NISA Nation

NISA Nation
Organizing body	NISA
Founded	September 17, 2020; 3 years ago
First season	2021
Country	United States
Confederation	CONCACAF; (North American Football Union)
Number of teams	25
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 championships	New Jersey Alliance FC (2 titles)
TV partners	Eleven Sports
Website	nisanation.com
	Current: 2022 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]

Expansion

The league is composed by clubs from New Jersey, Maryland, California, Delaware, New York, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

On August 25, 2021, Atlantic City FC was announced as the first club of the newly formed league.^[3] In the second half of 2021, another five clubs were announced to form the Northeast Region and to kick off for the Fall 2021 season.

In the mid 2021 Southwest Region was formed by the first 4 clubs and kicked off into 2021 Fall Season and in late 2021 the Florida Region and the Pacific Region were founded as well to begin to play in 2022 spring.

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.^[4]^{[better source needed]}

The 2022 Southwest region was announced on March 3, and features 6 teams for the Spring season.^[5] The season will be played March 13 to July 2 for a total of 30 matches.^[6]

Nisa Nation expanded with a third region into Florida, which was announced on March 22, 2022.^[7] It will be played from March 26 to June 25. Featuring 5 teams for a total of 30 matches.^[8]

The Northeast region was announced on March 24.^[9] The region had a net gain of two to make it eight teams to play 10 matches each. The season will be played April 2 to July 9 for a total of 40 matches.^[10]

Pacific Region season announcement planned for early April.^[11]

Associations

NISA Nation is affiliated and plans to begin a pro-rel system with 7 division 5 leagues all over the country: the Eastern Premier Soccer League^[12] in the north east, the Gulf Coast Premier League in the deep south, the Pioneer Premier League in Tennessee and Kentucky, the Midwest Premier League^[13] in the states of Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri; the Mountain Premier League in the Rocky Mountains region, the Cascadia Premier League in the Cascadia region and the Southwest Premier League in the southwestern United States.

Level	League(s)/division(s)
3	National Independent Soccer Association 9 clubs
4						NISA Nation Pacific Region 5 clubs	NISA Nation Southwest Region 10 clubs
5	Gulf Coast Premier League	Eastern Premier Soccer League	Midwest Premier League	Cascadia Premier League	Mountain Premier League	Southwest Premier League

Cascadia Premier League

Level	League(s)/division(s)
5	Cascadia Premier League First Division 6 clubs
6	Cascadia Premier League Second Division 6 clubs
7	Cascadia Premier League Third Division 6 clubs

Eastern Premier Soccer League

Level	League(s)/division(s)
5	Eastern Premier Soccer League Delaware River Conference 10 clubs	Eastern Premier Soccer League Metropolitan Conference 11 clubs					Eastern Premier Soccer League Mid-Atlantic Conference 7 clubs	Eastern Premier Soccer League Northeast Conference 6 clubs
6	Casa Soccer League Select Liga 1 4 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 8 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 Eastern Conference 7 clubs	Gulf Coast Premier League Western Conference 5 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 East Division 5 clubs

Southwest Premier League

Level	League(s)/division(s)
5	Southwest Premier League Pacific Premier 10 clubs	Southwest Premier League SoCal Premier First Division 9 clubs
6		Southwest Premier League SoCal Premier Second Division - North 9 clubs	Southwest Premier League SoCal Premier Second Division - South 9 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

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

Braveheart

Maricopa

Boston Athletic
Aiolikos

Lake Mary

Capo

Allentown

InterUnited

Orlando Lions

Winter Haven

Solano

Union

Sporting

Metro

Oaks

South Bay

Battleborn

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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	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	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

References

^ "NISA NATION PAVES NEW PATH TO PRO SOCCER". NISA Nation. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Lewis, Michael. "PATHWAY TO THE PROS: NISA Nation is unveiled for amateur clubs seeking greater challenges". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ Ralph, Matthew. "Atlantic City FC first club announced in new NISA Nation league". www.brotherlygame.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "NISA NATION EARNS PROVISIONAL NATIONAL LEAGUE DESIGNATION FROM UNITED STATES ADULT SOCCER ASSOCIATION". www.nisanation.com. NISA Nation. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^ Southwest region announcement. https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/03/nisa-nation-announces-2022-southwest-region-spring-schedule
^ NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (3 March 2022). "2022 NISA Nation Southwest Region Spring Schedule 🔥 HERE. WE. GO. ❕ https://t.co/QCRbKIZxUu 30 Matches Kickoff March 13 March 13th - July 2nd https://t.co/AoUWxmGiZT" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Florida Region announcement. https://www.nisanation.com/news/2022/03/22/nisa-nation-announces-inaugural-florida-region-schedule
^ NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (24 March 2022). "NISA Nation's Florida Region kicks off THIS SATURDAY MARCH 26th!🔥 Catch all the Florida Region action this season! #NISANation2022" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Northeast region announcement https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/24/northeast-schedule-announcement
^ NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (25 March 2022). "2022 NISA Nation Northeast Region Spring Schedule 🔥 https://t.co/QCRbKJh8M2 Ready to light up the pitch! Let's Go❕ 40 MATCHES KICKOFF APRIL 2 APRIL 2 - JULY 9 https://t.co/Ih8ii2Gxly" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Pacific region announcement https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/22/nisa-nation-announces-inaugural-florida-region-schedule
^ "Pro/Rel focused league NISA secures amateur league affiliation with EPSL". SoccerWire.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ Lewis, Michael. "WORKING TOGETHER: NISA partners with Midwest Premier League". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

External links

NISA Nation website

[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 EARNS PROVISIONAL NATIONAL LEAGUE DESIGNATION FROM UNITED STATES ADULT SOCCER ASSOCIATION". www.nisanation.com. NISA Nation. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[5] Southwest region announcement. https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/03/nisa-nation-announces-2022-southwest-region-spring-schedule

[6] NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (3 March 2022). "2022 NISA Nation Southwest Region Spring Schedule 🔥 HERE. WE. GO. ❕ https://t.co/QCRbKIZxUu 30 Matches Kickoff March 13 March 13th - July 2nd https://t.co/AoUWxmGiZT" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[7] Florida Region announcement. https://www.nisanation.com/news/2022/03/22/nisa-nation-announces-inaugural-florida-region-schedule

[8] NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (24 March 2022). "NISA Nation's Florida Region kicks off THIS SATURDAY MARCH 26th!🔥 Catch all the Florida Region action this season! #NISANation2022" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[9] Northeast region announcement https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/24/northeast-schedule-announcement

[10] NISA Nation [@TheNISANation] (25 March 2022). "2022 NISA Nation Northeast Region Spring Schedule 🔥 https://t.co/QCRbKJh8M2 Ready to light up the pitch! Let's Go❕ 40 MATCHES KICKOFF APRIL 2 APRIL 2 - JULY 9 https://t.co/Ih8ii2Gxly" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[11] Pacific region announcement https://nisanation.com/news/2022/03/22/nisa-nation-announces-inaugural-florida-region-schedule

[12] "Pro/Rel focused league NISA secures amateur league affiliation with EPSL". SoccerWire.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[13] Lewis, Michael. "WORKING TOGETHER: NISA partners with Midwest Premier League". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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v t e National Independent Soccer Association
Current teams	Arizona Monsoon FC Capo FC Club de Lyon Georgia Lions FC Irvine Zeta FC Los Angeles Force Maryland Bobcats FC Michigan Stars FC Savannah Clovers FC
On hiatus	Albion San Diego California United Strikers FC Gold Star FC New York Cosmos
Future teams	Calabasas FC
Former teams	Atlanta SC Bay Cities FC Chattanooga FC Chicago House Detroit City FC Flower City Union Miami FC New Amsterdam FC Oakland Roots SC Philadelphia Fury San Diego 1904 FC Stumptown AC Syracuse Pulse Valley United FC
Seasons	2019–20 2020–21 Fall 2021 2022 2023 2024
Affiliated leagues	NISA Nation Cascadia Premier League Eastern Premier Soccer League Florida Gold Coast League Metroplex Premier League Mountain Premier League Southwest Premier League