Season | 2008 |
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Champions | Pennsylvania Stoners |
← 2007 2009 → |
The 2008 National Premier Soccer League season was the 6th season of the NPSL. The season started in May, 2008, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game on August 3, 2008.
Pennsylvania Stoners finished the season as national champions, beating St. Paul Twin Stars in the NPSL Championship game in Uniondale, New York on 3 August 2008. [1]
Pennsylvania Stoners forward Tom Ehrlich was named the National Premier Soccer League's Player of the Year. [2] Tom Ehrlich was also the league's top scorer, with 11 goals. [3]
Team Name | Metro Area | Location | Previous Affiliation |
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Alabama Spirit | Birmingham area | Birmingham, AL | expansion - Provisional member |
Arizona Sahuaros | Phoenix area | Phoenix, AZ | returned to league after several years in USASA |
Atlanta FC | Greater Atlanta area | Sandy Springs, GA | expansion |
Lancaster Inferno | Lancaster area | Salunga-Landisville, PA | expansion |
Maine Sting | State of Maine | Bangor, ME | expansion |
Maryland United | Harford County area | Bel Air, MD | expansion |
Morris County Colonials | Morris County area | Morristown, NJ | expansion |
New York Athletic Club | Wetschester County area | Pelham, NY | expansion |
Pennsylvania Stoners | Lehigh Valley area | Allentown, PA | expansion |
Performance FC Phoenix | Greenville area | Greenville, SC | expansion |
Rocket City United | Huntsville area | Huntsville, AL | expansion |
San Diego United | Greater San Diego area | El Cajon, CA | expansion |
Purple indicates division title clinched
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | Pennsylvania Stoners | 10 | 25 | ||||||
2 | Boston Aztec | 10 | 19 | ||||||
3 | Queen City FC | 10 | 7 | ||||||
4 | Maine Sting | 9 | 4 | ||||||
5 | Morris County Colonials | 9 | 1 |
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Long Island Academy | 9 | 23 | ||||||
2 | New York Athletic Club | 10 | 14 | ||||||
3 | Maryland United | 9 | 13 | ||||||
4 | Lancaster Inferno | 8 | 11 | ||||||
5 | Atlantic City Diablos | 10 | 9 |
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Atlanta FC | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |||
2 | Performance FC Phoenix | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
3 | Rocket City United | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||
4 | Alabama Spirit | 0 | 0 |
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Minnesota TwinStars | 6 | 12 | ||||||
2 | Chicago Fire NPSL | 6 | 11 | ||||||
3 | Princeton 56ers | 6 | 11 | ||||||
4 | Milwaukee Bavarians | 6 | 0 |
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | San Diego United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |||
2 | Arizona Sahuaros | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||
3 | Albuquerque Asylum | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sonoma County Sol | 9 | 21 | ||||||
2 | Santa Cruz County Breakers | 9 | 20 | ||||||
3 | Real San Jose | 9 | 10 | ||||||
4 | Salinas Valley Samba | 9 | 0 |
Sonoma County Sol 3-1 San Diego United
Minnesota TwinStars beat Atlanta FC
Pennsylvania Stoners beat Sonoma County Sol
Minnesota TwinStars 1-1 Long Island Academy (Minnesota TwinStars win 4-2 on penalties)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
N | Pennsylvania Stoners | |||||||||||||
SE | San Diego United | 1 | NE | Sonoma County Sol | ||||||||||
NE | Sonoma County Sol | 3 | N | Pennsylvania Stoners | 3 | |||||||||
MW | Minnesota Twin Stars | 0 | ||||||||||||
MA | Long Island Academy | 1(2) | ||||||||||||
MW | Minnesota Twin Stars | MW | Minnesota Twin Stars | 1(4) | ||||||||||
SE | Atlanta FC |
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