# 2024 NISA Nation season

The 2024 NISA Nation season was the fourth season of NISA Nation, a semi-professional 4th tier league in the United States soccer league system, and a feeder league to 3rd tier NISA.
The 2024 season was expected to be played across 4 regions: Pacific, Southwest, Texas and Upstate New York. The region champions, as well as the champions of NISA Nation's affiliated leagues, ended the season by playing in a National Championship that determined the teams invited by NISA to promote to the professional level. The tournament took place in November and December, in Southern California.
All 2023 regional champions in active NISA Nation regions, Battleborn FC (Pacific), Golden State Force (Southwest) and FC Brownsville (Texas), are back in 2024 to defend their titles. 2023 National Championship finalists Las Vegas Legends accepted an invitation to promote to NISA, but will only do so in the 2025 season.

## Spring Teams
### Pacific Region

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Afghan Premier FC | Fremont, California | Ohlone College Soccer Field |
| ASC Silicon Valley | Redwood City, California | Terremere Field |
| Battleborn FC | Minden, Nevada | Golden Eagle Sports Complex |
| Bay Area United FC | Richmond, California | Estuary Park Soccer Field |
| Club Tepa | San Francisco, California | South San Francisco High School |
| Galaxy Silicon Valley | Union City, California | James Logan High School |
| Laguna FC | San Francisco, California | Kezar Stadium |
| Modesto City FC | Modesto, California | Central Catholic High School |

### Southwest Region

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Capo FC | San Juan Capistrano, California | JSerra Catholic High School |
| Craq Intercontinental | Salton City, California | West Shores High School |
| Desert FC | La Quinta, California | Hovley Soccer Park |
| FC Golden State Force | Pomona, California | Rio Hondo College |
| Irvine Zeta FC | Irvine, California | |
| Las Vegas Legends | Las Vegas, Nevada | Christo Rey St. Viator High School |
| Olympiacos CA | Huntington Beach, California | Al Barbour Field |
| SC Union Maricopa | Phoenix, Arizona | Andess High School |
| Temecula FC | Temecula, California | Chaparral High School |
* ↑ Returned to NISA Nation for the Fall 2024 season

### Texas Region

| Team | City | Stadium |
| FC Brownsville | Brownsville, Texas | Brownsville Sports Park |

### Upstate New York Region

| Team | City |
| Binghamton FC | Binghamton, New York |
| FC Dutchmen Independence | Albany, New York |
| Gaffer City FC | Corning, New York |
| Roc City Boom | Rochester, New York |
| Sahara Gunners FC | Buffalo, New York |
| United Elite Krajisnick FC | Utica, New York |

## Spring Season
### Competition format

The inaugural regions announced were the Pacific and Southwest.
* Pacific Region: Clubs play a total of 10 matches. Single table; regular season winner is crowned regional champion.
* Southwest Region: Split into 2 conferences of 4 teams. Conference winners play in the Final, to determine regional champion.

### Regular season
#### Pacific Region
##### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bay Area United (Q) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 20 | Qualification for Pacific Final |
| 2 | Silicon Valley Rush (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 19 | Qualification for Pacific Final |
| 3 | Afghan Premier | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 19 | |
| 4 | Battleborn FC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 17 | |
| 5 | ASC Silicon Valley | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 13 | |
| 6 | Laguna FC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 11 | |
| 7 | Club Tepa | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 9 | |
| 8 | Modesto City | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | AFG | ASC | BAT | BAY | TEP | GAL | LAG | MOD |
| Afghan Premier | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | 3–0* |
| ASC Silicon Valley | | — | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0* |
| Battleborn FC | 0–3^ | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | | 0–0 | | 3–0* |
| Bay Area United | 0–2 | | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0* |
| Club Tepa | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | — | 1–6 | 3–3 | |
| Silicon Valley Rush | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–0* |
| Laguna FC | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0# | | 3–1 | 1–5 | — | |
| Modesto City | 0–3* | | 0–3* | 0–3* | 0–3* | | 0–3* | — |

###### Notes

* = Modesto City dropped from league, all games became 0–3 for forfeit ^ = Afghan Premier FC awarded forfeit win over Battleborn FC # = Laguna FC awarded forfeit win over Battleborn FC

### Playoff

| Region Finals | Region Finals | Region Finals |
| CA | Bay Area United | 1 |
| CA | Silicon Valley Rush | 3 |

#### Southwest Region
##### Standings
###### East Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Las Vegas Legends (C) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 27 | Qualification for Southwest Final |
| 2 | FC Golden State Force (Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 21 | Qualification for Southwest Final |
| 3 | Desert FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Craq Intercontinental | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 1 | |

###### West Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Capo FC | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 21 |
| 2 | Temecula FC | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 11 | +21 | 15 |
| 3 | Olympiacos CA | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 9 |
| 4 | Irvine Zeta FC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 53 | −45 | 3 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | CRQ | DES | GOL | LVL | CAP | IRV | OLY | TEM |
| Craq Intercontinental | — | 0–0^ | 0–3* | 0–3* | 0–3* | | | 0–3* |
| Desert FC | 0–0^ | — | 0–3* | 0–3* | # | | | # |
| FC Golden State Force | 3–0* | # | — | 0–1 | | 10–1 | 9–1 | 4–1 |
| Las Vegas Legends | 3–0* | # | 2–0 | — | | 11–0 | 4–0 | |
| Capo FC | | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| Irvine Zeta FC | 0–7 | | | | 0–6 | — | 1–5 | 0–3* |
| Olympiacos CA | 1–2 | # | | | 2–5 | 3–1 | — | 1–6 |
| Temecula FC | | | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 9–1 | 8–0 | — |

###### Notes

* = Team awarded 3–0 win for forfeit ^ = Teams awarded 0–0 draw because both forfeit # = Game never contested

### Playoff

| Region Finals | Region Finals |
| Las Vegas Legends | 1 |
| FC Golden State Force | 0 |

#### Western NY Region
##### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Roc City Boom (C) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 25 |
| 2 | Binghamton FC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 23 |
| 3 | United Elite Krajisnik FC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 19 |
| 4 | Gaffer City FC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 10 |
| 5 | FC Dutchman Independence | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 7 |
| 6 | Sahara Gunners FC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 3 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | BFC | FDI | GCF | RCB | SGF | UEK |
| Binghamton FC | — | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 |
| FC Dutchman Independence | 1–4 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Gaffer City FC | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 |
| Roc City Boom | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | 5–3 |
| Sahara Gunners FC | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 1–3 | — | 0–6 |
| United Elite Krajisnik FC | 1–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | — |

## Fall Teams
### Coast Region

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Capo FC | San Juan Capistrano, California | JSerra Catholic High School |
| FC Golden State Force | Pomona, California | Rio Hondo College |
| Irvine Zeta FC | Irvine, California | |
| Las Vegas Legends | Las Vegas, Nevada | Christo Rey St. Viator High School |
| Olympiacos CA | Huntington Beach, California | Al Barbour Field |
| Soccer Academy Nevada | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| STG Premier Pro | St. George, Utah | Pine View High School |
| Temecula FC | Temecula, California | Chaparral High School |
| Worldwide Problems FC | Anaheim, California | |

### Pacific Region

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Afghan Premier FC | Fremont, California | Ohlone College Soccer Field |
| Club Tepa | San Francisco, California | South San Francisco High School |
| Elk Grove Blues | Sacramento, California | |
| Silicon Valley Rush | Union City, California | James Logan High School |
| Modesto Ciy FC | Modesto, California | Central Catholic High School |

## Fall Season
### Regular Season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Worldwide Problems FC (C) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 21 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Legends | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 20 |
| 3 | FC Golden State Force | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 16 |
| 4 | Soccer Academy Nevada | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 15 |
| 5 | Temecula FC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 12 |
| 6 | STG Premier Pro | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 4 |
| 7 | Olympiacos CA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 84 | −79 | 0 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | GOL | LVL | OLY | SAN | SPP | TEM | WPF |
| FC Golden State Force | — | 2–2 | 8–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Las Vegas Legends | | — | 8–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | |
| Olympiacos CA | 0–11 | | — | 0–6 | 4–10 | 0–11 | 0–15 |
| Soccer Academy Nevada | | 4–5 | | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| STG Premier Pro | 1–3 | 3–4 | | 1–2 | — | | 0–2 |
| Temecula FC | 0–1 | | 5–0 | | 1–0 | — | 3–2 |
| Worldwide Problems FC | 5–3 | 3–6 | 10–0 | | | 4–1 | — |

#### Pacific Region
##### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Silicon Valley Rush (C) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 16 |
| 2 | Club Tepa | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 16 |
| 3 | Afghan Premier | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 13 |
| 4 | Elk Grove Blues | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 9 |
| 5 | Modesto City | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 1 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | AFG | ELK | GAL | MOD | TEP |
| Afghan Premier | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Elk Grove Blues | 4–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Silicon Valley Rush | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–2 |
| Modesto City | 1–2 | 0–3 | Can. | — | 1–4 |
| Club Tepa | 5–2 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | — |

## National Championship

| West Region Semifinals November 23 | West Region Semifinals November 23 | West Region Semifinals November 23 | West Region Championship November 24 | West Region Championship November 24 | West Region Championship November 24 | National Championship December 7 | National Championship December 7 | National Championship December 7 |
| MPL | Peak XI FC | 0 | | | | | | |
| Coast | Worldwide Problems FC | 3 | | | | | | |
| Coast | Worldwide Problems FC | 3 | Coast | Worldwide Problems FC | 2 | | | |
| | | | SW | Las Vegas Legends | 1 | | | |
| SW | Las Vegas Legends | 8 | SW | Las Vegas Legends | 1 | | | |
| SWPL | Chula Vista FC | 0 | | | | | | |
| SWPL | Chula Vista FC | 0 | | | | Coast | Worldwide Problems FC | 2 |
| | | | | | | EPSL | New York Greek Americans | 6 |
| | | | | | | Fourth place | Fourth place | Fourth place |
| | | | | | | MPL | Peak XI FC | 5 |
| | | | | | | SWPL | Chula Vista FC | 1 |

## Independent Cup
### West Coast Region

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | NISA | Los Angeles Force | w/o | | | |
| NISA | Los Angeles Force | 7 | UPSL | Lobos FC | | | | |
| NISA Nation | Laguna FC | 0 | | | | NISA | Los Angeles Force | 5 |
| | | | | | | UPSL | SC Union Maricopa | 0 |
| | | | UPSL | SC Union Maricopa | 3 | | | |
| NISA | Arizona Monsoon | 0 | UPSL | Indios Denver FC | 1 | | | |
| UPSL | SC Union Maricopa | 5 | | | | | | |

### Pacific Region

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | NISA Nation | ALBION Silicon Valley | 2 | | | |
| NISA | Capo FC | 1 | SWPL | Olympiacos CA | 1 | | | |
| NISA Nation | ALBION Silicon Valley | 2 | | | | NISA Nation | ALBION Silicon Valley | 2 |
| | | | | | | NISA | Irvine Zeta FC | 10 |
| | | | NISA | Irvine Zeta FC | 3 | | | |
| NISA | Irvine Zeta FC | 7 | UPSL | Silicon Valley Rush | 0 | | | |
| NISA Nation | Bay Area United | 1 | | | | | | |

## Awards
### Player of the Week
#### Spring Season

| Week | Player | Club | Stats |
| 1 | Amfed Luquez | Temecula FC | Hat-trick |
| 2 | David Villanueva | Las Vegas Legends | Goals in back to back games |
| 3 | Safiullah Azizi | Afghan Premier FC | Hat-trick and assist |
| 4 | Jonathan Santiago | FC Golden State Force | Hat-trick and three assists |
| 5 | Brian Alvarez | Olympiacos CA | Hat-trick |
| 6 | Jose Sanchez | Laguna FC | Two goals |
| 7 | Abdulrahman Algabri | Bay Area United FC | Two goals |
| 8 | Jailany Thiaw | Laguna FC | Hat-trick |
| 9 | Andres Jimenez | Silicon Valley Rush | Hat-trick |
| 10 | Landon Elfstrom | Silicon Valley Rush | Hat-trick |
| 11 | Myles Palmer | Roc City Boom | Two goals |
| 12 | Keefer Calkins | Gaffer City FC | Hat-trick |
| 13 | Miguel Duenas, Jr. | Las Vegas Legends | Clean sheet |
| 14 | Danijal Brkovic | United Elite Krajisnik FC | Hat-trick |
| 15 | Rudy Sandoval | Laguna FC | Two goals |
| 16 | Anthony Moran | Silicon Valley Rush | Two goals |
| 17 | Chuck Domm | Roc City Boom | Two goals |
| 18 | Haris Brkovic | Binghamton FC | Two goals |
| 19 | Tamas Nagy | Roc City Boom | Hat trick |

#### Fall Season

| Week | Player | Club | Stats |
| 1 | Johnathan Negrete | Soccer Academy Nevada | Two goals |
| 2 | Antonio Bernardo Costeira de Almeida | STG Premier Pro | Two goals |
| 3 | Alejandro Alvarez | Soccer Academy Nevada | Clean sheet |
| 4 | Kevin Kamara | Elk Grove Blues | Two goals |
| 5 | Alberto Renteria | Temecula FC | Two goals |
| 6 | Roberto Soto | Las Vegas Legends | Four goals |
| 7 | Alejando Perez Rodriguez | Club Tepa | Hat trick |
| 8 | Khalid Arramdani | Silicon Valley Rush | Two goals |
| 9 | Axel Valle | Silicon Valley Rush | Hat trick |