2005 NPSL Season

The 2005 National Premier Soccer League season was the 3rd season of the NPSL. Prior to the beginning of the year the league changed its name from the Mens Premier Soccer League to the National Premier Soccer League, to recognize the league's eastward expansion and the creation of the new Midwest Division.

Expansion franchise Detroit Arsenal finished the season as national champions, beating Sonoma County Sol in the NPSL Championship game

Contents 1 Changes From 2004 1.1 New Franchises 1.2 Folding 2 Final standings 2.1 West Division 2.2 Midwest Division 3 Playoffs 3.1 Semi finals 3.2 Final 4 References

Changes From 2004

New Franchises

• Eight franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Detroit Arsenal	Detroit area	Berkley, MI	expansion
Grand Rapids Alliance	Grand Rapids area	Grand Rapids, MI	expansion
Milwaukee Bavarians	Milwaukee area	Milwaukee, WI	expansion
Minnesota Blast	Minneapolis area	Burnsville, MN	expansion
Princeton 56ers	Madison area	Madison, WI	expansion
San Diego Pumitas	San Diego area	San Diego, CA	expansion
San Jose Frogs	San Jose area	San Jose, CA	expansion
St. Paul Twin Stars	St. Paul area	St. Paul, MN	expansion

Folding

• Four teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • Arizona Sahuaros - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Idaho Wolves - Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Northern Nevada Aces - Reno, Nevada
  • Utah Salt Ratz - Salt Lake City, Utah

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

West Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Sacramento Knights	18	12	4	2	42	20	22	38
2	Sonoma County Sol	18	11	5	2	26	16	20	35
3	Chico Rooks	18	8	6	4	32	27	5	28
4	Salinas Valley Samba	18	8	7	3	29	25	4	24
5	Albuquerque Asylum	18	4	7	7	23	32	-9	19
6	San Diego Pumitas	18	4	8	6	32	34	-2	18
7	Las Vegas Strikers	18	2	12	4	24	52	-28	10
8	San Jose Frogs	0	0	0	0	0	0		0

Midwest Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Detroit Arsenal	10	8	0	2	42	5	37	26
2	Milwaukee Bavarians	10	8	1	1	24	6	18	25
3	Princeton 56ers	10	5	5	0	17	20	-3	15
4	Minnesota Blast	10	3	5	2	15	20	-5	11
5	St. Paul Twin Stars	10	2	7	1	14	36	-22	7
6	Grand Rapids Alliance	10	1	9	0	10	36	-26	3

Playoffs

Semi finals

Sonoma County Sol beat Sacramento Knights
Detroit Arsenal beat Milwaukee Bavarians

Final

Detroit Arsenal 1-0 Sonoma County Sol

References

• US soccer history archives for 2005

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