MeSA (Metropolitan Soccer Association) predates CESA by a lot of years -- so maybe some type of pronunciation evolution occurred. Or the names were intelligently designed. I'm not sure...

By the way -- Burns Park, in Little Rock, where the USYSA regionals are being held, has to be the tenth or so wonder of the world. Someone told me that it's the second largest municipal park in the United States [New York's Central Park is larger] and has facilities for everything! I played racquetball yesterday at its tennis/racquet complex while waiting on a soccer practice on one of the twenty soccer fields to get over. The day before I stuck my toe in the Arkansas river, which runs alongside the park while walking on miles and miles of trails.

Amazing that a town the size of Little Rock can do so much...and my guess is that property taxes here don't even come close to the rocketing ever-higher property taxes in Lexington!

Chico,
I hope that you will develop a CESA blogsite, complete with screamin video and commentary, to keep us informed as to the progress of the SC teams in Little Rock.
Good Luck to all SC teams! Maybe one group will prevail with a regional title.

"SEE-Suh" (CESA) & "MAY-Suh" (MeSA) are how I have interpeted it.