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National Premier Soccer League
Season	2019
Champions	Miami FC
2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup qualifier	Cleveland SC
2020 U.S. Open Cup qualifiers	ASC San Diego; Atlantic City FC; Cleveland SC; Crossfire Redmond; Denton Diablos; FC Arizona; FC Davis; FC Motown; Fort Worth Vaqueros; Med City FC; Minneapolis City SC; Naples United FC; Tulsa Athletic; West Chester United SC
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2019 NPSL season

107th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States

The 2019 National Premier Soccer League season is part of the 107th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and the 17th season of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). Miami FC, formerly "Miami FC 2," are the defending champion.

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[table_hth_CLB0.92393831812029-10] FC Columbus and Michigan Stars FC were equal on head-to-head points (2-2) and head-to-head goal difference (0-0).

[table_hth_SYR0.19925538180361-12] Syracuse FC wins the tiebreaker on head-to-head points over Pittsburgh Hotspurs (4-1)

[table_hth_BAL0.54817644671918-13] FC Baltimore wins the standings tiebreaker over Virginia Beach City FC on head-to-head points. (4-1)

[table_hth_CHL0.54817644671918-14] Charlottesville Alliance FC and FC Frederick finished equal on head-to-head points (2-2) and head-to-head goal difference (0-0).

[table_hth_ATC0.57778535297969-15] Atlantic City FC defeated West Chester United SC in their only regular season meeting to win the standings tiebreaker.

[table_hth_ECS0.57778535297969-16] Electric City Shock wins the standings tiebreaker over Hersey FC based on head-to-head points. (6-0)

[table_hth_LRR0.68696363348838-17] Little Rock Rangers and Demize NPSL were equal on head-to-head points (3-3) and head-to-head goal difference. (0-0)

[table_hth_DEP0.44630847705822-18] Riverside Coras USA and High Desert Elite were tied on head-to-head points (3-3). Riverside Coras USA won the tiebreaker on head-to-head goal difference (+2 to -2)

[table_hth_ACA0.72349339664145-19] Academica SC and Sacramento Gold were equal on head-to-head points (3-3) and head-to-head goal difference (0-0).

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^B This match started on July 16, 2019 in Ann Arbor, MI but was suspended in the 69th minute due to darkness. It was resumed and finished on July 18, 2019 in Erie, PA.^[12]

[table_hth_MIL0.25717404217328-31] Milwaukee Torrent deducted 1 point for violating a stadium ban^[21]

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Team	Location	Notes
A.S. Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Expansion
Central Florida Panthers SC	Orlando, Florida	Expansion
City of Angels FC	Los Angeles, California	Returned from one-year hiatus
Crossfire Redmond	Redmond, Washington	Expansion
Dallas City FC	Dallas, Texas	Returned from one-year hiatus
Denton Diablos FC	Denton, Texas	Expansion
High Desert Elite FC	Adelanto, California	Expansion
Michigan Stars FC	Pontiac, Michigan	Returned from one-year hiatus
Pittsburgh Hotspurs	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Expansion
San Ramon FC	San Ramon, California	Joined from LIGA NorCal
Toledo Villa FC	Toledo, Ohio	Joined from United Premier Soccer League

Team	Previous Name	Location	Notes
Atlanta SC	Atlanta Silverbacks FC	Atlanta, Georgia	Rebrand^[1]
Club Atletico Saint Louis	Saint Louis Club Atletico	St. Louis, Missouri	Rebrand
Jacksonville Armada U-23	Jacksonville Armada FC	Jacksonville, Florida	Reserve side replaced first team in league^[2]
Miami FC	Miami FC 2	Miami, Florida	Rebrand^[3]
Philadelphia Lone Star FC	Junior Lone Star FC	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rebrand^[4]

Team	Location	Notes
Boca Raton FC	Delray Beach, Florida	Joined United Premier Soccer League
CD Aguiluchos USA	Oakland, California	Not listed on NPSL website
Elm City Express	New Haven, Connecticut	Hiatus^[5]
Emerald Force SC	Knoxville, Tennessee	Folded^[6]
FC Brownsville	Brownsville, Texas	Not listed on NPSL website
Fort Pitt Regiment	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Not listed on NPSL website
GBFC Thunder	Union, New York	Not listed on NPSL website
Houston Dutch Lions FC	Conroe, Texas	Not listed on NPSL website
Legacy 76	James City County, Virginia	Not listed on NPSL website
Kitsap Pumas	Kitsap County, Washington	Folded
FC Milwaukee Torrent	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin	On hiatus before NPSL Members Cup
New Orleans Jesters	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive^[7]
Palm Beach United	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	Rebrand, Joined USL League Two as Treasure Coast Tritons^[8]
Regals SCA	Airline, Texas	Hiatus^[9]
Seacoast United Mariners	Portland, Maine	Not listed on NPSL website
Shreveport Rafters FC	Shreveport, Louisiana	Not listed on NPSL website
Stockton FC	Stockton, California	Dropped out of the 2019 season
TSF FC	Wayne, New Jersey	Not listed on NPSL website
Viejos Son Los Trapos FC	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Hiatus

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Baltimore	8	6	1	1	19	9	+10	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs
2	Virginia Beach City FC	8	6	1	1	16	5	+11	19	Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs
3	Northern Virginia United FC	8	3	5	0	12	10	+2	9
4	Charlottesville Alliance FC	8	1	5	2	5	13	−8	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	FC Frederick	8	1	5	2	5	20	−15	5

Semifinals July 2			Final July 6

1	Atlantic City FC	1

4	Philadelphia Lone Star FC	2
			3	FC Motown	2

			4	Philadelphia Lone Star FC	0
2	West Chester United SC	2

3	FC Motown	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Minneapolis City SC (C)	12	9	2	1	30	11	+19	28	Midwest Region Quarterfinals
2	Med City FC	12	8	1	3	28	11	+17	27	Midwest Region Quarterfinals
3	Duluth FC	12	8	2	2	38	11	+27	26
4	Minnesota TwinStars FC	12	6	5	1	27	20	+7	19
5	Sioux Falls Thunder FC	12	2	8	2	15	25	−10	8
6	Dakota Fusion FC	12	2	9	1	15	39	−24	7
7	La Crosse Aris FC	12	2	10	0	10	46	−36	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Detroit City FC (C)	14	10	1	3	39	6	+33	33	Midwest Region Semifinals
2	AFC Ann Arbor	14	9	2	3	25	10	+15	30	Midwest Region Quarterfinals
3	Grand Rapids FC	14	9	3	2	24	12	+12	29
4	Kalamazoo FC	14	6	3	5	18	13	+5	23
5	FC Columbus	14	4	8	2	18	23	−5	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Michigan Stars FC	14	3	6	5	14	17	−3	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Toledo Villa FC	14	2	11	1	11	38	−27	7
8	FC Indiana	14	1	10	3	8	38	−30	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cleveland SC (C)	10	8	2	0	29	9	+20	24	Midwest Region Semifinals
2	Rochester Lancers	10	6	2	2	20	15	+5	20	Midwest Region Quarterfinals
3	Erie Commodores	10	4	2	4	17	13	+4	16
4	FC Buffalo	10	4	4	2	18	19	−1	14
5	Syracuse FC	10	1	7	2	13	26	−13	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Pittsburgh Hotspurs	10	1	7	2	10	25	−15	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos B	14	13	0	1	47	4	+43	40	North Atlantic Conference playoffs
2	Brooklyn Italians	14	10	1	3	43	15	+28	33	North Atlantic Conference playoffs
3	Kingston Stockade FC	14	7	3	4	22	18	+4	25
4	Hartford City FC	14	5	5	4	37	25	+12	19
5	Rhode Island Reds F.C.	14	4	9	1	21	38	−17	13
6	Greater Lowell Rough Diamonds	14	3	9	2	16	41	−25	11
7	Boston City FC	14	2	9	3	17	47	−30	9
8	New York Athletic Club	14	2	10	2	15	30	−15	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlantic City FC	10	7	2	1	33	14	+19	22^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Keystone Conference playoffs
2	West Chester United SC	10	7	2	1	36	12	+24	22
3	FC Motown	10	6	3	1	23	13	+10	19
4	Philadelphia Lone Star FC	10	5	3	2	22	19	+3	17
5	FC Monmouth	10	5	4	1	18	21	−3	16
6	Torch FC	10	4	5	1	16	28	−12	13
7	Electric City Shock SC	10	2	7	1	17	31	−14	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Hershey FC	10	1	5	4	10	22	−12	7
9	New Jersey Copa FC	10	1	7	2	16	31	−15	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC	10	9	1	0	48	5	+43	27	Sunshine Conference playoffs
2	Naples United FC	10	8	2	0	24	7	+17	24
3	Miami United FC	10	7	3	0	29	7	+22	21
4	Jacksonville Armada FC U-23	10	3	6	1	13	32	−19	10
5	Central Florida Panthers SC	10	1	8	1	10	38	−28	4
6	Storm FC	10	1	9	0	8	43	−35	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chattanooga FC	10	7	2	1	29	11	+18	22	Southeast Conference playoffs
2	Greenville FC	10	5	1	4	20	9	+11	19
3	Asheville City SC	10	5	3	2	12	10	+2	17
4	Inter Nashville FC	10	4	5	1	14	22	−8	13
5	Georgia Revolution FC	10	3	6	1	15	21	−6	10
6	Atlanta SC	10	1	8	1	7	24	−17	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Midland-Odessa Sockers FC	12	9	1	2	27	7	+20	29	Lone Star Conference playoffs
2	Denton Diablos FC	12	9	3	0	43	15	+28	27
3	Fort Worth Vaqueros FC	12	7	2	3	26	14	+12	24
4	Dallas City FC	12	6	4	2	24	22	+2	20
5	Laredo Heat	12	4	6	2	22	18	+4	14
6	Katy 1895 FC	12	1	10	1	9	45	−36	4
7	Tyler FC	12	1	11	0	8	38	−30	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tulsa Athletic	10	7	0	3	24	8	+16	24	Heartland Conference playoffs
2	Little Rock Rangers	10	4	5	1	18	15	+3	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Demize NPSL	10	3	3	4	9	12	−3	13
4	Ozark FC	10	3	4	3	16	18	−2	12
5	FC Wichita	10	2	3	5	15	15	0	11
6	Club Atletico Saint Louis	10	2	6	2	13	27	−14	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Golden State (C)	18	15	2	1	67	17	+50	46	West Region playoffs
2	FC Arizona	18	12	1	5	46	19	+27	41
3	ASC San Diego	18	12	5	1	36	13	+23	37
4	Orange County FC	18	11	4	3	46	23	+23	36
5	A.S. Los Angeles	18	7	8	3	30	37	−7	24
6	Temecula FC	18	6	8	4	29	35	−6	22
7	Oxnard Guerreros FC	18	5	11	2	25	44	−19	17
8	Riverside Coras USA	18	3	12	3	27	51	−24	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	High Desert Elite FC	18	4	14	0	16	47	−31	12
10	City of Angels FC	18	3	13	2	21	57	−36	11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Davis (C)	11	8	1	2	34	18	+16	26	West Region playoffs
2	San Ramon FC	11	6	4	1	22	19	+3	19
3	Academica SC	11	5	4	2	27	19	+8	17^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Sacramento Gold FC	11	5	4	2	25	20	+5	17
5	El Farolito	11	4	3	4	15	10	+5	16
6	Napa Valley 1839 FC	11	3	6	2	17	26	−9	11
7	East Bay FC Stompers	11	2	6	3	17	29	−12	9
8	Sonoma County Sol	11	1	6	4	17	33	−16	7

Denton Diablos FC	1–1	Fort Worth Vaqueros FC
Willis 8' Evans 58'	Match Report	Masue 54' Ramirez 106'
Penalties
	4–5

Semifinal July 10			Final July 13

1	Tulsa Athletic	6

4	Ozark FC	2
			1	Tulsa Athletic	2

			3	Demize NPSL	0
2	Little Rock Rangers	1(0)

3	Demize NPSL	1(3)

Little Rock Rangers	1–1	Demize NPSL
Crabtree 26' Beltran 45' Doyle 80'	Match Report	Marques 15' Nunes 57' Hernandez 63' Soares 86' Machado 89' Yankowitz 90' Costa 109'
Penalties
Guadron Beltran Watson	0–3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crossfire Redmond (C)	10	7	2	1	30	23	+7	22	West Region playoffs
2	OSA FC	10	6	4	0	23	17	+6	18	West Region playoffs
3	Spokane SC Shadow	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	14
4	FC Mulhouse Portland	10	4	5	1	22	20	+2	13
5	PDX FC	10	2	8	0	13	29	−16	6

Semifinals July 12			Final July 13

1	Chattanooga FC	3

4	Inter Nashville FC	0
			1	Chattanooga FC	4

			3	Asheville City SC	1
2	Greenville FC	0

3	Asheville City SC	1*

Semifinals July 10			Final July 13

1	Miami FC	4

4	Jacksonville Armada U-23	0
			1	Miami FC	3

			3	Miami United FC	2
2	Naples United FC	1

3	Miami United FC	2

Semifinals July 11			Final July 13

1	Midland-Odessa Sockers FC	9

4	Dallas City FC	1
			1	Midland-Odessa Sockers FC	1

			3	Fort Worth Vaqueros FC	2
2	Denton Diablos FC	1(4)

3	Fort Worth Vaqueros FC	1(5)

FC Golden State	2–2 (a.e.t.)	ASC San Diego
Villalobos 54' Del Rio 75' 80' Martins 76' Garcia 79' Culwell 83' Madrigal 111'	Match Report	Seye 54' Rice 71' Ramos 94' Arreola 100' 112' Cutler 103' Frimpong 115' 120' Waligorski 119' Antoine 120'
Penalties
	2–4

Cleveland SC	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Detroit City FC
Cvecko 33' Beck 52' 75' Manfut 60'	Match Report Report 2	Diop 25' Lawson 40' Todd 45+' (pen.) Jirira 51' Perkins 75'
Penalties
Derezic Musa McAvinew Koniarczyk Bell	3–2	Todd Harris Gueye Carroll Lawson

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	Head coach
Chattanooga FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Finley Stadium	2009	Bill Elliott
Detroit City FC	Hamtramck, Michigan	Keyworth Stadium	2012	Trevor James
Michigan Stars FC	Pontiac, Michigan	Ultimate Soccer Arena	1998	George Juncaj
FC Milwaukee Torrent	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin	Hart Park	2015	Carlos “Cacho” Córdoba
Napa Valley 1839 FC	Napa, California	Dodd Stadium	2016	Rogelio Ochoa
New York Cosmos	Uniondale, New York	Mitchel Athletic Complex	2010	Carlos Mendes

Home \ Away	CHT	DET	MIC	MIL	NPV	NYC
Chattanooga FC	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1
Detroit City FC	2–1	—	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
Michigan Stars FC	1–4	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–2
Milwaukee Torrent	1–1	0–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–2
Napa Valley 1839 FC	0–6	0–4	3–3	2–1	—	0–7
New York Cosmos	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	—

NPSL_Founders_Cup

Changes from 2018

Teams

Incoming teams

Moved and/or rebranded teams

Outgoing teams

Standings and results

Midwest Region

North Conference

Great Lakes Conference

East Conference

Northeast Region

North Atlantic Conference

Mid-Atlantic Conference

Keystone Conference

South Region

Sunshine Conference

Southeast Conference

Lone Star Conference

Heartland Conference

West Region

Southwest Conference

Northwest Conference

Golden Gate Conference

Playoffs

Northeast Region Conference playoffs

Keystone Conference playoffs

Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs

North Atlantic Conference playoffs

South Region Conference playoffs

Southeast Conference playoffs

Sunshine Conference playoffs

Lone Star Conference playoffs

Heartland Conference playoffs

Regional and National playoffs

Regional Quarterfinals

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

National Semifinals

NPSL Championship Game

Members Cup

Teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

References

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