Welcome to the ECSA!

NOW IN ITS 45th YEAR, Seattle's Emerald City Softball Association is the Pacific Northwest's largest softball organization geared to LGBTQIA+ individuals.

In 2024, the ECSA Open Division was proud to feature 27 teams in the A/B, C, D, and E Divisions. Regular season games are played on Sundays, April through June or July. Looking for a team? E-mail our membership director.

The ECSA started in 1980 in Seattle as a group of friends playing ball and has grown to be a welcoming place for LGBTQIA+ players to partake in the competition and spirit of softball. It is now one of the oldest and largest gay softball leagues in the nation.

As a proud member of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA), the ECSA sends its top teams to each year's Gay Softball World Series. The 2025 World Series is Sep 22 - 27 in Houston, TX. NAGAAA represents more than 17,000 players and 1,000 teams in 52 member cities across the U.S. and Canada.

Future World Series locations: 8/31/2026-9/5/2026 Columbus, OH; 2027 San Francisco, CA