National Professional Soccer League (1984-2001)
National Professional Soccer League may refer to either of two defunct professional soccer leagues: *National Professional Soccer League (1967), merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League *National Professional Soccer League (South Africa), a South African soccer league from 1971 to 1995 *National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) The National Professional Soccer League was a professional indoor soccer league in the US and Canada. It was originally called the American Indoor Soccer Association. History In November 1983, a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based group called Soccer Le ...

National Professional Soccer League (1967)
The National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association (USA) to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada. To encourage attacking play, the NPSL introduced a new standings points system that was later used by the NASL – 6 points for a win, 3 for a draw, 0 for a loss and 1 bonus point for each of the first three goals scored. The circuit's commissioner was Ken Macker, an American publisher of three Philippines-based newspapers. The name National Professional Soccer League was revived in 1990 and used by a United States professional indoor soccer league. Origins In 1966 a group of sports entrepreneurs led by Bill Cox and Robert Hermann formed a consortium called the ''North American Professional Soccer League'' with the intention of forming a professional soccer league i ...
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National Professional Soccer League (South Africa)
The National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) was a South African association football league that existed between 1971 and 1995. During those years, the league, however, had three completely different organisations. History 1971–1977 In 1971–1977 it was only for Black South African teams. It was a racial league for Black people only. 1978–1984 Then it merged with National Football League (NFL), which previously had been organised only for White South African players in 1959–1977. The two leagues together formed a new topflight “non-racial” football league in 1978–1984 (also named NPSL), where the “white teams” were allowed to field a maximum of three black players. Some teams were for white people while other teams were of black people, and on the club's of whites only 3 blacks were allowed. In January 1985, Kaizer Chiefs owner Kaizer Motaung lodged a complaint that it was unfair that 10% of revenue from a testimonial match for Ace Ntsoelengoe and Jomo ...
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