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. Those three clubs eventually ended up forming the SPSL for that Fall, though that league would fold the following Spring.
Changes from 2009
New clubs Twelve clubs joined the league this year, eleven new clubs and one returning to the NPSL after playing for several years in USASA regional amateur leagues: Team name Metro area Location Previous affiliation Boston Tea Men Boston area North Andover, MA expansion Brooklyn Italians Borough of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY expansion FC Buffalo Buffalo area Buffalo, NY expansion TSC Maryland Red Devils Baltimore area Columbia, MD expansion Milwaukee Bavarians Milwaukee area Milwaukee, WI return from USASA Minnesota Kings Minneapolis area Minnetonka, MN expansion New Hampshire Mountaineers State of New Hampshire Manchester, NH expansion New Jersey Blaze Central New Jersey area Monmouth Junction, NJ expansion New York Red Bull NPSL New York area Newark, NJ expansion Sacramento Gold Sacramento area Sacramento, CA expansion San Diego Boca FC San Diego area La Mesa, CA expansion FC Tulsa Tulsa area Tulsa, OK expansion
Name changes Pennsylvania Stoners changed its name to FC Sonic Lehigh Valley
Folding Eight teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season: Boston Aztec – Amesbury, Massachusetts Buffalo City – Buffalo, New York Charm City – Gambrills, Maryland FC Indiana – Lafayette, Indiana Maine Sting – Bangor, Maine NorCal Lamorinda United – Orinda, California Salinas Valley Samba – Watsonville, California Saturn FC – East Point, Georgia Also, four teams which spent the 2009 season on hiatus did not return, and left the league permanently: Albuquerque Asylum – Albuquerque, New Mexico Arizona Sahuaros – Phoenix, Arizona Atlantic City Diablos – Richland, New Jersey San Diego United – El Cajon, California
Standings Purple indicates division title clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Northeast Keystone Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1FC Sonic Lehigh Valley121011309 +21312Erie Admirals1210203110 +21303FC Buffalo126422314 +9204Reading Revolution125702032 −12155Pocono Snow122551521 −6116TSC Maryland Red Devils123811429 −15107New Jersey Blaze1211011129 −184
Northeast Atlantic Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1New York Red Bull NPSL121011326 +26312Brooklyn Italians1210113412 +22313New Hampshire Mountaineers125522115 +6174Morris County Colonials125521817 +1175New York Athletic Club124531420 −6156Boston Tea Men121831331 −1867Long Island Academy121110536 −313
Southeast Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Chattanooga FC8602195 +14202FC Tulsa84221612 +4143Rocket City United83231512 +3124Pumas FC82511117 −675Atlanta FC8062722 −152
Midwest Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Madison 56ers10820269 +17242Chicago Fire NPSL9513249 +15183Minnesota TwinStars FC105321817 +1174Milwaukee Bavarians104512421 +3135Minnesota Kings103612125 −4106Eau Claire Aris90811345 −321
Northwest Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Sacramento Gold107213717 +20222Real San Jose105322521 +4173Bay Area Ambassadors104332319 +4154San Diego Boca104331617 −1155Sonoma County Sol92251612 +4116Southern Oregon Fuego90901445 −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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