About the Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF)
The Cascadia Association Football Federation manages the Cascadia Men & Women Bioregional Football Teams, and exists help Cascadia compete on an independent stage. Growing out of the Cascadia Trifecta soccer group in 2013, and from members of the four support groups, it grew into an actual organization to field the first Cascadia Football Team as part of the 2018 CONIFA World Cup in London, in which it placed 10th in the world.
The goal of the Cascadia Association Football Federation is:
‘To allow Cascadia as distinct cultural entity, bioregion and growing society with common interests to be represented at the international level in the sport we are all passionate about.’
CAFF is a Cascadia regional team for the CONIFA World Cup in 2018. CAFF exists for the purposes of participating in friendlies and competitions, building partnerships with divisional players and coaches, and using soccer as a tool to help inspire engagement throughout the Pacific Northwest.
CONIFA is the worlds largest non-FIFA aligned football organization, and Cascadia is one of 16 teams, representing every continent on earth. As a provisional member of CONIFA, Cascadia has been accepted as one of the participating teams.
Sponsored by CAFF and your donations and sponsorships, the team will include professional, semi-pro and amateur members, and will be fielded with the goal of competing in the CONIFA world cup, the highest non-FIFA aligned soccer competition in the world. The Confederation is designed to co-exist with FIFA, and is specifically for cultural and autonomous regions that are not recognized by the United Nations.
