United Premier Soccer League

United Premier Soccer League

Founded	2011
Country	United States
Confederation	CONCACAF US Soccer
Conferences	7
Number of teams	300+
Promotion to	Division I (Internal)
Relegation to	Division II (Internal)
Domestic cup(s)	Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Current champions	Orange County FC (1st title) (2022 Spring)
Most championships	California United FC II OC Crew (2 titles each)
TV partners	Eleven Sports
Website	upsl.com
Current: 2022 Spring

The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American soccer league that was founded in Santa Ana in Southern California, with teams in regionalized conferences throughout the United States, and recently Canada and Mexico. The league was founded in 2011 by Santa Ana Winds FC President Leonel López as a regional league for teams in Greater Los Angeles, but expanded to include 350 teams from 36 states as of the 2021 season.

Two seasons are played each year, with regional play culminating in a playoff system that crowns a single national champion each season. The league features internal promotion and relegation with up to three levels in some regions; only clubs in the top tier Premier Division are eligible to compete for the national championship.

The league is a National Affiliate member of United States Soccer Federation, and a National League within the larger United States soccer league system.

History

The UPSL was formed in 2011 with 10 teams, and has grown to include over 350 member clubs across the nation. Each UPSL team is independently owned and operated. The league consists of two seasons each calendar year, with the Spring season beginning in March and ending with national playoffs in July, and a Fall season with play beginning in September with national playoffs in December.

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.

In August 2017, the league announced that all eleven clubs of the Premier League of America would be joining the UPSL as a new Midwest Conference. The conference will initiate friendlies during the 2017 Fall Season and begin league play in 2018.

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 FC).

League structure

The UPSL operates in a geographical conference structure with localized Divisions within each Conference. The number of Divisions within each Conference varies based on various geographical factors including distance and population. There is often more than one team within a specific geographical area. More dense Conferences are divided into a promotion/relegation structure with Division I and Division II.

Conference	Division(s)	Tier 1	Tier 2
Central	Heart	Division I
	North	Division I	Division II
	Red River	Division I
	South	Division I	Division II
Midwest	Central	Division I
	East	Division I
	West	Division I
Mountain	Colorado	Division I
	Utah - Idaho	Division I
Northeast	American	Division I
	Beltway	Division I
	Long Island (New)	Division I
	Patriot	Division I
	Western New York (New)	Division I
Southeast	Florida - Central	Division I
	Florida - Palm Beach	Division I	Division II
	Florida - South	Division I	Division II
	Georgia	Division I
	Gulf Coast (New)	Division I
	Mid-Atlantic North	I
	Mid-Atlantic South	Division I
	Mid-South	Division I
Southwest	Arizona	Division I
	Nevada (New)	Division I
	New Mexico - West Texas	Division I
Western	SoCal North	Division I	Division II
	SoCal South	Division I	Division II
	Wild West	Division I

Teams as of 2018

Cal Utd

La Máquina

Wolves

PSC

Lionside

Newcastle

Fury

Panamerican

San Diego

Winds

Storm

Scorpions

Sporting SF

Valley

Hearts

Victory

Chico

Dynamos

East Bay

JASA

Napa

San Jose

Redding

S. Leandro

Starphire

Visalia

Coyotes

Boise

Lobos

Magic Valley

Provo

San Juan

Saints

Las Vegas

Summerlin

Sporting AZ

MSC

Scorpions

Grande

Southwest

Boulder

Colo Springs

Rush

Metro

GAM

Greely

Indios

Logrones

NoCo

Katy

Dallas

Knights

Inocentes

ISL USA

Keene

OKC

Round Rock

Samba

Spurs

St Louis

Eagles

Minneapolis

Granite City

Bavarians

Joliet

Lumberjacks

Lone Star

Teamsters

Salone

Roc City Boom

SGFC Eagles Maryland

Upper Darby

Siege

International

Juve

Lincoln

Lynn

Mass Utd

Rapids

Safira

Unations

ASA

Bragg

Broncos NC

Cardinals

C-Ville

Lowcountry

Savannah

Sparta

America

Lake Mary

GGS

Inter

Sporting

Aztecs

Huracan FC

Winter Haven

Broncos

Soldiers

Hialeah

Hurricane

Wolves

Pinecrest

West Park

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Locations of UPSL Pro Premier clubs for 2018

2021 Season

Premier Division

Team	City/area	Stadium
Northeast Conference
Mid-Atlantic			American
FSA PRO	Warwick, New York	Hudson Sports Complex
Hudson Valley Hammers	Warwick, New York	Hudson Sports Complex
Westchester United FC	Yonkers, New York	Tibbetts Brook Park
New York Contour United	Hicksville, New York	Cantiague Park
Queens Meadows FC	New York City, New York	Randall's Island Field
Real New York FC	New York City, New York	Aviator Sports Complex
Sons of Queens FC	New York City, New York	Aviator Sports Complex
EFA Metro	Clifton, New Jersey	Athenia Steel Park
New Jersey FC	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Todd Bowles Complex
North Jersey Alliance FC	Newark, New Jersey	Newark Schools Stadium
Philadelphia Lone Star FC	Wayne, Pennsylvania	YSC Sports Stadium
Salone FC	Conshohocken, Pennsylvania	Proving Grounds
Southeast Conference
Georgia
Florida Central
Florida West
Florida South
Mid-South Conference
Expedition
Bowling Green FC	Bowling Green, Kentucky	The Pitt Soccer Stadium
Pumas Premier	Mayfield, Kentucky	Graves County High School
AFC 615	Hendersonville, Tennessee	Lighthouse Christian Academy
615 Heroes	Hendersonville, Tennessee	Lighthouse Christian Academy
Music City SC	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Richard Siegel Park
Saints FC	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Richard Siegel Park
USC Revolution	Rossville, Tennessee	Rossville Christian Academy
We United FC	Bartlett, Tennessee	Bartlett Boulevard Soccer Park
Midwest Conference
East
AIM Soccer Club	Melvindale, Michigan	Fordson High School
City United SC	Detroit, Michigan	Keyworth Stadium
Detroit Union FC	Detroit, Michigan	Waterford-Kettering High School
Detroit United	Detroit, Michigan	The Hawk - Farmington Hills
FC Berlin	Kitchener, Ontario/Walled Lake, Michigan	Total Sports Park - Wixom
Hamtramck City FC	Hamtramck, Michigan
Inter Detroit	Pontiac, Michigan	Total Sports Park - Wixom
Rebels FC	Macomb County, Michigan	Auburn Hills Civic Center
Central
Mad City FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Sports Complex
Bavarian Majors	Glendale, Wisconsin	Heartland Value Fund Stadium
United Serbian FC	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	St. Sava School
Springfield FC	Springfield, Illinois	Sasa Complex
Iowa Raptors FC	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Prairie High School
West
South
Central Conference
North
South
Hearth
Houston FC	Houston, Texas	Westbury Christian School Athletic Complex
Round Rock SC	Round Rock, Texas	Round Rock Multipurpose Complex
Capital City SC	Austin, Texas	St. Michael's Catholic Academy
San Antonio Surf SC	San Antonio, Texas	SA Surf Soccer Field
Heat Fututres	Laredo, Texas	Laredo College South Campus
West Texas/NM
Southwest Conference
Arizona/Nevada
Las Vegas Legends	Las Vegas, Nevada	Peter Johann Memorial Field
SLV FC	Las Vegas, Nevada	Peter Johann Memorial Field
Villareal Las Vegas Academy	Las Vegas, Nevada	Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex
East Valley United PRO	Mesa, Arizona	East Valley Soccer Complex
East Valley United Elite	Mesa, Arizona	East Valley Soccer Complex
FC Arizona	Gilbert, Arizona	Campo Verde High School
FC Arizona U23	Gilbert, Arizona	Campo Verde High School
Olympians FC	El Mirage, Arizona	Olympians Soccer Complex
Barça Residency USA	Casa Grande, Arizona	Grande Sports World
Tucson Maccabees	Oro Valley, Arizona	Naranja Park
Western Conference
Colorado
Mountain
Boise Cutthroats FC	Nampa, Idaho	Northwest Nazarene University Campus
Kongo FC	Ogden, Utah	Spence Eccles Sports Complex
Utah Saints SC	Ogden, Utah	Spence Eccles Sports Complex
African Stars	Herriman, Utah	Zions Bank Stadium
Real Salt Lake U19	Herriman, Utah	Zions Bank Stadium
FC Spider	Bluffdale, Utah	Summit Academy High School
Sierra Nevada FC Thunder	Reno, Nevada	North Valleys Regional Park
Battle Born FC	Carson City, Nevada	Sierra Lutheran High School
Wild West North
Wild West South
SoCal North
SoCal South

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result
2011–12	OC Crew SC	Santa Ana Winds FC	4–2
2012–13	Santa Ana Winds FC	Tustin Legends FC
2013–14	OC Crew SC	Tustin Legends FC	5–3
2014–15	La Máquina FC	Glory United	4–1
2015	San Nicolas FC	L.A. Wolves FC	2–0
2016 Spring	Strikers FC South Coast	San Pedro Monsters	3–1
2016 Fall	FC Anahuac	Inter Arizona FC	0–0 (5–4p)
2017 Spring	L.A. Wolves FC	California Victory FC	2–1
2017 Fall	OC Invicta FC	Santa Ana Winds FC	3–2
2018 Spring	Milwaukee Bavarian SC	Sporting AZ FC	3–2
2018 Fall	California United FC II	Inocentes FC	1–1 (4–2p)
2019 Spring	Tropics SC	Utah Murcielagos	2–2 (4–3p)
2019 Fall	Maryland Bobcats FC	Santa Ana Winds FC	3–1 (OT)
2020 Spring	N/A	N/A	N/A
2020 Fall	Ginga Atlanta	Olympians FC	0-0 (3-1p)
2021 Spring	New York Contour United	East Valley United PRO	2-1
2021 Fall	Foro 360 Pro	Chicago Nation FC	1-0
2022 Spring	Orange County FC	Beaman United	3-1

External links

• Official website