2011 NPSL season

National Premier Soccer League

Official 2011 NPSL Championship logo
Season	2011
Champions	Jacksonville United
Matches played	220
Goals scored	710 (3.23 per match)
Biggest home win	11-0, Hollywood United Hitmen over Real San Jose
Biggest away win	9-0, Madison 56ers over Eau Claire Aris
Highest scoring	12 goals, Bay Area Ambassadors 4-8 Lancaster Rattlers
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The 2011 National Premier Soccer League season was the 9th season of the NPSL. The regular season began on April 1, 2011, and ended on July 17. The playoffs concluded with the NPSL Championship Game, which was held at the home of Rocket City United in Madison, Alabama on July 30.

Jacksonville United ended the season as national champions, beating the Hollywood United Hitmen 3-2 in the 2011 NPSL Championship game.^[1] Jacksonville were the lowest seeded-team in the playoffs, having finished champions of the Southeast Division with a 6-0-4 record after starting their campaign with four straight losses, and beat number one seed and Northeast Division champions Erie Admirals on their way to the final. Both Jacksonville and Hollywood were first-year NPSL teams, although Hollywood had previously spent two seasons playing in the USL Premier Development League.

The Erie Admirals had the best regular season record, with a points-per-game average of 2.583, just ahead of the Hollywood United Hitmen (2.429) and FC Sonic Lehigh Valley (2.417), who were in such a strong division they did not even qualify for the post-season.

Jacksonville striker Tommy Krizanovic scored a hat trick in the NPSL final, and was named MVP of the championship tournament.^[2]

Changes From 2010 [edit]

Name Changes/Rebrands [edit]

• Atlanta FC formed a partnership with the NASL Atlanta Silverbacks franchise and became Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves^[3]
• St. Paul Twin Stars changed their name to Minnesota Twin Stars^[4]

New Franchises [edit]

• 13 franchises were announced as joining the league this year:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
AC Crusaders	Atlantic County area	Egg Harbor Township, NJ	expansion
Buxmont Torch	Montgomery County area	Souderton, PA	expansion
Georgia Revolution	Rockdale County area	Conyers, GA	expansion
FC Hasental	Conejo Valley area	Thousand Oaks, CA	expansion
Hollywood United Hitmen	Los Angeles area	Los Angeles, CA	USL Premier Development League
Jacksonville United	Jacksonville area	Jacksonville, FL	expansion
Knoxville Force	Knoxville area	Knoxville, TN	expansion
Lancaster Rattlers	Antelope Valley area	Lancaster, CA	USL Premier Development League
Mass United	Boston area	Boston, MA	expansion
Quad City Eagles	Quad Cities area	Moline, IL	expansion
San Diego Flash	San Diego area	San Diego, CA	USL A-League
Santa Ana Winds	Orange County area	Santa Ana, CA	expansion
Seacoast United Phantoms	Rockingham County area	Hampton, NH	expansion

Folding [edit]

• Six teams have been announced as leaving the league prior to the beginning of the season:

• Boston Tea Men  MA
• Long Island Academy  NY
• TSC Maryland Red Devils  MD
• New Hampshire Mountaineers  NH
• Pumas FC  AL
• Southern Oregon Fuego  OR

Standings [edit]

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Northeast Division - Atlantic Conference [edit]

Northeast Division - Keystone Conference [edit]

Southeast Division [edit]

*Note: Jacksonville finished ahead of Georgia as NPSL rules state that the second tiebreaker after total points is number of victories. FC Tulsa chose not to compete in league play in 2011, and only played in the US Open Cup qualification tournament.

Midwest Division [edit]

West Division - Flight Northwest [edit]

West Division - Flight Southwest [edit]

Source: [2]

NPSL Playoffs [edit]

Format [edit]

Bracket [edit]

Northeast Division Playoffs [edit]

July 23, 2011 7:00 PM EST	Erie Admirals	1 - 0	Brooklyn Italians	Dollinger Field Erie, PA Attendance: 450
	Colton  72'	Report

West Division Playoffs [edit]

July 9, 2011 7:00 PM PST	Hollywood United Hitmen	3 - 1	Santa Ana Winds	Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 165 Referee: Omar Meza (USA)
	Bentil  17' Whitfield  31' Blanco  50'	Report	Hernandez  10' G. Piechota  35'

July 9, 2011 7:00 PM PST	San Diego Flash	1 - 2	Sacramento Gold	Westview High School San Diego, CA
	Pizarro  43'	Report	O. Sandoval  35' Cabadas  76'

July 16, 2011 5:00 PM PST	Hollywood United Hitmen	1 - 0	Sacramento Gold	Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 135 Referee: Daniel Radford (USA)
	Blanco  45'	Report	C. Sandoval  28' Madu  44'

NPSL Championship Tournament [edit]

Semi-Finals [edit]

July 28, 2011 5:30PM CDT	Hollywood United Hitmen	3 - 0	Milwaukee Bavarians	Madison City Schools Stadium Madison, AL
	Bentil  48' Whitfield  67'  88'	Report

July 28, 2011 8:30PM CDT	Erie Admirals	2 - 4	Jacksonville United	Madison City Schools Stadium Madison, AL
	Falconer  22' Kennedy  58'	Report	Williams  42' Krizanovic  61' Leyimu  72' Salafrio  73'

Third Place Playoff [edit]

July 29, 2011 5:30PM CDT	Milwaukee Bavarians	0 - 5	Erie Admirals	Madison City Schools Stadium Madison, AL
		Report	Falconer  33'  72' Meehl  67' Blythe  82' Howard  88'

NPSL All-Star Game [edit]

July 29, 2011 8:00PM CDT	Rocket City United	3 - 1	NPSL All-Stars	Madison City Schools Stadium Madison, AL Referee: Joshua Morgan (USA)
	Hyde  27'  61' Nkurunungi  90'	Report	Omondi  63'

NPSL Championship Game [edit]

July 30, 2011 7:30PM CDT	Hollywood United Hitmen	2 - 3	Jacksonville United	Madison City Schools Stadium Madison, AL
	Albarrán  31'  77'	Report	Krizanovic  17'  40'  87'

Award Winners and Conference Teams [edit]

MVP: Tommy Krizanovic (JAC)

NPSL All-Star Team [edit]

F: Jumol Harewood (GEO), Jose Miranda (HOL), Justin Picou (SDB), Afrim Latifi (ERI), Chris Tsonis (SEA)
M: Cody Antonini (SLV), Carlington Lamont (REA), Carlos McCrary (MAD), Kingsley Morgan (ATL), Anthony Santaga (MAD), Billy Sweatra (ACC), Tyler Williams (JAC)
D: Peassio Denev (ECA), Adrian Kawuba (MAS), Marcos Mendez (GEO), Joseph Omondi (RCU), Corey Phillips (BUF), Dan Sauerhoff (MCC), Andy Stewart (CFC)
G: Zach Brunner (LAN), Thomas Hunter (CFC)^[5]

2011 National Championship Best 11 [edit]

F: Tommy Krizanovic (JAC), Brent Whitfield (HOL)
M: Arturo Albarrán (HOL), Gavin Falconer (ERI), Amilcar Herrera (MIL), Shane Howard (ERI), Ramak Safi (JAC)
D: Jacobi Goodfellow (JAC), Garrett Teague (JAC), Marcus Watson (HOL)
G: Stuart McCrory (JAC)^[6]

U.S. Open Cup Qualifying [edit]

Four NPSL clubs gained berths to the 2011 U.S. Open Cup, one each from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West divisions.^[7]

Northeast Division [edit]

May 7, 2011	Brooklyn Italians	1 - 0	FC Buffalo	James Dewey High School Brooklyn, NY
	Joseph  25'	Report

Southeast Division [edit]

First Round [edit]

May 27, 2011 5:30 PM EST	Knoxville Force	0 - 1	Jacksonville United	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
		Report	Williams  53'

May 27, 2011 8:00 PM EST	Rocket City United	7 - 1	FC Tulsa	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
	Hyde  13'  22'  33'  64' Nkurunungi  59' Nunez  80' Omondi  88'	Report	Cottage  31'

Second Round [edit]

May 28, 2011 5:30 PM EST	Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves	3 - 1	Jacksonville United	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
	Nandi  28' Morgan  86' Duque  90+'	Report	Williams  23'

May 28, 2011 8:00 PM EST	Chattanooga FC	2 - 0	Rocket City United	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
	Moore  65' Ochieng  74'	Report

Final [edit]

May 29, 2011 7:00 PM EST	Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves	0 - 1 (AET)	Chattanooga FC	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
		Report	Ochieng  116'

Midwest Division [edit]

Madison 56ers were granted the automatic berth for the Midwest Division by virtue of their 2010 division championship. The Midwest was the only NPSL division granting its 2011 U.S. Open Cup berth based on performance in the 2010 season.^[8]

West Division [edit]

The Hollywood United Hitmen were given the berth for the West Division as a result of being the team with the best record over the first seven games of the 2011 regular season.^[9]

References [edit]