2018 Spring UPSL season


The 2018 Spring United Premier Soccer League season was the 10th season of the UPSL.
In some parts of the country, UPSL is organized into Pro Premier and Championships Divisions with promotion and relegation between the Pro Premier division and the Championship Division. The 2018 Spring UPSL season had 136 clubs participate in the Pro Premier divisions and 28 clubs participate in the Championship divisions.
The overall structure of the League by Conference and roughly from west to east is represented in the table below

Central Conference

The Central Conference is new for this season. It was split geographically into two divisions.

North Division

The North Division covers the state of Oklahoma, as well as North Texas. The division will play an 8 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 5 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

South Division

The South Division covers South Texas. It will play an 8 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 5 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Central Conference Playoffs

The 1st place team in each division will host the 2nd place team in the other division. The two winners will meet in the championship, hosted by the team with the most points.
Inocentes FC advance to the National Playoffs.

Colorado Conference

Pro Premier

The division will play an 8 game home-or-away single round robin.
The following 2 clubs left the division before the season -
The following 3 clubs joined the division before the season -

Pro Premier Playoffs

FC Boulder advance to the National Playoffs.

Championship

The division will play a 10 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 4 clubs left the division before the season
The following 5 clubs joined the division before the season

Midwest Conference

The Midwest Conference is new for this season. It was founded through a merger with the Premier League of America. The conference was split geographically into four divisions.

Central Division

The Central Division covers the states of Illinois and Iowa. It will play a 10 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 6 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

East Division

The East Division covers the states of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. It will play a 10 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 6 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

North Division

The North Division covers the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The following 6 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

West Division

The West Division covers the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
The following 5 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Midwest Conference Playoffs

The regular season champions of each division advanced directly to the conference playoffs. All games were hosted at the Bavarian Soccer Complex, home of Milwaukee Bavarian SC. The semi-finals were seeded based on each participant's points-per-game average.
Milwaukee Bavarian SC advance to the National Playoffs.

Mountain Conference

The Mountain Conference is new for this season. It was formed from the Idaho and Utah clubs from the Desert Mountain Conference. The conference will play a 10 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following Utah club left the Desert Mountain Conference before the season
The following 6 clubs joined the conference for its inaugural season

Mountain Conference Playoffs

Boise Cutthroats FC advance to the National Playoffs.

Northeast Conference

The Northeast Conference is new for this season. It was split geographically into two divisions.

American Division

The American Division covers the states of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The following 8 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

American Division Playoffs

All games will be played at Marina Auto Stadium, home of Rochester Super 9 Pro SC.
Rochester Super 9 Pro SC advance to the Northeast Conference Playoffs.

Patriot Division

The Patriot Division covers the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
The following 9 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Patriot Division Playoffs

advance to the Northeast Conference Playoffs.

Northeast Conference Playoffs

Rochester Super 9 Pro SC, as the division champion with the most regular season points per game, will host.
Mass United FC advance to the National Playoffs.

Southeast Conference

The Southeast Conference is new for this season. It absorbed the South Florida Conference as its Florida South Division, and then added three addition divisions with all new teams.

Atlanta Caribbean Division

The Atlanta Caribbean Division was founded through a merger with the Atlanta Caribbean Soccer League. It overlaps geographically with the Mid-Atlantic Division, with all games taking place at the Southeast Sports Compelex in Lithonia, GA.
The following 8 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Florida Central Division

The following 10 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Florida Central Division Playoffs

America SC advance to the Southeast Conference Playoffs.

Florida South Division

The following 2 clubs left the South Florida Conference before the season
The following 12 clubs joined the division before the season

Florida South Division Playoffs

Florida Soccer Soldiers advance to the Southeast Conference Playoffs.

Mid-Atlantic Division

The Mid-Atlantic Division covers the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The division will play a 14 game home-and-away double round robin.
The following 8 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Southeast Conference Playoffs

The champions of the Florida Central and Florida South divisions played at Ives Estates Park, home of Florida Soccer Soldiers. The champions of the Mid-Atlantic and Atlanta Caribbean divisions were originally to play at the neutral location of Spartanburg Day School, home of Sparta 20/20 FC. That match was abandoned due to lightning and was rescheduled for West Orange High School, home of America SC, immediately before the conference final at the same venue.
Florida Soccer Soldiers advance to the National Playoffs.

Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference is new for this season. It was formed from the Arizona clubs from the Desert Mountain Conference, and also includes New Mexico and West Texas. The conference was originally going to contain Nevada clubs as well, but ultimately none competed in this season.
The following 3 Nevada clubs left the Desert Mountain Conference before the season
The following 6 clubs joined the conference for its inaugural season

Southwest Conference Playoffs

advance to the National Playoffs.

Western Conference

SoCal Division

Pro Premier

The following 6 clubs left the division before the season
The following 5 clubs joined the division before the season
The following 2 clubs rebranded before the season
Pro Premier Playoffs

Championship

The following 12 clubs left the division before the season
The following 14 clubs joined the division before the season
Championship Playoffs

Wild West Division

For this season, the Red and Blue divisions were merged into a single Wild West Division as a part of the Western Conference. The division was expanded to include the state of Oregon. It will play a 12 game home-or-away single round robin.
The following 4 clubs left the Wild West Conference before the season
The following 7 clubs joined the division before the season
The following 2 clubs rebranded before the season

Wild West Division Cup

Concurrently with the season, all Wild West Division teams except for Visalia Golden Bears took part in a knockout competition.

Wild West Division Playoffs

Western Conference Playoffs

advance to the National Playoffs.

National Playoffs

The national playoffs will be played in Arvada, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado on August 10–12, hosted by Athletic Club of Sloan's Lake. Teams were randomly paired by draw on July 30.
Qualified teams: