2011 NPSL season

National Premier Soccer League

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Season 2011
Champions Jacksonville United
Matches played 220
Goals scored 710 (3.23 per match)
Biggest home win 11-0, Hollywood United Hitmen over Real San Jose
Biggest away win 9-0, Madison 56ers over Eau Claire Aris
Highest scoring 12 goals, Bay Area Ambassadors 4-8 Lancaster Rattlers
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The 2011 National Premier Soccer League season was the 9th season of the NPSL. The regular season began on April 1, 2011, and ended on July 17. The playoffs concluded with the NPSL Championship Game, which was held at the home of Rocket City United in Madison, Alabama on July 30.

Jacksonville United ended the season as national champions, beating the Hollywood United Hitmen 3-2 in the 2011 NPSL Championship game.[1] Jacksonville were the lowest seeded-team in the playoffs, having finished champions of the Southeast Division with a 6-0-4 record after starting their campaign with four straight losses, and beat number one seed and Northeast Division champions Erie Admirals on their way to the final. Both Jacksonville and Hollywood were first-year NPSL teams, although Hollywood had previously spent two seasons playing in the USL Premier Development League.

The Erie Admirals had the best regular season record, with a points-per-game average of 2.583, just ahead of the Hollywood United Hitmen (2.429) and FC Sonic Lehigh Valley (2.417), who were in such a strong division they did not even qualify for the post-season.

Jacksonville striker Tommy Krizanovic scored a hat trick in the NPSL final, and was named MVP of the championship tournament.[2]

Changes From 2010

Name Changes/Rebrands

New Franchises

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
AC Crusaders Atlantic County area Egg Harbor Township, NJ expansion
Buxmont Torch FC Montgomery County area Souderton, PA expansion
Georgia Revolution Rockdale County area Conyers, GA expansion
FC Hasental Conejo Valley area Thousand Oaks, CA expansion
Hollywood United Hitmen Los Angeles area Los Angeles, CA USL Premier Development League
Jacksonville United Jacksonville area Jacksonville, FL expansion
Knoxville Force Knoxville area Knoxville, TN expansion
Lancaster Rattlers Antelope Valley area Lancaster, CA USL Premier Development League
Mass United Boston area Boston, MA expansion
Quad City Eagles Quad Cities area Moline, IL expansion
San Diego Flash San Diego area San Diego, CA USL A-League
Santa Ana Winds Orange County area Santa Ana, CA expansion
Seacoast United Phantoms Rockingham County area Hampton, NH expansion

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Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Northeast Division - Atlantic Conference

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Brooklyn Italians 10 7 1 2 26 11 +15 22
2 Seacoast United Phantoms 10 5 1 4 16 19 -3 16
3 New York Red Bulls NPSL 10 4 3 3 16 11 +5 15
4 New York Athletic Club 10 4 3 3 15 12 +3 15
5 Morris County Colonials 10 2 3 5 13 21 -8 9
6 Mass United 10 2 1 7 13 25 -12 7

Northeast Division - Keystone Conference

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Erie Admirals 12 10 1 1 30 11 +19 31
2 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 12 9 2 1 25 7 +18 29
3 Reading Revolution 12 8 1 3 28 13 +15 25
4 AC Crusaders 12 6 3 3 27 15 +12 21
5 FC Buffalo 12 5 1 6 21 15 +6 16
6 Pocono Snow 12 2 2 8 11 27 -16 8
7 Buxmont Torch FC 12 2 0 10 11 36 -25 6
8 New Jersey Blaze 12 1 0 11 12 41 -29 3

Southeast Division

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Jacksonville United 10 6 0 4 16 12 +4 18
2 Georgia Revolution 10 5 3 2 20 15 +5 18
3 Chattanooga FC 10 5 2 3 15 10 +5 17
4 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 10 4 2 4 14 13 +1 14
5 Knoxville Force 10 3 1 6 7 16 -9 10
6 Rocket City United 10 3 0 7 12 18 -6 9
7 FC Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*Note: Jacksonville finished ahead of Georgia as NPSL rules state that the second tiebreaker after total points is number of victories. FC Tulsa chose not to compete in league play in 2011, and only played in the US Open Cup qualification tournament.

Midwest Division

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Milwaukee Bavarians 12 8 2 2 25 9 +16 26
2 Quad City Eagles 12 6 5 1 27 11 +16 23
3 Madison 56ers 12 6 3 3 34 14 +20 21
4 Minnesota Twin Stars 12 6 1 5 23 15 +8 19
5 Chicago Fire NPSL 12 4 3 5 18 16 +2 15
6 Minnesota Kings 12 2 2 8 9 34 -25 8
7 Eau Claire Aris 12 1 2 9 8 45 -37 5

West Division - Flight Northwest

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Hollywood United Hitmen 14 11 1 2 54 14 +40 34
2 Sacramento Gold 14 7 4 3 30 20 +10 25
3 Sonoma County Sol 14 7 3 4 38 23 +15 24
4 Bay Area Ambassadors 14 2 1 11 19 48 -29 7
5 Real San Jose 14 2 0 12 11 45 -34 6

West Division - Flight Southwest

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 San Diego Flash 14 10 1 3 37 16 +21 31
2 Santa Ana Winds 14 8 2 4 25 19 +6 26
3 FC Hasental 14 6 3 5 27 27 0 21
4 San Diego Boca 14 6 1 7 29 32 -3 19
5 Lancaster Rattlers 14 3 0 11 26 52 -26 9

Source:

NPSL Playoffs

Bracket

  Division Semifinals Division Finals National Semifinals National Final
                                     
  K1  Erie Admirals 1  
A1  Brooklyn Italians 0  
      1  Erie Admirals 2  
        4  Jacksonville United 4  
 
     
           
        4  Jacksonville United 3
  2  Hollywood United Hitmen 2
     
   
NW1  Hollywood United Hitmen 3     3  Milwaukee Bavarians 0
SW2  Santa Ana Winds 1       2  Hollywood United Hitmen 3  
NW1  Hollywood United Hitmen 1
   
  SW1  San Diego Flash 1     NW2  Sacramento Gold 0  
  NW2  Sacramento Gold 2  

Northeast Division Playoffs

July 23, 2011
7:00 PM EST
Erie Admirals 1 - 0 Brooklyn Italians
Colton  72' Report
Dollinger Field
Erie, PA
Attendance: 450

West Division Playoffs

July 9, 2011
7:00 PM PST
Hollywood United Hitmen 3 - 1 Santa Ana Winds
Bentil  17'
Whitfield  31'
Blanco  50' 		Report Hernandez Red card 10'
G. Piechota  35'
Crenshaw High School
Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 165
Referee: Omar Meza (USA)

July 9, 2011
7:00 PM PST
San Diego Flash 1 - 2 Sacramento Gold
Pizarro  43' Report O. Sandoval  35'
Cabadas  76'

July 16, 2011
5:00 PM PST
Hollywood United Hitmen 1 - 0 Sacramento Gold
Blanco  45' Report C. Sandoval Red card 28'
Madu Red card 44'
Crenshaw High School
Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 135
Referee: Daniel Radford (USA)

NPSL Championship Tournament

Semi-Finals

July 28, 2011
5:30PM CDT
Hollywood United Hitmen 3 - 0 Milwaukee Bavarians
Bentil  48'
Whitfield  67'  88' 		Report
Madison City Schools Stadium
Madison, AL

July 28, 2011
8:30PM CDT
Erie Admirals 2 - 4 Jacksonville United
Falconer  22'
Kennedy  58' 		Report Williams  42'
Krizanovic  61'
Leyimu  72'
Salafrio  73'
Madison City Schools Stadium
Madison, AL

Third Place Playoff

July 29, 2011
5:30PM CDT
Milwaukee Bavarians 0 - 5 Erie Admirals
Report Falconer  33'  72'
Meehl  67'
Blythe  82'
Howard  88'
Madison City Schools Stadium
Madison, AL

NPSL All-Star Game

July 29, 2011
8:00PM CDT
Rocket City United 3 - 1 NPSL All-Stars
Hyde  27'  61'
Nkurunungi  90' 		Report Omondi  63'
Madison City Schools Stadium
Madison, AL
Referee: Joshua Morgan (USA)

NPSL Championship Game

July 30, 2011
7:30PM CDT
Hollywood United Hitmen 2 - 3 Jacksonville United
Albarrán  31'  77' Report Krizanovic  17'  40'  87'
Madison City Schools Stadium
Madison, AL

Award Winners and Conference Teams

MVP: Tommy Krizanovic (JAC)

NPSL All-Star Team

F: Jumol Harewood (GEO), Jose Miranda (HOL), Justin Picou (SDB), Afrim Latifi (ERI), Chris Tsonis (SEA)
M: Cody Antonini (SLV), Carlington Lamont (REA), Carlos McCrary (MAD), Kingsley Morgan (ATL), Anthony Santaga (MAD), Billy Sweatra (ACC), Tyler Williams (JAC)
D: Peassio Denev (ECA), Adrian Kawuba (MAS), Marcos Mendez (GEO), Joseph Omondi (RCU), Corey Phillips (BUF), Dan Sauerhoff (MCC), Andy Stewart (CFC)
G: Zach Brunner (LAN), Thomas Hunter (CFC)[5]

2011 National Championship Best 11

F: Tommy Krizanovic (JAC), Brent Whitfield (HOL)
M: Arturo Albarrán (HOL), Gavin Falconer (ERI), Amilcar Herrera (MIL), Shane Howard (ERI), Ramak Safi (JAC)
D: Jacobi Goodfellow (JAC), Garrett Teague (JAC), Marcus Watson (HOL)
G: Stuart McCrory (JAC)[6]

U.S. Open Cup Qualifying

Four NPSL clubs gained berths to the 2011 U.S. Open Cup, one each from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West divisions.[7]

Northeast Division

May 7, 2011
Brooklyn Italians 1 - 0 FC Buffalo
Joseph  25' Report
James Dewey High School
Brooklyn, NY

Southeast Division

First Round

May 27, 2011
5:30 PM EST
Knoxville Force 0 - 1 Jacksonville United
Report Williams  53'

May 27, 2011
8:00 PM EST
Rocket City United 7 - 1 FC Tulsa
Hyde  13'  22'  33'  64'
Nkurunungi  59'
Nunez  80'
Omondi  88' 		Report Cottage  31'

Second Round

May 28, 2011
5:30 PM EST
Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 3 - 1 Jacksonville United
Nandi  28'
Morgan  86'
Duque  90+' 		Report Williams  23'

Final

Midwest Division

Madison 56ers were granted the automatic berth for the Midwest Division by virtue of their 2010 division championship. The Midwest was the only NPSL division granting its 2011 U.S. Open Cup berth based on performance in the 2010 season.[8]

West Division

The Hollywood United Hitmen were given the berth for the West Division as a result of being the team with the best record over the first seven games of the 2011 regular season.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Krizanovic Leads Jacksonville to the NPSL Championship
  2. ↑ 2011 National Championships' Best 11
  3. ↑ Silverbacks Reserves to Play in NPSL
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ 2011 NPSL All-Star Team
  6. ↑ 2011 National Championships' Best 11
  7. ↑ http://www.npsl.info/home/505327.html
  8. ↑ http://thecup.us/madison-56ers-awarded-npsl-midwest-us-open-cup-spot/
  9. ↑ http://thecup.us/2011-us-open-cup-qualifying-npsl-west-already-underway-as-format-revealed/
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