The 2011

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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

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on July 30. Jacksonville United ended the season as national champions, beating the

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3-2 in the 2011 NPSL Championship game. 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

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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

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. The

had the best regular season record, with a points-per-game average of 2.583, just ahead of the

(2.429) and

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(2.417), who were in such a strong division they did not even qualify for the post-season. Jacksonville striker

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scored a hat trick in the NPSL final, and was named MVP of the championship tournament.

Changes From 2010

Name Changes/Rebrands

* Atlanta FC formed a partnership with the NASL Atlanta Silverbacks franchise and became

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New Franchises

*13 franchises were announced as joining the league this year:

Folding

*Six teams have been announced as leaving the league prior to the beginning of the season: *

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* TSC Maryland Red Devils * New Hampshire Mountaineers * Pumas FC * Southern Oregon Fuego *

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Standings

''Purple indicates division title clinched''
''Green indicates playoff berth clinched''

Northeast Division - Atlantic Conference

Northeast Division - Keystone Conference

Southeast Division

''*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

West Division - Flight Northwest

West Division - Flight Southwest

Source

NPSL Playoffs

Format

Bracket

Northeast Division Playoffs

West Division Playoffs

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NPSL Championship Tournament

Semi-finals

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Third Place Playoff

NPSL All-Star Game

NPSL Championship Game

Award Winners and Conference Teams

MVP:

( Jacksonville United, JAC)

NPSL All-Star Team

F: Jumol Harewood (

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), Jose Miranda (

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), Justin Picou ( SDB), Afrim Latifi (

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), Chris Tsonis (

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)
M:

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( SLV), Carlington Lamont (

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), Carlos McCrary ( MAD), Kingsley Morgan ( ATL), Anthony Santaga ( MAD), Billy Sweatra (

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), Tyler Williams ( Jacksonville United, JAC)
D: Peassio Denev ( ECA), Adrian Kawuba (

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), Marcos Mendez (

), Joseph Omondi ( RCU), Corey Phillips ( BUF), Dan Sauerhoff ( MCC), Andy Stewart (

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)
G: Zach Brunner ( LAN), Thomas Hunter (

)

2011 National Championship Best 11

( Jacksonville United, JAC), Brent Whitfield (

)
M: Arturo Albarrán (

), Gavin Falconer (

), Amilcar Herrera ( MIL),

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(

), Ramak Safi ( Jacksonville United, JAC)
D: Jacobi Goodfellow ( Jacksonville United, JAC), Garrett Teague ( Jacksonville United, JAC), Marcus Watson (

)
G: Stuart McCrory ( Jacksonville United, JAC)

U.S. Open Cup Qualifying

Four NPSL clubs gained berths to the

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, one each from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West divisions.

Northeast Division

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Southeast Division

First round

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Second round

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Final

Midwest Division

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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.

West Division

The

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.

References

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