National Premier Soccer League
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| Full name | National Premier Soccer League |
| abbreviation | NPSL |
| Association | United States Soccer Federation |
| First edition | 2003 |
| hierarchy | (unofficial) 4th division |
| Teams | 98 |
| master | Miami FC 2 (2018) |
| Record champions | AFC Cleveland Arizona Sahuaros Detroit Arsenal Elm City Express FC Sonic Jacksonville United Miami FC 2 New York Cosmos B New York Red Bulls U-23 Pennsylvania Stoners RVA Football Club Sacramento Gold Sacramento Knights Sonoma County Sol Southern California Fusion Utah Salt Ratz (1 title each) |
| Website | www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com |
| Qualification for | Lamar Hunt US Open Cup |
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an amateur football league in the United States of America . Together with the Premier Development League, it is regarded as the fourth highest level in US football; however, this status is unofficial.
This league is recognized by both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA . It is formally affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association .
The NPSL is the successor to the Men's Professional Soccer League, in which only teams from the western United States have played.
The league's motto is A National League With A Regional Focus .
history
The NPSL is divided into six different divisions with its 31 teams, although not every division has the same number of teams. When it was founded in 2003, the league was still called the “ Men's Premier Soccer League ”, or MPSL for short.
Although today's NPSL is officially affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association , the teams still have the opportunity to qualify for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup , the trophy competition of the United States, through the USASA .
The league's motto is “A national league with a regional focus”. This is also reflected in the divisions into which the league is divided. Initially, after the foundation, the main focus was on the west of the USA in order to offer football clubs a good base there.
To date, the league has expanded so far that the NPSL already includes clubs from 19 different states. The league, which when it was founded was essentially just an offshoot of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), the second-highest women 's soccer league in the USA, expanded to the Midwest in 2005 . Some new teams were added and a new conference was founded.
Another cornerstone was laid in 2007 with the introduction of a conference in the northeastern United States and the inclusion of five clubs from the eastern part of the United States. The NPSL is still on the upswing and would like to expand the league largely so that the league network extends over the entire area of the United States.
It was announced for the 2010 season that 14 further expansion franchises will be added to the league network.
In the 2009 season, which lasted from May to August, a total of 27 teams competed in five divisions. However, not all teams had the same number of championship games played. Champion of the 2009 season was the last game of the season, in the so-called NPSL Championship Game , the team Sonoma County Sol , who defeated their opponent, the Erie Admirals SC , 2-1.
Teams in the 2019 game year
Northeast Region
North Atlantic Conference
- Boston City FC
- Brooklyn Italians
- Greater Lowell Rough Diamonds
- Hartford City FC
- Kingston Stockade FC
- New York Athletic Club
- New York Cosmos B
- Rhode Island Reds FC
Keystone Conference
- Atlantic City FC
- Electric City Shock SC
- Hershey FC
- Monmouth FC
- Motown FC
- New Jersey Copa FC
- Philadelphia Lone Star FC
- Torch FC
- West Chester United SC
Mid-Atlantic Conference
- Charlottesville Alliance FC
- Baltimore FC Christos
- FC Frederick
- Northern Virginia United FC
- Virginia Beach City FC
South region
Heartland Conference
Lone Star Conference
- Dallas City FC
- Denton Diablos FC
- Fort Worth Vaqueros FC
- Katy 1895 FC
- Laredo Heat
- Midland-Odessa FC
- Tyler FC
Southeast Conference
Sunshine Conference
- Central Florida Panthers SC
- Jacksonville Armada U-23
- Miami FC
- Miami United FC
- Naples United FC
- Storm FC
Midwest region
East Conference
Great Lakes Conference
- AFC Ann Arbor
- Detroit City FC
- Columbus FC
- Grand Rapids FC
- Indiana FC
- Kalamazoo FC
- Michigan Stars FC
- Toledo Villa FC
North Conference
- Dakota Fusion FC
- Duluth FC
- La Crosse Aris FC
- Med City FC
- Minneapolis City SC
- Minnesota TwinStars FC
- Sioux Falls Thunder FC
West region
Golden Gate Conference
- Academica SC
- East Bay FC Stompers
- El Farolito SC
- FC Davis
- Napa Valley 1839 FC
- Sacramento Gold
- San Ramon FC
- Sonoma County Sol
- Stockton FC
Northwest Conference
Southwest Conference
- ASC San Diego
- AS Los Angeles
- City of Angels FC
- FC Arizona
- Golden State FC
- High Desert Elite FC
- Orange County FC
- Oxnard Guerreros FC
- Riverside Coras USA
- Temecula FC
master
- 2003: Arizona Sahuaros
- 2004: Utah Salt Ratz
- 2005: Detroit Arsenal
- 2006: Sacramento Knights
- 2007: Southern California Fusion
- 2008: Pennsylvania Stoners
- 2009: Sonoma County Sol
- 2010: Sacramento Gold
- 2011: Jacksonville United
- 2012: FC Sonic
- 2013: RVA Football Club
- 2014: New York Red Bulls U-23
- 2015: New York Cosmos B
- 2016: AFC Cleveland
- 2017: Elm City Express
- 2018: Miami FC 2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement on the official homepage of the NPSL ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2009
