2018 Fall UPSL Season

The 2018 Fall United Premier Soccer League season is the 11th season of the UPSL. Milwaukee Bavarian SC are the reigning champions. However, the Midwest Conference will not participate in the fall season, and the Bavarians will not be able to defend their title.

For the Fall 2018 season, UPSL had 89 teams compete in 13 Pro Premier Divisions divided into 5 conferences. An additional 29 teams competed in 3 Championships Divisions from 2 Conferences. The overall structure of the League by Conference and roughly from west to east is represented in the table below

 * Not participating

Pro Premier

Team changes

Joined Heart Division
* Austin Real Cuauhtemoc — joined from Texas Premier Soccer League
* FC Thunder Boerne — new senior team of youth club
* Coyotes FC — new club
* FC Knights — transferred from South Division
*FC Waco — new club
* Major Academy Competitive FC — new senior team of youth club
*Round Rock SC — transferred from South Division
* San Antonio Runners SC — new club

Joined North Division
* Dallas City FC — joined from National Premier Soccer League during offseason
* FC Denton — joined from North Texas Premier Soccer Association
* Irving City FC
* Terrell FC — joined from North Texas Premier Soccer Association

Left North Division
* OKC 1889 FC — on hiatus
*Texas Spurs

Joined South Division
*Armadillos FC — new senior team of youth club
*FC Imperial — new senior team of youth club
* Houston FC — joined from Premier Development League during offseason

Left South Division
* FC Knights — transferred to Heart Division
*Round Rock SC — transferred to Heart Division

Joined Colorado Conference
*Bright Stars of Colorado SC — promoted from Pro Premier

Left Colorado Conference
*Colorado Springs FC
*Denver Metro FC
*FC Boulder — expelled from league
*FC Greeley — expelled from league
*Northern Colorado FC

Joined Mountain Conference
None

Left Mountain Conference
*Idaho Lobos FC
*Provo Premier
*Magic Valley FC

Joined Florida Central Division
*Huracan ECUSA FC
*The Institute FC — new club

Left Florida Central Division
*Clay County SC — on hiatus
*Golden Goal Sports SC — on hiatus
*Macca Ballers FC — on hiatus
* St. Petersburg FC Aztecs — on hiatus

Joined Florida South Division
* Gold Coast Inter AFC — joined from Beaches Adult Soccer League
* International Soccer Association — new senior team of youth club
* FSI Vultures FC — new club
* Palm Beach Spartans — joined from American Premier Soccer League
*Sharks FC — new senior team of youth club
* UD Miami FC — joined from American Premier Soccer League

Left Florida South Division
* Broncos United FC — on hiatus
* Hialeah City FC — on hiatus
*Miami Dade FC — on hiatus
* Pinecrest SC — on hiatus

Joined Mid-Atlantic North Division
* Catrachos De INCAEF — transferred from Northeast Conference American Division
* Germantown City FC — joined from local amateur play
* Northern Virginia FC — new club

Joined Mid-Atlantic South Division
*San Lee FC — new senior team of youth club
* Soda City FC — new club
* Union FC — new senior team of youth club

Left Mid-Atlantic Division
*Atlanta ASA FC
*Bragg FC
* Lowcountry United FC — on hiatus

Joined SoCal North Division
* Cal FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2016 Spring season
* FC Santa Clarita — formed from merger of Santa Clarita Storm and San Fernando Valley Scorpions
* Kern County Mustangs FC — promoted from Championship
* San Nicolas FC — promoted from Championship

Joined SoCal South Division
* Cuervos FC — joined from California Champions League
* Gremio FC San Diego — new club
* OC Real Force SC — promoted from Championship and rebranded from CF Cachorros USA
* Orange County FC 2 — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
* San Diego Zest FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season

Left SoCal Division
*La Máquina FC
* L.A. Galaxy OC PSC
* Ontario Fury II
*San Fernando Valley Scorpions — merged with Santa Clarita Storm to form FC Santa Clarita
*Santa Clarita Storm — merged with San Fernando Valley Scorpions to form FC Santa Clarita

Joined Wild West North Division
* Azteca FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
* Vacaville Elite — joined from LIGA NorCal

Left Wild West Division
* AFC San Francisco Hearts — on hiatus
* California Victory FC — on hiatus
* Southern Oregon Starphire FC — on hiatus
* Redding Royals FC — on hiatus
*Visalia Golden Bears

Rebranded
* Interunited Academy rebranded from Internacional USA
* Oakland Stompers rebranded from East Bay FC Tecos Fire

Competition format

Teams are divided into five conferences, some of which are further subdivided into divisions. Unless specified otherwise, all playoff matches are contested over a single leg, hosted by the team with the best points-per-game ratio. Extra time is not used in any round; matches drawn after 90 minutes advance directly to a penalty shootout.

*Central Conference: Teams are divided into Heart, North, and South divisions. Each division plays a double round robin for 14, 12, and 10 matches respectively. The top two teams from each division plus the two best third place teams by points-per-game qualify for the playoffs.
*Colorado Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for eight matches. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
*Mountain Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for four matches. The top two teams qualify for the playoffs.
*Southeast Conference: Teams are divided into Mid-Atlantic, Florida Central, and Florida South divisions. Each division determines its own champion. The champions of the Florida divisions then play, with the winner facing the champion of the Mid-Atlantic division to determine the conference champion.
**Florida Central Division: Teams play a double round robin for 14 matches. The top seven teams qualify for the playoffs with the division leader receiving a bye to the divisional semifinals.
**Florida South Division: Teams play a single round robin for 13 matches. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
**Mid-Atlantic Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight and ten matches respectively. The top eight teams by points-per-game across both sections qualify for the playoffs.
*Western Conference: Teams are divided into SoCal and Wild West divisions. Each division determines its own champion with the two divisional champions then matched up to determine the conference champion.
**SoCal Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a single round robin for eight matches. The top three teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, with the section leaders receiving byes to the divisional semifinals. The last placed team in each section is relegated to the Championship.
**Wild West Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight matches. The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the top seed in each section hosting the second seed in the other section.
*National Playoffs: The champions of the Colorado and Mountain conferences play. The winner of that match then plays the champion of the Western conference while the champions of the Central and Southeast conferences play. The two winners then contest the national championship.

Standings

Heart Division

North Division

South Division

Colorado Conference

Mountain Conference

Florida Central Division

Florida South Division

Mid-Atlantic Division North

Mid-Atlantic Division South

SoCal Division North

SoCal Division South

Wild West Division North

Wild West Division South

Playoffs

Central Conference playoffs

Colorado Conference playoffs

Mountain Conference playoffs

The match originally ended 5-1 in favor of San Juan FC, but they were subsequently ruled to have fielded an ineligible player. Boise Cutthroats FC was advanced to the next round.

Florida Central Division playoffs

Florida South Division playoffs

Mid-Atlantic Division playoffs

SoCal Division playoffs

Wild West Division playoffs

National playoffs

Championship

Southeast Conference

Florida Central Division

The following 7 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season
* CD Miguelense
* Independiente FC
* Instituto Atletico FC II
* Millos United FC
* Nationwide FC
* The A Team
* Valencia College FC

=Standings

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Western Conference

SoCal Division

=SoCal North Division

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The following 4 northern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season
* Kern County Mustangs FC — promoted to Pro Premier
* San Nicolas FC — promoted to Pro Premier
*USA/MEX SoCal
*USA Soccer Stars FC

The following 5 clubs joined the division before the season
* CD Independiente
* San Fernando Valley FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
* Sporting San Fernando II — new reserve team of Pro Premier club
* Warriors FC — new club
* Xolos Academy L.A.

The following club rebranded before the season
* LA 10 FC — rebranded from L.A. Roma FC

Standings

=SoCal South Division

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The following 3 southern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season
*CF Cachorros USA — promoted to Pro Premier
* L.A. Galaxy OC PSC II
*La Habra City FC

The following 2 clubs joined the division before the season
* California Rush SC — new senior team of youth club
* City Legends FC — new club

The following club rebranded before the season
* Santa Ana Winds FC II — rebranded from MX Dream SC

Standings

=Playoffs

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References

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