Demize NPSL

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Full nameDemize NPSL
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014) as
Joplin Demize
StadiumCooper Stadium
Springfield, Missouri
Capacity1,000
OwnersEd & Alison Hershewe
Head CoachGuilherme Ferreira
League National Premier Soccer League
2019 Heartland Conference: 3rd
Playoffs: Conference Final
Website Club website
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Demize NPSL, formerly known as Joplin Demize, is an American amateur soccer club based in Springfield, Missouri, which began play in the fourth-tier National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in May 2014. The team competes within the Heartland Conference in the NPSL's South Region and plays home games at Lake Country Soccer's Cooper Stadium. It formerly played in the now dissolved South Central Conference.

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History

Joplin Demize was announced as an National Premier Soccer League expansion team on January 31, 2014. [1] Ed and Alison Hershewe, who also own a Joplin-based law firm, were announced as owners while former NPSL & PDL player Chris Hanlon would serve as both head coach and Director of Soccer Operations. [2] It was also announced that the team would play home games at the Joplin Athletic Complex. [3]

The team, a developmental extension of the Springfield Demize of the third-tier USL Pro league, is composed of local collegiate and other players from the Four State Area. [4] To fill out the opening day roster, the Demize held open tryouts in March 2014. [5]

On March 9, 2017, the team re-branded as "Demize NPSL," and announced its intent to play games in Branson, Springfield, as well as Joplin. [6] [7]

During the 2019 season, the team finished its regular season third place in conference with its best record to date and qualified for the postseason for the first time in its history. In the Heartland Conference Semifinals, Demize won its first playoff game when it beat the Little Rock Rangers on penalty kicks after both teams played to a 1–1 draw. [8] Demize then fell to Tulsa Athletic, 2–0, in the Conference Final. [9] [10] [11]

Stadia

Year-by-year

YearLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffs U.S. Open Cup Notes
2014 NPSL 3rd, North Division (South Central Conference)did not qualifyIneligible
2015 5th, South Central Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2016 10th, South Central Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2017 5th, Heartland Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2018 5th, Heartland Conferencedid not qualifydid not qualify
2019 3rd, Heartland ConferenceConference Finaldid not qualifyLost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Final
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [12] [13]
2021 1st, Heartland ConferenceConference Finaldid not qualifyLost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Final
2022 4th, Heartland ConferenceConference Semifinalsdid not qualifyLost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Semifinals
2023 4th, Heartland ConferenceConference Semifinalsdid not qualifyLost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Semifinals

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  2. ↑ Larimore, Jordan (February 2014). "Demize bringing professional soccer to Joplin". Joplin Globe. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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  8. ↑ Muck, Jeremy (11 July 2019). "Little Rock Rangers blanked on PKs". Arkansas Online. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Lenard, John (12 July 2019). "8-round shootout sees Fort Worth Vaqueros advance to conference final over Denton Diablos". Dallas News. Retrieved 28 May 2020. The winner of the conference final will play the winner of Tulsa Athletic vs Joplin Demize for the South Region semifinals on July 16.
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  11. ↑ Staff reports (20 July 2019). "Tulsa Athletic falls at Miami FC in South Region finals". Tulsa World. Retrieved 28 May 2020. Tulsa Athletic went 7-0-3 in the regular season and won the Heartland Conference title by 11 points. In the postseason, Tulsa claimed victories over Ozark FC and Demize NPSL at Veterans Park, then defeated Fort Worth Vaqueros in the region semifinals.
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