The 2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup will be held in New Britain, CT at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Teams competing this year for the U.S. Soccer National Amateur Championship will be the 2017 Champion Michigan Bucks, the NPSL Champion Elm City Express, the PDL Champion Charlotte Eagles and the USASA National Amateur Cup Champion the Lansdowne Bhoys. Veterans Memorial Stadium 635 S. Main Street New Britain, CT 06051
John Paul Motta @JohnPMotta 17h17 hours ago @USAdultSoccer is pleased to announce that the @NPSLSoccer has applied for Tier 1 status in our new tier system.
http://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2018/01/03/spotlight-npsl-player-showcase-set-jan-13-15/ NPSL will hold its fourth annual Player Showcase at Austin-Tindall Park in Kissimmee, Fla. Jan. 13-15. The showcase will feature players from all of the league’s four regions: Northeast, Midwest, South and West. It is exclusive to registered NPSL players from the 2017 season.
1/5/2018, 5:00pm EST NPSL today released the following statement: "The NPSL Board of Directors, serving on behalf of its Members across the country, has elected to publicly support Eric Wynalda for US Soccer Federation President. Following that, the NPSL intends to cast the four votes allocated to the NPSL in the upcoming US Soccer Federation Presidential election for Eric Wynalda.”
Junior Lone Star is the first to have both NPSL and UPSL teams: https://www.brotherlygame.com/2018/...one-star-fc-upsl-united-premier-soccer-league
https://atlanticcityfc.com/2018/01/12/chris-ross-announced-as-acfc-development-director/ Chris Ross announced as Atlantic City FC Development Director for the expansion team's inaugral season.
http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/...urmoil-armada-to-join-npsl-for-spring-of-2018 In wake of NASL turmoil, Armada to join NPSL for spring of 2018
http://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/883561?referrer_id=1510764 NPSL is proud to announce that Beaches FC has rebranded as Palm Beach United. The club will continue to compete in the South Region’s Sunshine Conference.
http://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/883624?referrer_id=1510764 NPSL is proud to announce that the West Region’s Golden Gate Conference has released their schedule for the upcoming 2018 season. Conference play begins on Saturday, March 10th and ends on Saturday, June 30th. Each club plays 14 matches, seven home and seven away. The top three teams in the Golden Gate Conference will qualify for the playoffs. They will be joined by three teams from the Southwest Conference and two teams from the Northwest Conference.
Hartford City FC @HartfordCityFC 2h2 hours ago The Colts have teamed up with the Hartford Wolfpack for our 1st Annual Soccer Night. Cost is $25 for clinic participation and ticket to the @WolfPackAHL game that evening. Additional tickets for friends/family is $15.pic.twitter.com/XAMflVa0ay
FC Baltimore @fcbaltimore1729 3h3 hours ago FC BALTIMORE ANNOUNCES EXHIBITION MATCH V CHRISTOS FC. On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 7 pm, CCBC Essex will serve as the venue for the first-ever meeting between Christos FC and FC Baltimore. #fcbaltimore #christosfc #baltimoresoccer https://fcbaltimore1729.com/2018/02/07/fc-baltimore-proudly-announces-exhibition-match-v-christos-fc/ …
FC Arizona @FCArizonaSoccer Feb 8 New Head Coach: FC Arizona names Former Qatari National Assistant Coach, Maxi Viera as the Head Coach for the 2018 Season. Maxi has a very successful playing and Coaching career, spanning over 35 years. We are excited to welcome Maxi to the club
http://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-t...uka-to-join-fc-motown-in-npsl-sources?src=com MLS veteran Dilly Duka to join FC Motown in NPSL - sources
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2018...une-sources-szetela-will-play-fc-motown-npsl/ THEY’RE PLAYING HIS TUNE: Sources: Szetela will play for FC Motown in NPSL Mar 7, 2018
The NY Cosmos, the only team to singlehandedly destroy two separate American soccer leagues, has its sights set on a third apparently. https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2018/03/15/hes-unretired-wingert-signs-with-cosmos-b-as-does-bardic/ What the ********ing ********? Rocco Commisso is apparently too stupid to understand that there's no Pro/Rel in NPSL. So what exactly is he trying to accomplish by hiring professionals like Szetela and Wingert to play in an amateur league? Maybe he just takes pleasure in bankrupting soccer leagues?
yeah not quite fair...both the original version and NASL 2.0 were essentially dead before he even got on the scene... and you know I almost agree with him here: http://nasl.ezitsolutions.com/teamu...Cup Letter to U.S. Soccer Board - 3-15-18.pdf Cosmos Open Cup Letter to the U.S. Soccer Board
The team killed the NASL the first time. The team and Commisso killed it the second time. Obviously, they're not welcome or capable of playing in MLS. I'm presuming that Commisso won't or can't join USL. So the NPSL gets stuck with a team that will spend orders of magnitude more than the opposition for what?...an Open Cup spot next year? There is no way whatsoever that the Kingston (NY) Stockade or the (Brunswick, ME) Seacoast Mariners could compete with a team of professionals.
Syracuse FC Announces 2018 Season Schedule SFC Will Host Defending Conference Champions in Season Home Opener Monday, March 19, 2018: Syracuse FC has announced the schedule for its second season in the National Premier Soccer League. Syracuse FC will host the Erie Commodores in their 2018 Home Opener at Onondaga Community College’s Lazer Stadium on Saturday, May 19th. Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm against the defending Conference Champions. All 12 of SFC’s regular season games will be against NPSL Midwest Region - East Conference rivals. An additional two or more friendly/exhibition games will be announced at a later date. All Conference home matches will kick off at 7:00 pm at OCC’s Lazer Stadium. SFC season tickets are available for purchase at syracusefcshop.net/2018-season-tickets. 2018 SFC Conference Schedule Saturday, May 19 vs Erie Wednesday, May 23 @ Binghamton Sunday, May 27 @ Buffalo Saturday, June 2 @ Erie Wednesday, June 6 vs Rochester Saturday, June 9 vs Buffalo Wednesday, June 13 vs Binghamton Sunday, June 17 @ Rochester Friday, June 22 @ Fort Pitt Sunday, June 24 @ Cleveland Wednesday, June 27 vs Fort Pitt Saturday, June 30 vs Cleveland
Cosmos just bought a bunch more professionals to beat up on the NPSL Atlantic White Conference Division. ******** them with a pneumatic drill.
Explain to me then, what is this league? Professional or amateur? We have a team now in Baltimore for 2018, and I plan to go to some games. So if it's full of college players, how can it be professional? If it's amateur, how can the NY Cosmos have 35 year old professionals? Can someone explain this to me?
Take the Cosmos completely out of the equation. They are an outlier of one whose only goal, I think, is to destroy the league. My local NPSL team is a collection of college players who can only play a limited number of games without losing their eligibility. I don't think they can be payed. There are some other non-college players who can be compensated, but I think we're talking beer money. It's described as semi-pro since some players are paid and others aren't but I don't think that's really accurate since even the paid players couldn't actually live off soccer wages. Teams tend to have tryouts and so the players are mostly local. I'm relatively new to NPSL so perhaps others could describe it better than me. If you want to do a deep dive into NPSL and how it works, look up Dennis Crowley, the owner of the Kingston Stockade. His blog posts on Medium are amazing.