NISA Nation
Organizing bodyNISA
FoundedSeptember 17, 2020 (2020-09-17)
First season2021
CountryUnited States
ConfederationCONCACAF
(North American Football Union)
Divisions3
Number of teams22
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 championshipsNew Jersey Alliance FC (2 titles)
TV partnersEleven Sports
Websitenisanation.com
Current: 2023 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]

History

On August 25, 2021, Atlantic City FC was announced as the first club of the newly formed league.[3] Two weeks later, NISA Nation announced they had six teams for their inaugural season and they would play a 10 game schedule in the Northeast Region. This inaugural region included the leagues first promoted team, Steel Pulse FC from the Eastern Premier Soccer League.[4] In October 2021, NISA Nation announced the start of a second region. The Southwest Region was started with four teams, each team playing six games in a round robin format.[5] New Jersey Alliance FC beat New Amsterdam FC II 4–0 to secure the first regional championship for the Northeast Region.[6] In Early January 2022, FC Golden State Force claimed the first Southwest Region championship.[7]

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.[8] The Florida Region was announced in the Spring of 2022, with five teams facing each other three times in the Orlando area.[9] In addition to the Florida Region, NISA Nation announced that the Northeast Regions spring season would consist of eight clubs playing 10 games a piece. The defending champions New Jersey Alliance FC, returned to defend their title during the spring season.[10] In May 2022, the Pacific Region was announced with four teams, playing a 12 game schedule.[11] This brought the league to 23 teams for the Spring of 2022.[12]

NISA Independent Cup

Teams from NISA Nation participated in the 36 team NISA Independent Cup in 2022.[13]

Associations

NISA Nation is affiliated and plans to begin a pro-rel system with 6 leagues all over the country: the Cascadia Premier League[14] in Washington and Oregon, the Eastern Premier Soccer League[15] in the north east, the Mountain Premier League in the Rocky Mountains region, and the Southwest Premier League in the southwestern United States, the Gulf Coast Premier League in the deep south, the Pioneer Premier League in Tennessee and Kentucky, the Midwest Premier League[16] in the states of Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri.

Level League(s)/division(s)
3 National Independent Soccer Association
9 clubs
4 NISA Nation
Pacific Region
6 clubs		 NISA Nation
Southwest Region
11 clubs
5 Cascadia Premier League Eastern Premier Soccer League Mountain Premier League Gulf Coast Premier League Midwest Premier League Southwest Premier League

Cascadia Premier League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Cascadia Premier League Premier 1
Men's Premier League 1 - Baker Division
5 clubs		 Cascadia Premier League Premier 1
Men's Premier League 1 - Columbia Division
4 clubs		 Cascadia Premier League Premier 1
Men's Premier League 1 - Rainier Division
5 clubs
6 Cascadia Premier League 2
Men's Premier 2 - Cascade Division
5 clubs		 Cascadia Premier League 2
Men's Premier 2 - Pacific Division
6 clubs

Eastern Premier Soccer League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Eastern Premier Soccer League
Delaware River Conference
8 clubs		 Eastern Premier Soccer League
Metropolitan Conference
12 clubs		 Eastern Premier Soccer League
Mid-Atlantic Conference
8 clubs		 Eastern Premier Soccer League
Northeast Conference
5 clubs
6 Casa Soccer League Select
Liga 1
5 clubs		 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 1
11 clubs		 Garden State Soccer League
Super Division
10 clubs		 Long Island Soccer Football League
Premier Division
7 clubs		 Maryland Major Soccer League
10 clubs
7 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 2 - East
9 clubs		 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 2 - West
9 clubs		 Garden State Soccer League
A Division - Central
11 clubs		 Garden State Soccer League
A Division - North
11 clubs		 Long Island Soccer Football League
Division 1
7 clubs
8 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 3 - East
7 clubs		 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 3 - West
7 clubs		 Garden State Soccer League
B Division - Central
11 clubs		 Garden State Soccer League
B Division - North
9 clubs		 Long Island Soccer Football League
Division 2
7 clubs
9 Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Division 4
10 clubs

Gulf Coast Premier League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Gulf Coast Premier League
17 clubs
6 Gulf Coast Men's League 2
Eastern Conference
3 clubs		 Gulf Coast Men's League 2
Western Conference
4 clubs

Midwest Premier League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Midwest Premier League
East Division
11 clubs		 Midwest Premier League
South Division
4 clubs		 Midwest Premier League
West Division
12 clubs
6 National Soccer League (Chicago)
Major Division
6 clubs		 Wisconsin Primary Amateur Soccer League
7 clubs
7 National Soccer League (Chicago)
First Division
6 clubs

Mountain Premier League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Mountain Premier League
Eastern Division
6 clubs		 Mountain Premier League
Western Division
2 clubs

Southwest Premier League

Level League(s)/division(s)
5 Nevada Premier League

Men's Open Nevada
7 clubs

 Arizona Premier League

Men's Open Arizona
7 clubs

 Pacific Premier League

Men's Open Pacific
6 clubs

 Southwest Premier League
First Division - IE
7 clubs		 Southwest Premier League
First Division - OC
7 clubs
6 Southwest Premier League
Second Division - LA
7 clubs		 Southwest Premier League
Second Division - OC
7 clubs

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 City, 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
Galaxy Silicon Valley[17] 2024

Southwest Region

Team City Stadium Founded First season
Capo FC San Juan Capistrano, California JSerra Catholic High School 2006 2022
Las Vegas Legends Las Vegas, Nevada Peter Johann Memorial Field 2012 2021
Oaks FC Thousand Oaks, California California Lutheran University 1979 2022
SC Union Maricopa Gilbert, Arizona Mesquite High School 2021 2022
Sporting ID11 Lake Forest, California Lake Forest Sports Complex 2021 2022
Temecula FC Temecula, California Chaparral High School 2013 2023

Former teams

Team City Stadium Founded First season Final season
Chula Vista FC Chula Vista, California Terra Nova Park 1982 2021
FC Golden State Force Pomona, California No fixed stadium 2015 2021 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

NISA Nation is located in the United States
Atlantic City
Bearfight
Braveheart
Braveheart
NJ Alliance
Golden State
Las Vegas
Maricopa
Maricopa
Boston AthleticAiolikos
Boston Athletic
Aiolikos
Lake Mary
Capo
Allentown
InterUnited
InterUnited
Orlando Lions
Orlando Lions
Winter Haven
Winter Haven
Solano
Solano
Union
Union
Sporting
Sporting
Metro
Metro
Oaks
Oaks
South Bay
South Bay
Battleborn
Battleborn
NISA Nation clubs
Northeast Region; Florida Region; Southwest Region; Pacific Region

Champions

Florida Region

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2022 Club de Lyon Atletico Orlando Deportivo Lake Mary

Northeast Region

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2021 New Jersey Alliance FC[6] New Amsterdam FC II Steel Pulse FC
2022 New Jersey Alliance FC Union SC New York Braveheart

Pacific Region

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2022 Battleborn FC AFC South Bay San Francisco Elite Metro FC
2023 Battleborn FC JASA RWC Windmill City FC

Southwest Region

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2021 FC Golden State Force[6] Las Vegas Legends Chula Vista FC
2022 Capo FC FC Golden State Force Las Vegas Legends
2023 FC Golden State Force Temecula FC Capo FC

Leadership

Name Years Title Ref.
Jonathan Rednour 2022– Managing Director [18]
Kenneth Henriques 2022– Referee Coordinator [19]
Brent Housteau 2022– Director of Expansion and Outreach [12]
Ben Rode 2022– Director of Strategic Initiatives [12]
Matt Morse 2022– Director of Competitions and Affiliates [12]

References

  1. ↑ "NISA NATION PAVES NEW PATH TO PRO SOCCER". NISA Nation. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Michael. "PATHWAY TO THE PROS: NISA Nation is unveiled for amateur clubs seeking greater challenges". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Ralph, Matthew. "Atlantic City FC first club announced in new NISA Nation league". www.brotherlygame.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "NISA Nation first region set for play". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. September 17, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "NISA Nation solidifies second region". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. October 22, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "New Jersey Alliance FC earns first ever NISA Nation regional title". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ "FC Golden state force claims inaugural NISA Nation Southwest Region". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ "NISA Nation earns provisional national league designation from United States Adlt Soccer Assocation". www.nisanation.com. NISA Nation. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "NISA Naion announces inaugural Florida region schedule". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. March 22, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  10. ↑ "EXxpanded NISA Nation Northeast Region set for play". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. March 24, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  11. ↑ "NISA Nation Pacific Region set to play". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. May 3, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "NISA Nation sets sights on offering more for the amateur landsape". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. March 24, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  13. ↑ "NISA Independent Cup announces 2022 schedule". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. June 20, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Home". Cascadia Premier League. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  15. ↑ "Pro/Rel focused league NISA secures amateur league affiliation with EPSL". SoccerWire.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  16. ↑ Lewis, Michael. "WORKING TOGETHER: NISA partners with Midwest Premier League". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Galaxy Silicon Valley join NISA Nation". www.NISANation.com. NISA Nation. November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  18. ↑ "NISA Nation names Jonathan Rednour managing director". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. January 12, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  19. ↑ "NISA Nation taps Kenneth Henriques as Referee coordinator". NISANation.com. NISA Nation. March 18, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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