2014 NPSL season

Format

A format and schedule has not yet been announced for the 2014 season. It is anticipated that a double-round robin format will be used by most or all conferences as has been used in the past. Until the final roster of clubs is announced a format likely will not be made available.

Changes from 2013

The league will add a new Northwest Conference in the West Region in 2014. The league also has split the Great Lakes Conference into two separate Conference, Great Lakes East and Great Lakes West. The Mid-Atlantic Conference has been split in two with teams from Virginia and Maryland staying within the Conference and moving to the Northeast Region (including defending Champion RVA Football Club) and the remaining teams forming the new South Atlantic Conference. The Atlantic Conference was also renamed the North Atlantic Conference. The following changes regarding team relocation, rebranding, or expansion are effective for the 2014 NPSL season:

Northeast Region

The Region held its Annual General Meeting in New York, NY on January 19 at the New York Athletic Club. The region will have a third conference for the first time, with the Mid-Atlantic Conference joining the Region. The Atlantic Conference was also renamed the North Atlantic Conference.

North Atlantic Conference

The conference will include 7 teams spread across 6 different states for the 2014 season with the addition of expansion club Greater Lowell United FC. Kabba Joof, Head Coach of Rhode Island Reds FC will serve as the Conference commissioner. The maximum travel distance for the season will be between Seacoast United Mariners and the New York City area clubs at just over 300 miles. The Conference was called simply the Atlantic Conference in previous seasons.

Updated to games played on July 12, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 17, 2014.
Source: [1]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on July 11, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 21, 2014.
Source: [2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on July 6, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 18, 2014.
Source: [3]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Region

The Region held its Annual General Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on January 17 during the NSCAA Annual Convention. In 2014 the South Region will once again be split between four Conferences. Prior to the season, the Mid-Atlantic Conference was split in two with some teams joining the Northeast Region - Mid-Atlantic Conference and some forming the new South Atlantic Conference.

Updated to games played on July 9, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 21, 2014.
Source: [4]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sunshine Conference

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Puerto Rico FC will not be participating in the 2014 NPSL season. The club intends to be part of the NPSL in 2015 and is making preparations to do so in the interim.

Updated to games played on July 6, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 17, 2014.
Source: [5]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southeast Conference

In a new format for 2014, the top four teams of the Southeast Conference will play for a spot in the South Region playoffs. In past years, the leader at the end of the regular season has claimed the title. The host venue for the Southeast Conference Playoffs will be selected through a bid process. The winner will continue on to the South Region playoffs.

Pensacola started the season but folded on May 29th, 2014 negating 4 games already played and cancelling all future games.

Updated to games played on July 5, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on June 29, 2014.
Source: [6]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Central Conference

For 2014, the South Central added six new teams, while two teams from 2013 left the Conference. The Conference will be divided into North (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Joplin, and Liverpool) and South (Fort Worth, Dallas, BCS, San Antonio) Divisions, with four teams in each division. Each team will play the other three teams twice, once home and once away, and the four teams in the other division once, two home and two away, randomly selected.

The top two teams from each division with the most points will advance to the South Central Conference playoffs, with the first place team in the North playing the second place team in the South and the first place team in the South playing the second place team in the North. The winner of those two games will play for the South Central Conference Championship.

A preseason tournament called the Red River Cup between Tulsa, Oklahoma City FC, Liverpool Warriors, and Fort Worth will be hosted by Tulsa on May 2 and 3.

Playoff dates for the South Central Conference will be Friday, July 11 with the final on Sunday, July 13. The winner will continue on to the South Region playoffs.

North Division

South Division

Updated to games played on July 6, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 25, 2014.
Source: [7]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Midwest Region

The Region held its Annual General Meeting in Madison, WI on January 11.

The Great Lakes Conference has been split into two conferences: Great Lakes West (Detroit, Dearborn, Lansing, Cincinnati, Westfield) and Great Lakes East (Erie, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo). Teams will play a total of 14 games with a single match up against teams from the other Great Lakes Conference.

The Midwest Region Champion will be decided by a weekend tournament among the winner of each of the three conferences, as well as one wild card team. The wild card will be awarded to the remaining team from among all the conferences with the highest regular season points-per-game. Seeding for the playoff weekend will be determined by points-per-game over the regular season.

Two semi-final matches will take place on Saturday, July 19 with a final taking place on Sunday, July 20.

Updated to games played on July 13, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 23, 2014.
Source: [8]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on July 13, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 23, 2014.
Source: [9]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on July 12, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 18, 2014.
Source: [10]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region

For 2014, a new Northwest Conference will be added. This brings the number of Conferences in the West Region to three. The Region held its Annual General Meeting in San Diego, CA on January 12.

Updated to games played on July 5, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Updated to games played on May 17, 2014.
Source: [11]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on June 28, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on May 17, 2014.
Source: [12]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on June 29, 2014.
Source: NPSL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Conference Champion; (E) = Eliminated; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated

Updated to games played on June 29, 2014.
Source: [13]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The NPSL Playoffs are scheduled to start with Conference Playoffs the weekend of July 13, continuing with the Regional Championships the weekend of the July 20th and concluding with the National Semifinals on the weekend of July 27 and National Championship the weekend of August 3.

For more information see the main article on the 2014 NPSL season playoffs.