Country United States Founded 2011 Number of teams 69 | Confederation CONCACAF
US Soccer Divisions 8 | |
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Promotion to Internal (UPSL Pro Premier) | ||
The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American adult amateur soccer league based in Southern California, founded in Santa Ana, under the United States Adult Soccer Association, within the larger United States soccer league system.
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History
The UPSL was formed in 2011 and currently has over 50 member clubs. Each UPSL team is independently owned and operated. The league play two separate seasons each calendar year (October–April and May–August).
UPSL announced it would begin promotion/relegation system beginning in 2017. Teams will compete in two divisions: Pro Premier and Championship.
In November 2016 the UPSL announced the addition of a Colorado conference set to begin in 2017.
U.S. Open Cup
Former member club PSA Elite is known for reaching the fourth round of the 2014 and the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup by knocking out higher level professional teams. Three UPSL teams, La Máquina FC, L.A. Wolves FC, and San Nicolas FC qualified for the 2016 U.S. Open Cup. La Máquina FC advanced to the fourth round (knocking out Portland Timbers U23, Sacramento Gold and LA Wolves FC) before falling to LA Galaxy. The UPSL's participants in the 2016 US Open Cup altogether defeated teams from the PDL (Timbers U-23), NPSL (Sacramento Gold), and USL (Orange County Blues).
Admiral Cup
Single-elimination knockout tournament.