High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The United States Australian Football League (also known informally as the USAFL or US Footy) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States. It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. Since co-ordinating the first National Championships, the organisation has functioned as a national amateur Australian rules football representative league. By 2006, the league had grown to 40 affiliated clubs, making up 60 teams and 2,000 players. 1,048 were registered USAFL players and 340 USAFL sanctioned matches were played. Of the 709 players who competed at the USAFL National Championships, 77.4% were non-Australian, and over 60% were American. The USAFL has Junior Development, Coaching Development and Umpire Development programs.