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The 2021 National Premier Soccer League season is the 19th season of the National Premier Soccer League and part of the 109th season of
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-sanctioned soccer in the United States. The 2020 season was cancelled after five weeks of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Miami FC, the defending league champions from 2019, left in the previous off-season and joined the National Independent Soccer Association and later the USL Championship. 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 The NPSL Golden Gate Conference is a division within the National Premier Soccer League it consists of teams from Northern California Teams * Academica SC *El Farolito * FC Davis *Napa Valley 1839 FC *Project 51O * Sacramento Gold *Sonoma County ...
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
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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 (Boone, NC) *
Arkansas Wolves FC Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Little Rock, AR) *
Contra Costa FC Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Concord/Walnut Creek, CA) *
Florida Roots Futbol Club Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Panama City, FL) * Georgia Storm Soccer Academy (Carrollton, GA) *
Irving FC Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Irving, TX) * Joy St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park, MN) *''
Katy 1895 FC Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
'' (Katy, TX) *
New York Shockers Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Albany, NY) *'' Oakland Stompers'' (Oakland, CA) * OKC 1889 FC (Oklahoma City, OK) * Panathinaikos Chicago (Chicago, IL) *
Reign FK Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Bartlesville, OK) *''
Sioux Falls Thunder FC Sioux Falls Thunder FC is a men's soccer club based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The club currently competes in the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer le ...
'' (Sioux Falls, SD) *
Southern States SC Below is a list of all the teams that ever have ever played, or will play, in the Men's Premier Soccer League (MPSL) or National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer l ...
(Hattiesburg, MS)


Departing teams

* Fort Wayne FC (Fort Wayne, IN)
(joined USL League Two) * Kalamazoo FC (Kalamazoo, MI)
(joined USL League Two) * Little Rock Rangers (Little Rock, AR)
(joined USL League Two) *
Maryland Bobcats FC Maryland Bobcats FC, formerly World Class Premier Elite (WCPE), are an American soccer team and academy based in Montgomery County, Maryland, which was founded in 2016. The organization's professional team competes within the National Independent ...
(Montgomery County, MD)
(joined the National Independent Soccer Association) * Project 51O (Oakland, CA)
(joined USL League Two) *
Toledo Villa FC Toledo Villa FC is a pre-professional soccer club in Toledo, Ohio competing in the Valley Division of the Central Conference in USL League Two. They previously played in the Premier League of America, United Premier Soccer League, and National ...
(Toledo, OH)
(joined USL League Two)


Teams on hiatus

* Austin United FC (Austin, TX) *
Charlottesville Alliance FC Charlottesville Alliance FC, formerly Aromas Café FC, is an American amateur soccer club based in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 2016, the club reached the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Beginning with the 2018 season, Charlottes ...
(Charlottesville, VA) *
Inter Nashville FC Inter Nashville FC is an amateur soccer team based in Nashville suburb of Antioch, Tennessee. They began play in the National Premier Soccer League in May 2017. History Inter Nashville FC's roots begin in 2010, when club owner, Pedro Reyes ...
(Nashville, TN)


Name changes

* Georgia Storm Soccer Academy to
Georgia Storm Georgia Storm FC is an American 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 league system. The N ...
*''
East Bay FC Stompers East Bay FC Stompers is an American association football, soccer club currently playing in the National Premier Soccer League. Founded in 2012 in San Francisco as San Francisco Stompers Football Club, since the 2016 season it has been based in Ha ...
'' to Oakland Stompers


Unknown status teams

*
A.S. Los Angeles A.S. Los Angeles is an American soccer team based in the Whittier, California that plays in the National Premier Soccer League. History A.S. Los Angeles was formed in 2018 under the name Los Angeles United FC. They announced they were joinin ...
(Whittier, CA) *
Club Atletico Saint Louis Club Atletico Saint Louis is an American soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. It plays within the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the South Region's Hea ...
(Saint Louis, MO) *
Club Xolos USA U-23 Club Xolos USA U-23, formerly Deportivo Coras USA, is an American soccer team based in Riverside, California and is affiliated with Mexican side Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente. The club currently competes in the National Premier Soccer L ...
(Riverside, CA) * High Desert Elite FC (Adelanto, CA) *
Muskegon Risers SC The Muskegon Risers are an American soccer team based in Muskegon, Michigan. The team participates in the National Premier Soccer League for its outdoor season in the summer and Major Arena Soccer League 2 for its indoor season in the winter. Kehr ...
(Muskegon, MI) * Nashville United (Nashville, TN) *
New York Athletic Club S.C. New York Athletic Club is an American soccer team based in Westchester County, New York, United States. Founded in 2008, the team fields clubs in both the National Premier Soccer League and the Cosmopolitan Soccer League (part of the USASA). T ...
(Westchester County, NY) *
Oxnard Guerreros FC Oxnard Guerreros FC is a semi-professional men's soccer club based in Oxnard, California. The club currently competes in the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football ...
(Oxnard, CA) *
Ozark FC Sunflower State FC is a semi-professional soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas that competes in the National Premier Soccer League as a member of the Heartland Conference and in the Major Arena Soccer League 3 as a member of the Midwest Divi ...
(Springdale, AR) * Rhode Island Reds FC (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, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Southwest Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


South Region Conference playoffs


Gulf Coast Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Heartland Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Sunshine Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


East Region Conference playoffs


Keystone Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


North Atlantic Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Southeast Conference playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


Regional and National playoffs

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2021 NPSL National Championship

Championship MVP: Trevor Amann (
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)


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 The NPSL Golden Gate Conference is a division within the National Premier Soccer League it consists of teams from Northern California Teams * Academica SC *El Farolito * FC Davis *Napa Valley 1839 FC *Project 51O * Sacramento Gold *Sonoma County ...
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, ( ) = penalty shootout score


References


External links


Official National Premier Soccer League website
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