The 2007 National Premier Soccer League season was the 5th season of the NPSL. The season started in May 2007, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August 2007.
Southern California Fusion finished the season as national champions, beating Queen City FC 1-0 in the NPSL Championship game in San Diego, CA.
Changes From 2006 New Franchises Twelve franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises: Team name Metro area Location Previous affiliation Atlantic City Diablos Atlantic City area Richland, NJ expansion Boston Aztec Boston area Lowell, MA expansion Colorado Crimson Denver metro area Broomfield, CO expansion FC Indiana Indianapolis area Indianapolis, IN expansion Indianapolis Braves Indianapolis metro area Lawrence, IN expansion Indios USA El Paso metro area Canutillo, TX expansion Long Island Academy Long Island area Hempstead, NY expansion Queen City FC Buffalo area Buffalo, NY expansion Real San Jose San Jose area San Jose, CA expansion Real Shore FC Jersey Shore area Lincroft, NJ expansion Rockford Raptors Rockford area Rockford, IL expansion (spent time in the USL in 1990s) Santa Cruz County Breakers Santa Cruz County area Aptos, CA expansion
Folding Eight teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season: Chico Rooks - Chico, California Detroit Arsenal - Berkley, Michigan Grand Rapids Alliance - Grand Rapids, Michigan Las Vegas Strikers - Las Vegas, Nevada Minnesota NSC United - Blaine, Minnesota Phoenix Banat Storm - Avondale, Arizona Redwood City Ruckus - San Bruno, California San Jose Frogs - San Jose, California -- left to join USL Premier Development League
Final standings Purple indicates division title clinched Northeast Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Queen City FC10721222Atlantic City Diablos10514193Long Island Academy10523184Boston Aztec10352115Real Shore FC1001000
Midwest Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Princeton 56ers10811252Milwaukee Bavarians10820243Minnesota TwinStars10532174Indianapolis Braves10460125Rockford Raptors10361106FC Indiana1001000
Southwest Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Southern California Fusion141031312Indios USA14914313Albuquerque Asylum14743244San Diego Pumitas14383125Colorado Crimson1218366Denver Kickers121925
Northwest Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Sonoma County Sol14824282Sacramento Knights14725263Santa Cruz County Breakers14743244Salinas Valley Samba14374135Real San Jose141947
Playoffs Northeast Division Playoffs
Semifinals
Third Place Game
NPSL Championship Game
References US soccer history archives for 2007