2011 NPSL season

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National Premier Soccer League
2011-NPSL-Championship-logo.jpg
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

Name Changes/Rebrands

New Franchises

  • 13 franchises were announced as joining the league this year:
Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Flag of New Jersey.svg AC Crusaders Atlantic County area Egg Harbor Township, NJ expansion
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Buxmont Torch FC Montgomery County area Souderton, PA expansion
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia Revolution Rockdale County area Conyers, GA expansion
Flag of California.svg FC Hasental Conejo Valley area Thousand Oaks, CA expansion
Flag of California.svg Hollywood United Hitmen Los Angeles area Los Angeles, CA USL Premier Development League
Flag of Florida.svg Jacksonville United Jacksonville area Jacksonville, FL expansion
Flag of Tennessee.svg Knoxville Force Knoxville area Knoxville, TN expansion
Flag of California.svg Lancaster Rattlers Antelope Valley area Lancaster, CA USL Premier Development League
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Mass United Boston area Boston, MA expansion
Flag of Illinois.svg Quad City Eagles Quad Cities area Moline, IL expansion
Flag of California.svg San Diego Flash San Diego area San Diego, CA USL A-League
Flag of California.svg Santa Ana Winds Orange County area Santa Ana, CA expansion
Flag of New Hampshire.svg Seacoast United Phantoms Rockingham County area Hampton, NH expansion

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Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Northeast Division - Atlantic Conference

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Brooklyn Italians 10 7 1 2 26 11 +15 22
2 Seacoast United Phantoms 10 5 1 4 16 19 -3 16
3 New York Red Bulls NPSL 10 4 3 3 16 11 +5 15
4 New York Athletic Club 10 4 3 3 15 12 +3 15
5 Morris County Colonials 10 2 3 5 13 21 -8 9
6 Mass United 10 2 1 7 13 25 -12 7

Northeast Division - Keystone Conference

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Erie Admirals 12 10 1 1 30 11 +19 31
2 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 12 9 2 1 25 7 +18 29
3 Reading Revolution 12 8 1 3 28 13 +15 25
4 AC Crusaders 12 6 3 3 27 15 +12 21
5 FC Buffalo 12 5 1 6 21 15 +6 16
6 Pocono Snow 12 2 2 8 11 27 -16 8
7 Buxmont Torch FC 12 2 0 10 11 36 -25 6
8 New Jersey Blaze 12 1 0 11 12 41 -29 3

Southeast Division

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Jacksonville United 10 6 0 4 16 12 +4 18
2 Georgia Revolution 10 5 3 2 20 15 +5 18
3 Chattanooga FC 10 5 2 3 15 10 +5 17
4 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 10 4 2 4 14 13 +1 14
5 Knoxville Force 10 3 1 6 7 16 -9 10
6 Rocket City United 10 3 0 7 12 18 -6 9
7 FC Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*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

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Milwaukee Bavarians 12 8 2 2 25 9 +16 26
2 Quad City Eagles 12 6 5 1 27 11 +16 23
3 Madison 56ers 12 6 3 3 34 14 +20 21
4 Minnesota Twin Stars 12 6 1 5 23 15 +8 19
5 Chicago Fire NPSL 12 4 3 5 18 16 +2 15
6 Minnesota Kings 12 2 2 8 9 34 -25 8
7 Eau Claire Aris 12 1 2 9 8 45 -37 5

West Division - Flight Northwest

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 Hollywood United Hitmen 14 11 1 2 54 14 +40 34
2 Sacramento Gold 14 7 4 3 30 20 +10 25
3 Sonoma County Sol 14 7 3 4 38 23 +15 24
4 Bay Area Ambassadors 14 2 1 11 19 48 -29 7
5 Real San Jose 14 2 0 12 11 45 -34 6

West Division - Flight Southwest

Place Team Pld. W T L GF GA GD Points
1 San Diego Flash 14 10 1 3 37 16 +21 31
2 Santa Ana Winds 14 8 2 4 25 19 +6 26
3 FC Hasental 14 6 3 5 27 27 0 21
4 San Diego Boca 14 6 1 7 29 32 -3 19
5 Lancaster Rattlers 14 3 0 11 26 52 -26 9

Source: [1]

NPSL Playoffs

Format

Bracket

  Division Semifinals Division Finals National Semifinals National Final
                                     
  K1  Erie Admirals 1  
A1  Brooklyn Italians 0  
      1  Erie Admirals 2  
        4  Jacksonville United 4  
 
     
           
        4  Jacksonville United 3
  2  Hollywood United Hitmen 2
     
   
NW1  Hollywood United Hitmen 3     3  Milwaukee Bavarians 0
SW2  Santa Ana Winds 1       2  Hollywood United Hitmen 3  
NW1  Hollywood United Hitmen 1
   
  SW1  San Diego Flash 1     NW2  Sacramento Gold 0  
  NW2  Sacramento Gold 2  

Northeast Division Playoffs

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

West Division Playoffs

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

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

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

NPSL Championship Tournament

Semi-Finals

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

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

Third Place Playoff

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

NPSL All-Star Game

July 29, 2011
8:00PM CDT
Rocket City United 3 - 1 NPSL All-Stars
Hyde Goal 27' Goal 61'
Nkurunungi Goal 90'		 Report Omondi Goal 63'

NPSL Championship Game

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

Award Winners and Conference Teams

MVP: Tommy Krizanovic (JAC)

NPSL All-Star Team

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

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

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

May 7, 2011
Brooklyn Italians 1 - 0 FC Buffalo
Joseph Goal 25' Report

May 27, 2011
7:30 PM EST
FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 1 - 2 Brooklyn Italians
Report

Southeast Division

First Round

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

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

Second Round

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

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

Final

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

Midwest Division

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

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

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  1. ↑ Krizanovic Leads Jacksonville to the NPSL Championship
  2. ↑ 2011 National Championships' Best 11
  3. ↑ Silverbacks Reserves to Play in NPSL
  4. ↑ [2]
  5. ↑ 2011 NPSL All-Star Team
  6. ↑ 2011 National Championships' Best 11
  7. ↑ http://www.npsl.info/home/505327.html
  8. ↑ http://thecup.us/madison-56ers-awarded-npsl-midwest-us-open-cup-spot/
  9. ↑ http://thecup.us/2011-us-open-cup-qualifying-npsl-west-already-underway-as-format-revealed/
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