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The 2021 National Premier Soccer League season is the 19th season of the
National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially affiliated to the Uni ...
and part of the 109th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States. The 2020 season was cancelled after five weeks of play due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
.
Miami FC The Miami FC is an American professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 2016 se ...
, the defending league champions from 2019, left in the previous off-season and joined the
National Independent Soccer Association The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a ...
and later the
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. The regular season started on May 1 and scheduled to conclude on July 17. There are 76 teams participating in this season with a further 14 playing in conferences that decided not to participate in the summer season.


Format changes

The 2021 season saw a number of changes with many in part due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic. Both the Northwest and Golden Gate Conference will not take part in traditional summer season. The NPSL later announced the Golden Gate teams would play a regular season schedule, but with it commencing in June and ending in August meaning none of the teams would be eligible for the postseason or U.S. Open Cup berths. Due to this, the South Region's Lone Star Conference joined the west for 2021 allowing two separate conferences to compete for the regional title. The changes made ahead of last season, such as the renaming of the Northeast Region to the "East Region", the Southeast Conference's move to the East, and the renaming of the East Conference to the "Rust Belt Conference" all remained in effect. The Gulf Coast Conference, which was created ahead of 2020, will play its inaugural season in 2021.


Teams

Note: Teams that are ''italicized'' previously played in the NPSL and are returning from hiatus.


Incoming teams

*
Appalachian FC Appalachian Football Club is a National Premier Soccer League expansion team that began play in March 2021. As a result of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's soccer team being cut in May of 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 ...
(Boone, NC) * Arkansas Wolves FC (Little Rock, AR) * Contra Costa FC (Concord/Walnut Creek, CA) * Florida Roots Futbol Club (Panama City, FL) *
Georgia Storm Soccer Academy Georgia Storm FC is an American association football, soccer club based in Carrollton, Georgia, United States. The team competes in the Southeast Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the United States soccer ...
(Carrollton, GA) * Irving FC (Irving, TX) * Joy St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park, MN) *'' Katy 1895 FC'' (Katy, TX) * New York Shockers (Albany, NY) *''
Oakland Stompers The Oakland Stompers were a soccer team based out of Oakland, California that played the 1978 season in the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Stompers played in the Western Division of the American Conference and finished the year with ...
'' (Oakland, CA) *
OKC 1889 FC Oklahoma City 1889 Football Club is an American men's soccer club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The club is a member of the  National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a semi-professional soccer league in US Soccer that includes qualification ...
(Oklahoma City, OK) *
Panathinaikos Chicago Panathinaikos Chicago is a Greek-American soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, which competes in the Midwest Region of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2021. The team plays its home matches at Nike Sports Complex located in Napervil ...
(Chicago, IL) * Reign FK (Bartlesville, OK) *'' Sioux Falls Thunder FC'' (Sioux Falls, SD) * Southern States SC (Hattiesburg, MS)


Departing teams

*
Fort Wayne FC Fort Wayne Football Club is a pre-professional soccer club in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The club currently competes in the Valley Division of the USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Fort Wayne FC played h ...
(Fort Wayne, IN)
(joined
USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...
) *
Kalamazoo FC Kalamazoo FC (KZFC) is a semi-professional soccer club from Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The club competes in USL League Two, the fourth-tier soccer league of the American soccer pyramid. Soisson-Rapacz-Clason Field (also known as Mayor' ...
(Kalamazoo, MI)
(joined
USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...
) *
Little Rock Rangers The Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in Little Rock, Arkansas. The team was founded in 2016 and played its inaugural season in 2016. The team plays in the USL League Two, a national semi-professional league at the ...
(Little Rock, AR)
(joined
USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...
) * Maryland Bobcats FC (Montgomery County, MD)
(joined the
National Independent Soccer Association The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a ...
) *
Project 51O Project 51O is a soccer club from Oakland, California competing in the Southwest Division of USL League Two. They are the reserve club of USL Championship club Oakland Roots SC. The name 51O is partly inspired by Oakland's 510 area code, althou ...
(Oakland, CA)
(joined
USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...
) * Toledo Villa FC (Toledo, OH)
(joined
USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...
)


Teams on hiatus

*
Austin United FC Austin United FC, also known as the Flyers, is an American soccer team in Austin, Texas. The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-p ...
(Austin, TX) * Charlottesville Alliance FC (Charlottesville, VA) * Inter Nashville FC (Nashville, TN)


Name changes

*
Georgia Storm Soccer Academy Georgia Storm FC is an American association football, soccer club based in Carrollton, Georgia, United States. The team competes in the Southeast Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the United States soccer ...
to Georgia Storm *'' East Bay FC Stompers'' to
Oakland Stompers The Oakland Stompers were a soccer team based out of Oakland, California that played the 1978 season in the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Stompers played in the Western Division of the American Conference and finished the year with ...


Unknown status teams

* A.S. Los Angeles (Whittier, CA) * Club Atletico Saint Louis (Saint Louis, MO) * Club Xolos USA U-23 (Riverside, CA) *
High Desert Elite FC High Desert Elite FC is an American soccer team based in the Adelanto, California that plays in the United Premier Soccer League. History Muskegon Risers SC (Muskegon, MI) *
Nashville United Nashville United is an American soccer club based in Nashville, Tennessee. The team competes in the Southeast Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), generally considered to be the fourth tier of the United States soccer league ...
(Nashville, TN) * New York Athletic Club S.C. (Westchester County, NY) * Oxnard Guerreros FC (Oxnard, CA) * Ozark FC (Springdale, AR) *
Rhode Island Reds FC Rhode Island Reds FC was established in 2012 as a semi-professional men's soccer team competing in the Atlantic Conference (Northeast Region) of NPSL, the fourth-tier soccer league in the United States. The crest, designed with ties to the state ...
(Johnston, RI)


2021 Teams

Note: Teams lined out are on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic but still listed on the league website.


Standings and results


West Region


Lone Star Conference


Southwest Conference


Midwest Region


Great Lakes Conference


North Conference


Rust Belt Conference


South Region


Gulf Coast Conference


Heartland Conference


Sunshine Conference


East Region


Keystone Conference


Mid-Atlanic Conference


North Atlantic Conference


Southeast Conference


Playoffs

''Note: Games are hosted by the highest seed unless noted otherwise''


West Region Conference playoffs


Lone Star Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Southwest Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


South Region Conference playoffs


Gulf Coast Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Heartland Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Sunshine Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


East Region Conference playoffs


Keystone Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


North Atlantic Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Southeast Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Regional and National playoffs

Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2021 NPSL National Championship

Championship MVP: Trevor Amann ( DEN)


Return to Play Series

In early 2021, the NPSL announced the "Return to Play Series" which was originally meant to act as a series of competitive matches ahead of the 2021 summer season between league members. However, following the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertain nature of west coast conferences the format was altered to act as a separate competition from the summer season. The eight members of the Golden Gate Conference were later announced as participants in the "Golden Gate Competition" with a round robin format scheduled over June and July.


Golden Gate Competition


Playoffs

''Note: Games are hosted by the highest seed unless noted otherwise'' Bold = winner
* =
after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
, ( ) = penalty shootout score


References


External links


Official National Premier Soccer League website
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