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2009 NPSL season

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Season
  
2009

Start date
  
2009

Champions
  
Sonoma County Sol

Champion
  
Sonoma County Sol

The 2009 National Premier Soccer League season was the 7th season of the NPSL. The season began on May 2, 2009, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August 2009. Sonoma County Sol finished the season as national champions, beating Erie Admirals 2-1 in the championship game on August 1, 2009.

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New franchises

  • Twelve franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:

    • Name changes

  • Princeton 56ers changed its name to Madison 56ers

    • Folding

  • Seven teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • Alabama Spirit - Birmingham, Alabama (never actually played an official NPSL game)
  • Atlantic City Diablos - Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • Lancaster Inferno - Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania
  • Milwaukee Bavarians - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Performance FC Phoenix - Greenville, South Carolina
  • Queen City FC - Buffalo, New York
  • Santa Cruz County Breakers - Aptos, California
  • In addition, four 2008 teams either chose or were forced to spend the 2009 season on hiatus, with plans to return in 2010:
  • Albuquerque Asylum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Arizona Sahuaros - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Atlantic City Diablos - Richland, New Jersey
  • San Diego United - El Cajon, California
  • Also, two teams which spent the 2008 season on hiatus did not return, and left the league permanently:
  • Indios USA - Canutillo, Texas
  • Sacramento Knights - Sacramento, California

    • Standings

    Purple indicates division title clinched
    Yellow indicates team received playoff spot

    Eastern Keystone Division

    Note: Charm City deducted nine points for failing to fulfil its last three fixtures.

    Eastern Atlantic Division

    Note: Boston deducted three points for failing to fulfil its last fixture.

    Midwest Division

    Note: Indiana deducted six points for failing to fulfil its last two fixtures.

    Divisional Playoffs

    Semi Finals
    Boston Aztec bye
    Erie Admirals bye
    NorCal Lamorinda United 1-0 Bay Area Ambassadors
    Sonoma County Sol 4-1 Southern Oregon Fuego

    Finals
    Erie Admirals 2-0 Boston Aztec
    Sonoma County Sol 2-1 NorCal Lamorinda United

    References

    2009 NPSL season Wikipedia
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