2010 NPSL season

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National Premier Soccer League
Season2010
Champions Sacramento Gold
2009
2011

The 2010 National Premier Soccer League season is the 8th season of the NPSL. The season began on April 3, 2010, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August. The NPSL had planned for form a Winter league that would play from September 2010 to March 2011 but when only three clubs were willing to participate the plans were dropped. [1] Those three clubs eventually ended up forming the SPSL for that Fall, though that league would fold the following Spring.

Contents

Changes from 2009

New clubs

Team NameMetro AreaLocationPrevious Affiliation
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Boston Tea Men Boston area North Andover, MA expansion
Flag of New York.svg Brooklyn Italians Borough of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY expansion
Flag of New York.svg FC Buffalo Buffalo area Buffalo, NY expansion
Flag of Maryland.svg TSC Maryland Red Devils Baltimore area Columbia, MD expansion
Flag of Wisconsin.svg Milwaukee Bavarians Milwaukee area Milwaukee, WI return from USASA
Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota Kings Minneapolis area Minnetonka, MN expansion
Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire Mountaineers State of New Hampshire Manchester, NH expansion
Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey Blaze Central New Jersey area Monmouth Junction, NJ expansion
Flag of New York.svg New York Red Bull NPSL New York area Newark, NJ expansion
Flag of California.svg Sacramento Gold Sacramento area Sacramento, CA expansion
Flag of California.svg San Diego Boca FC San Diego area La Mesa, CA expansion
Flag of Oklahoma.svg FC Tulsa Tulsa area Tulsa, OK expansion

Name changes

Folding

Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Northeast Keystone Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 121011309+2131
2 Erie Admirals 1210203110+2130
3 FC Buffalo 126422314+920
4 Reading Revolution 125702032-1215
5 Pocono Snow 122551521-611
6 TSC Maryland Red Devils 123811429-1510
7 New Jersey Blaze 1211011129-184

Northeast Atlantic Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 New York Red Bull NPSL 121011326+2631
2 Brooklyn Italians 1210113412+2231
3 New Hampshire Mountaineers 125522115+617
4 Morris County Colonials 125521817+117
5 New York Athletic Club 124531420-615
6 Boston Tea Men 121831331-186
7 Long Island Academy 121110536-313

Southeast Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Chattanooga FC 8602195+1420
2 FC Tulsa 84221612+414
3 Rocket City United 83231512+312
4 Pumas FC 82511117-67
5 Atlanta FC 8062722-152

Midwest Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Madison 56ers 10820269+1724
2 Chicago Fire NPSL 9513249+1518
3 Minnesota TwinStars FC 105321817+117
4 Milwaukee Bavarians 104512421+313
5 Minnesota Kings 103612125-410
6 Eau Claire Aris 90811345-321

Northwest Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Sacramento Gold 107213717+2022
2 Real San Jose 105322521+417
3 Bay Area Ambassadors 104332319+415
4 San Diego Boca 104331617-115
5 Sonoma County Sol 92251612+411
6 Southern Oregon Fuego 90901445-310

Playoffs

Northeast Division Playoff

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley beat New York Red Bull NPSL

Northwest Division Playoffs

Sacramento Gold 6-3 Bay Area Ambassadors
San Diego Boca 4-0 Real San Jose

Sacramento Gold beat San Diego Boca

National Semi-Finals

Sacramento Gold 4-1 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley
Chattanooga FC 2-0 Madison 56ers

Third Place Playoff

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 3-1 Madison 56ers

NPSL Championship Game

Sacramento Gold 3-1 Chattanooga FC

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References

  1. "NPSL postpones 2010 Winter Season - National Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.