Welcome to the ECSA!

NOW IN ITS 46th YEAR, Seattle's Emerald City Softball Association is the Pacific Northwest's largest softball organization geared to LGBTQIA+ individuals.

In 2025, the ECSA Open Division is proud to feature 27 teams in the A/B, C, D, and E Divisions. Regular season games are played on Sundays, April through June. We also host a weekend tournament on July 4. 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 iPride Softball (IPS), 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. IPS 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