NISA Nation

NISA Nation
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Organizing body	NISA
Founded	September 17, 2020; 3 years ago
First season	2021
Country	United States
Confederation	CONCACAF; (North American Football Union)
Number of teams	25
Domestic cup(s)	U.S. Open Cup
League cup(s)	NISA Independent Cup
International cup(s)	CONCACAF Champions League; (via U.S. Open Cup)
Current champion(s)	Battleborn FC; Capo FC; Club De Lyon FC; New Jersey Alliance FC;
Most championships	New Jersey Alliance FC (2 titles)
TV partners	Eleven Sports
Website	nisanation.com
	Current: 2022 NISA Nation season

NISA Nation is a semi-professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is below the professional leagues in the United States soccer league system and began play in 2021. NISA Nation is affiliated with the third tier professional league National Independent Soccer Association.^[1]^[2]

Expansion

The league is composed by clubs from New Jersey, Maryland, California, Delaware, New York, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Florida and Pennsylvania.

On August 25, 2021, Atlantic City FC was announced as the first club of the newly formed league.^[3] In the second half of 2021, another five clubs were announced to form the Northeast Region and to kick off for the Fall 2021 season.

In the mid 2021 Southwest Region was formed by the first 4 clubs and kicked off into 2021 Fall Season and in late 2021 the Florida Region and the Pacific Region were founded as well to begin to play in 2022 spring.

On January 6, 2022, it was announced that NISA Nation earned from the United States Adult Soccer Association the USASA provisional national league license, a license the give recognition to the league and that opens the way to U.S. Open Cup spots directly from the league.^[4]^{[better source needed]}

The 2022 Southwest region was announced on March 3, and features 6 teams for the Spring season.^[5] The season will be played March 13 to July 2 for a total of 30 matches.^[6]

Nisa Nation expanded with a third region into Florida, which was announced on March 22, 2022.^[7] It will be played from March 26 to June 25. Featuring 5 teams for a total of 30 matches.^[8]

The Northeast region was announced on March 24.^[9] The region had a net gain of two to make it eight teams to play 10 matches each. The season will be played April 2 to July 9 for a total of 40 matches.^[10]

Pacific Region season announcement planned for early April.^[11]

Associations

NISA Nation is affiliated and plans to begin a pro-rel system with 7 division 5 leagues all over the country: the Eastern Premier Soccer League^[12] in the north east, the Gulf Coast Premier League in the deep south, the Pioneer Premier League in Tennessee and Kentucky, the Midwest Premier League^[13] in the states of Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Missouri; the Mountain Premier League in the Rocky Mountains region, the Cascadia Premier League in the Cascadia region and the Southwest Premier League in the southwestern United States.

Current Teams

Florida Region

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First season
Athletico Orlando	Orlando, Florida	Northeast Regional Park	2017	2022
Club De Lyon FC	Orlando, Florida	Northeast Regional Park	2021	2022
Deportivo Lake Mary	Lake Mary, Florida	Lake Mary High School	2017	2022
Inter United FC	Davenport, Florida	Feltrim Sports Complex	1997	2022
Winter Haven United FC	Winter Haven, Florida	Feltrim Sports Complex	2016	2022

Northeast Region

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First season
Aiolikos FC USA Rush	Boston, Massachusetts	Cawley Memorial Stadium	1975	2022
Albion SC Delaware	Middletown, Delaware	DE Turf Sports Complex	2020	2021
Allentown United FC	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Cedar Crest College	2018	2022
Atlantic City FC	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Rowan University	2017	2021
Boston Athletic SC	Boston, Massachusetts	Harry Della Russo Stadium	2005	2022
New Jersey Alliance FC	Clifton, New Jersey	Newark Schools Stadium	2012	2021
New York Braveheart SC	New York, New York	Orlin and Cohen Sports Complex	2022	2022
Union SC	Union Township, New Jersey	Volunteer Field	1984	2022

Pacific Region

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First season
AFC Solano	Fairfield, California	Armijo High School	2020	2022
AFC South Bay	San Jose, California	Watson Park Soccer Fields	2021	2022
Battleborn FC	Minden, Nevada	Douglas High School	2021	2022
San Francisco Elite Metro FC	San Francisco, California	Negoesco Stadium	2017	2022

Southwest Region

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First season
Capo FC	San Juan Capistrano, California	JSerra Catholic High School	2006	2022
FC Golden State Force	Pomona, California	No fixed stadium	2015	2021
Las Vegas Legends	Las Vegas, Nevada	Peter Johann Memorial Field	2012	2021
Oaks FC	Thousand Oaks, California	California Lutheran University	1979	2022
Sporting ID11	Lake Forest, California	Lake Forest Sports Complex	2021	2022
Valley FC Raiders	Gilbert, Arizona	Mesquite High School	2021	2022

Former teams

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First season
Chula Vista FC	Chula Vista, California	Terra Nova Park	1982	2021
New Amsterdam FC II	New York, New York	Orlin & Cohen Sports Complex	2020	2021
New Jersey Teamsterz FC	Bayonne, New Jersey	Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium	2017	2021
Steel Pulse FC	Baltimore, Maryland	Blandair Regional Park West Playground	2019	2021
Valley United FC U23	Scottsdale, Arizona	GCU Stadium	2020	2021

Location map

Braveheart

Valley Raiders

Boston Athletic
Aiolikos

Lake Mary

Capo

Allentown

InterUnited

Orlando Lions

Winter Haven

Solano

Union

Sporting

Metro

Oaks

South Bay

Battleborn

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NISA Nation clubs

Northeast Region;

Florida Region;

Southwest Region;

Pacific Region