top global sporting events and experiences. We look forward to these brining incredible benefits to our members. ”
inspiresport Vice President, Darran Walter added, “We are delighted to be able to work with USCSA and give them access to professional soccer organizations and sporting institutions that is unparalleled in the market. Whether it be Manchester City FC, Inter Milan, FC Bayern Munich or Manchester United FC, the depth and quality of program we will be able to provide is significant for USCSA and its members. Our approach will always be to work holistically and support USCSA and its vision, whilst providing world class standards of education, development and programming.”
Dave Guthrie, USCSA Governance Chair and Indiana Soccer Association, Executive Director stated, “The relationship with Destination Sport Group, a trusted, global, high-end travel provider, allows Indiana Soccer to add to its member benefits, a quality travel provider that can provide access to some of the most treasured soccer and sport experiences in the world for all Indiana Soccer members. Indiana Soccer looks forward to working with Destination Sport Group to construct unparalleled ’bucket list’ travel opportunities for our membership.”
The full list of USCSA Members
- Alabama Soccer Association (Jennifer Pfeiffer, Executive Director)
- Arizona Youth Soccer (Jonathan Berzins, CEO)
- Georgia State Soccer Association, (Jim Walker, Executive Director)
- Indiana Soccer (Dave Guthrie, Executive Director and USCSA Secretary)
- Iowa Soccer (Dan Cataldi, CEO)
- Kentucky Youth Soccer Association (Kris Zander, Executive Director)
- Massachusetts Youth Soccer (Rob Holliday, Executive Director and USCSA Treasurer)
- Michigan Youth Soccer (Thomas Faro, Executive Director)
- New Mexico Youth Soccer (Gloria Faber, Executive Director)
- New Jersey Youth Soccer (Evan Dabby, Executive Director and USCSA President)
- Ohio Soccer (Gordon Henderson, CEO and USCSA Vice President)
- South Texas Youth Soccer (Jennifer Davis, Executive Director)
- Tennessee State Soccer Association (Hans Hobson, CEO)
- Utah Youth Soccer (Bryan Attridge, CEO)
- Vermont Soccer Association (Meg Munson, Executive Director)
- Wisconsin Youth Soccer (Melissa Zielinski, Executive Director)
