In 2013, the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) had a good idea: bring together the winners of the four major national amateur tournaments to decide a stand-alone national champion.
The first US Soccer National Amateur Championship saw the winners of the 2012 PDL, NPSL, USASA Open Cup and USASA Amateur Cup compete for the right be considered the best amateur club in America.
Well, the winner of the first title, Carolina Dynamo, was the 2012 PDL runner-up, not champ, but since a Canadian club - Forest City London - had won PDL that year, it was excusable to ask the best-placed American team to compete for an American national championship.