New York Club Soccer League - NPL Division (Official Member)

ABOUT:

The NPL was created to elevate and change the competitive youth soccer landscape by extending developmental principles espoused by U.S. Soccer into more age groups and clubs, by linking competition with player development and identification platforms, and by providing meaningful weekly competition culminating in the NPL Finals.

NPLs are independent leagues, unified under one national competition platform, and based on a common technical framework designed to improve long-term player development. The NPL provides a platform:

focused on long-term player development;
for the country’s top soccer clubs, allowing consistent, meaningful high-level games appropriately scheduled with higher training-to-game ratios;
that allows players to be scouted and evaluated by U.S. Soccer National Staff and Technical Advisors;
that is designed and structured by the clubs, based on the needs of the clubs; and
that provides an avenue for qualification for the NPL Finals.

EXECUTING US CLUB SOCCER’S 10-YEAR VISION:

The NPL is an important component of US Club Soccer’s 10-year vision to refine the landscape for competitive youth soccer. This vision recognizes that:

Properly-structured youth soccer clubs are the vehicle through which player development occurs in the United States.
Clubs should play in leagues that provide meaningful games, allow establishment of the proper training-to-game ratio, and eliminate calendar congestion.
NPLs, as well as the best clubs, should be integrated in US Club Soccer’s id2 National Identification and Development Program, include Player Development Programs (PDPs) in select local markets, and work closely with U.S. Soccer staff regarding player identification, and player and coach development.

SHOWCASES:

The NPL held its inaugural NPL Showcase in March 2014, which brought teams from NPLs across the country to one site for intra-league competition and player showcasing. It featured U-16, U-17 and U-18 boys teams at Heritage Park in suburban Las Vegas, Nev. Click here for a recap.

Following on the heels of that event, an NPL Showcase for U-15 through U-17 elite girls teams will be held Dec. 31, 2014 - Jan. 2, 2015 in Palm Coast, Fla. Click here for the list of accepted teams.

The NPL has also entered partnerships with the Jefferson Cup and Surf Cup to provide slots to top NPL teams at those renowned events. Applications are currently available for NPL slots for the 2015 Jefferson Cup. More details about the 2015 Surf Cup will be announced soon.

NPL FINALS:

The targeted destination for all NPL teams, and the culminating event each season, is the NPL Finals (formerly known as the NPL Champions Cup), where NPL national champions are determined. The NPL Finals feature qualifiers in U-13 through U-18 boys and girls age groups from every NPL across the country in a true “champions league” competition.