2018 Fall UPSL season
The 2018 Fall United Premier Soccer League season is the 11th season of the UPSL. Milwaukee Bavarian SC are the reigning champions. However, the Midwest Conference will not participate in the fall season, and the Bavarians will not be able to defend their title.
For the Fall 2018 season, UPSL had 89 teams compete in 13 Pro Premier Divisions divided into 5 conferences. An additional 29 teams competed in 3 Championships Divisions from 2 Conferences. The overall structure of the League by Conference and roughly from west to east is represented in the table below
* Not participating
Pro Premier
Team changes
Joined Heart Division- Austin Real Cuauhtemoc — joined from Texas Premier Soccer League
- FC Thunder Boerne — new senior team of youth club
- Coyotes FC — new club
- FC Knights — transferred from South Division
- FC Waco — new club
- Major Academy Competitive FC — new senior team of youth club
- Round Rock SC — transferred from South Division
- San Antonio Runners SC — new club
- Dallas City FC — joined from National Premier Soccer League during offseason
- FC Denton — joined from North Texas Premier Soccer Association
- Irving City FC
- Terrell FC — joined from North Texas Premier Soccer Association
- OKC 1889 FC — on hiatus
- Texas Spurs
- Armadillos FC — new senior team of youth club
- FC Imperial — new senior team of youth club
- Houston FC — joined from Premier Development League during offseason
- FC Knights — transferred to Heart Division
- Round Rock SC — transferred to Heart Division
- Bright Stars of Colorado SC — promoted from Pro Premier
- Colorado Springs FC
- Denver Metro FC
- FC Boulder — expelled from league
- FC Greeley — expelled from league
- Northern Colorado FC
None
Left Mountain Conference
- Idaho Lobos FC
- Provo Premier
- Magic Valley FC
- Huracan ECUSA FC
- The Institute FC — new club
- Clay County SC — on hiatus
- Golden Goal Sports SC — on hiatus
- Macca Ballers FC — on hiatus
- St. Petersburg FC Aztecs — on hiatus
- Gold Coast Inter AFC — joined from Beaches Adult Soccer League
- International Soccer Association — new senior team of youth club
- FSI Vultures FC — new club
- Palm Beach Spartans — joined from American Premier Soccer League
- Sharks FC — new senior team of youth club
- UD Miami FC — joined from American Premier Soccer League
- Broncos United FC — on hiatus
- Hialeah City FC — on hiatus
- Miami Dade FC — on hiatus
- Pinecrest SC — on hiatus
- Catrachos De INCAEF — transferred from Northeast Conference American Division
- Germantown City FC — joined from local amateur play
- Northern Virginia FC — new club
- San Lee FC — new senior team of youth club
- Soda City FC — new club
- Union FC — new senior team of youth club
- Atlanta ASA FC
- Bragg FC
- Lowcountry United FC — on hiatus
- Cal FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2016 Spring season
- FC Santa Clarita — formed from merger of Santa Clarita Storm and San Fernando Valley Scorpions
- Kern County Mustangs FC — promoted from Championship
- San Nicolas FC — promoted from Championship
- Cuervos FC — joined from California Champions League
- Gremio FC San Diego — new club
- OC Real Force SC — promoted from Championship and rebranded from CF Cachorros USA
- Orange County FC 2 — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
- San Diego Zest FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
- La Máquina FC
- L.A. Galaxy OC PSC
- Ontario Fury II
- San Fernando Valley Scorpions — merged with Santa Clarita Storm to form FC Santa Clarita
- Santa Clarita Storm — merged with San Fernando Valley Scorpions to form FC Santa Clarita
- Azteca FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
- Vacaville Elite — joined from LIGA NorCal
- AFC San Francisco Hearts — on hiatus
- California Victory FC — on hiatus
- Southern Oregon Starphire FC — on hiatus
- Redding Royals FC — on hiatus
- Visalia Golden Bears
- Interunited Academy rebranded from Internacional USA
- Oakland Stompers rebranded from East Bay FC Tecos Fire
Competition format
- Central Conference: Teams are divided into Heart, North, and South divisions. Each division plays a double round robin for 14, 12, and 10 matches respectively. The top two teams from each division plus the two best third place teams by points-per-game qualify for the playoffs.
- Colorado Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for eight matches. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
- Mountain Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for four matches. The top two teams qualify for the playoffs.
- Southeast Conference: Teams are divided into Mid-Atlantic, Florida Central, and Florida South divisions. Each division determines its own champion. The champions of the Florida divisions then play, with the winner facing the champion of the Mid-Atlantic division to determine the conference champion.
- *Florida Central Division: Teams play a double round robin for 14 matches. The top seven teams qualify for the playoffs with the division leader receiving a bye to the divisional semifinals.
- *Florida South Division: Teams play a single round robin for 13 matches. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
- *Mid-Atlantic Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight and ten matches respectively. The top eight teams by points-per-game across both sections qualify for the playoffs.
- Western Conference: Teams are divided into SoCal and Wild West divisions. Each division determines its own champion with the two divisional champions then matched up to determine the conference champion.
- *SoCal Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a single round robin for eight matches. The top three teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, with the section leaders receiving byes to the divisional semifinals. The last placed team in each section is relegated to the Championship.
- *Wild West Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight matches. The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the top seed in each section hosting the second seed in the other section.
- National Playoffs: The champions of the Colorado and Mountain conferences play. The winner of that match then plays the champion of the Western conference while the champions of the Central and Southeast conferences play. The two winners then contest the national championship.
Standings
Heart Division
North Division
South Division
Colorado Conference
Mountain Conference
Florida Central Division
Florida South Division
Mid-Atlantic Division North
Mid-Atlantic Division South
SoCal Division North
SoCal Division South
Wild West Division North
Wild West Division South
Playoffs
Central Conference playoffs
Colorado Conference playoffs
Mountain Conference playoffs
The match originally ended 5-1 in favor of San Juan FC, but they were subsequently ruled to have fielded an ineligible player. Boise Cutthroats FC was advanced to the next round.Florida Central Division playoffs
Florida South Division playoffs
Mid-Atlantic Division playoffs
SoCal Division playoffs
Wild West Division playoffs
National playoffs
Championship
Southeast Conference
Florida Central Division
The following 7 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season- CD Miguelense
- Independiente FC
- Instituto Atletico FC II
- Millos United FC
- Nationwide FC
- The A Team
- Valencia College FC
Standings
Western Conference
SoCal Division
SoCal North Division
The following 4 northern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season- Kern County Mustangs FC — promoted to Pro Premier
- San Nicolas FC — promoted to Pro Premier
- USA/MEX SoCal
- USA Soccer Stars FC
- CD Independiente
- San Fernando Valley FC — returned from hiatus; last played 2017 Fall season
- Sporting San Fernando II — new reserve team of Pro Premier club
- Warriors FC — new club
- Xolos Academy L.A.
- LA 10 FC — rebranded from L.A. Roma FC
Standings
SoCal South Division
The following 3 southern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season- CF Cachorros USA — promoted to Pro Premier
- L.A. Galaxy OC PSC II
- La Habra City FC
- California Rush SC — new senior team of youth club
- City Legends FC — new club
- Santa Ana Winds FC II — rebranded from MX Dream SC
Standings