# 2010 NPSL season

The 2010 National Premier Soccer League season is the 8th season of the NPSL. The season began on April 3, 2010, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August. The NPSL had planned for form a Winter league that would play from September 2010 to March 2011 but when only three clubs were willing to participate the plans were dropped. Those three clubs eventually ended up forming the SPSL for that Fall, though that league would fold the following Spring.

## Changes from 2009
### New clubs

* Twelve clubs joined the league this year, eleven new clubs and one returning to the NPSL after playing for several years in USASA regional amateur leagues:
| Team Name | Metro Area | Location | Previous Affiliation |
| Boston Tea Men | Boston area | North Andover, MA | expansion |
| Brooklyn Italians | Borough of Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | expansion |
| FC Buffalo | Buffalo area | Buffalo, NY | expansion |
| TSC Maryland Red Devils | Baltimore area | Columbia, MD | expansion |
| Milwaukee Bavarians | Milwaukee area | Milwaukee, WI | return from USASA |
| Minnesota Kings | Minneapolis area | Minnetonka, MN | expansion |
| New Hampshire Mountaineers | State of New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | expansion |
| New Jersey Blaze | Central New Jersey area | Monmouth Junction, NJ | expansion |
| New York Red Bull NPSL | New York area | Newark, NJ | expansion |
| Sacramento Gold | Sacramento area | Sacramento, CA | expansion |
| San Diego Boca FC | San Diego area | La Mesa, CA | expansion |
| FC Tulsa | Tulsa area | Tulsa, OK | expansion |

### Name changes

* Pennsylvania Stoners changed its name to FC Sonic Lehigh Valley

### Folding

* Eight teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
** Boston Aztec – Amesbury, Massachusetts
** Buffalo City – Buffalo, New York
** Charm City – Gambrills, Maryland
** FC Indiana – Lafayette, Indiana
** Maine Sting – Bangor, Maine
** NorCal Lamorinda United – Orinda, California
** Salinas Valley Samba – Watsonville, California
** Saturn FC – East Point, Georgia
* Also, four teams which spent the 2009 season on hiatus did not return, and left the league permanently:
** Albuquerque Asylum – Albuquerque, New Mexico
** Arizona Sahuaros – Phoenix, Arizona
** Atlantic City Diablos – Richland, New Jersey
** San Diego United – El Cajon, California

## Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched

### Northeast Keystone Division

| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | FC Sonic Lehigh Valley | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 31 |
| 2 | Erie Admirals | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 30 |
| 3 | FC Buffalo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 20 |
| 4 | Reading Revolution | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 15 |
| 5 | Pocono Snow | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 11 |
| 6 | TSC Maryland Red Devils | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 10 |
| 7 | New Jersey Blaze | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 4 |

### Northeast Atlantic Division

| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | New York Red Bull NPSL | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 31 |
| 2 | Brooklyn Italians | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 31 |
| 3 | New Hampshire Mountaineers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 17 |
| 4 | Morris County Colonials | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 17 |
| 5 | New York Athletic Club | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 15 |
| 6 | Boston Tea Men | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 6 |
| 7 | Long Island Academy | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 3 |

### Southeast Division

| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Chattanooga FC | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 20 |
| 2 | FC Tulsa | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 14 |
| 3 | Rocket City United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 12 |
| 4 | Pumas FC | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 7 |
| 5 | Atlanta FC | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 2 |

### Midwest Division

| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Madison 56ers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 24 |
| 2 | Chicago Fire NPSL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 18 |
| 3 | Minnesota TwinStars FC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 17 |
| 4 | Milwaukee Bavarians | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 13 |
| 5 | Minnesota Kings | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 10 |
| 6 | Eau Claire Aris | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 45 | −32 | 1 |

### Northwest Division

| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Sacramento Gold | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 22 |
| 2 | Real San Jose | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 17 |
| 3 | Bay Area Ambassadors | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 15 |
| 4 | San Diego Boca | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 15 |
| 5 | Sonoma County Sol | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 11 |
| 6 | Southern Oregon Fuego | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 0 |

## Playoffs
### Northeast Division Playoff

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley beat New York Red Bull NPSL

### Northwest Division Playoffs

Sacramento Gold 6–3 Bay Area Ambassadors San Diego Boca 4–0 Real San Jose
Sacramento Gold beat San Diego Boca

### National Semi-Finals

Sacramento Gold 4–1 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley Chattanooga FC 2–0 Madison 56ers

### Third Place Playoff

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 3–1 Madison 56ers

### NPSL Championship Game

Sacramento Gold 3–1 Chattanooga FC