National Premier Soccer League
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| National Premier Soccer League | |
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| Sport | Football (soccer) |
| Founded | 2003 |
| No. of teams | 27 |
| Country |  United States |
| Current champions | Sacramento Knights |
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American soccer league recognized by the USSF and FIFA as a Division III league. It is the successor of the Men’s Premier Soccer League (MPSL), a regional league based out of the western United States, and has now expanded nationwide to encompass teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
The league's motto is "A league run by teams instead of teams run by a league". Some of the clubs are former United Soccer Leagues (USL) clubs.
The league had its inaugural season in 2003 as the MPSL, a division of the WPSL, and marked the first instance of a women's soccer league spawning a men's league. The league expanded into the midwest in 2005 with the addition of several new teams and a new conference, and are expanding further in 2007 with the addition of a new Northeast Conference and six new teams from the eastern United States.
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[edit] 2007 Teams
[edit] Northeast Conference
- Atlantic City Diablos
NJ new for 2007 - Boston Aztec
MA new for 2007 - Lehigh Valley Jazz
PA new for 2007 - Long Island Fury
NY new for 2007 - Queen City FC NY new for 2007
- Real Shore FC NJ new for 2007
[edit] Midwest Conference
- FC Indiana
IN new for 2007 - FC Pride IN new for 2007
- Milwaukee Bavarians
WI - Princeton 56ers WI
- Rockford Raptors
IL new for 2007 - St. Paul Twin Stars
MN
- Detroit Arsenal
MI 2007 status unclear - Kalamazoo TKO MI 2007 status unclear
- NSC United MN 2007 status unclear
[edit] Southwest Conference
- Albuquerque Asylum
NM - Colorado Crimson
CO new for 2007 - Denver Kickers CO
- Indios USA
TX new for 2007 - San Diego Pumitas
CA - Southern California Fusion CA
- Las Vegas Strikers
NV on hiatus for 2007 - Phoenix Banat Storm
AZ 2007 status unclear
[edit] Northwest Conference
- Real San Jose CA new for 2007
- Sacramento Knights CA
- Salinas Valley Samba CA
- Santa Cruz County Breakers CA new for 2007
- Sonoma County Sol CA
- Chico Rooks CA on hiatus for 2007
[edit] Champions
- 2006 NPSL - Sacramento Knights
- 2005 NPSL - Detroit Arsenal
- 2004 MPSL - Utah Salt Ratz
- 2003 MPSL - Arizona Sahuaros
[edit] Former MPSL/NPSL Teams
- Arizona Sahuaros AZ (2003-04)
- Grand Rapids Alliance MI (2002-06)
- Idaho Wolves
ID (2004) - Northern Nevada Aces NV (2003-04)
- Redwood City Ruckus CA (2006)
- San Jose Frogs CA (2006)
- Tucson Tiburons AZ (2003)
- Utah Salt Ratz
UT (2003-04)
