NPL Finals

The competition format will vary by age group and gender depending on the number of participating teams. The number of participating teams may vary from year to year due to changes in or creation of new NPLs across the country.

NPL Girls Finals:

• All Age Groups – Group play games July 8, 9 & 10.  Semi-Finals July 11 (if needed, otherwise rest day) and Finals July 12.  
• Final game and awards will be completed no later than 2pm on July 12. (teams will play 1 game per day)

NPL Boys Finals

• U14, U15, U16, U17 – – Group play games July 8, 9 & 11.  Rest day on July 10.  Finals will be played on July 12.  
• Final games and awards will be completed no later than 2pm on July 12. (teams will play 1 game per day except for rest day)

For more information on the format and rules of the NPL Postseason, please CLICK HERE.

There are LIMITED practice time slots available for teams participating in the NPL Finals. Teams that are interesting in reserving a practice time need to contact US Club Soccer Event Manager Justin Peterman at @jpeterman@usclubsoccer.org.

As a reminder, even though event registration took place in GotSport, you will still need to manage your roster and player/staff cards on Sports Engine since that is where player registration took place for the 20/21 season.

We have made changes to how we do team check in and what is required.  Outlined below is a list of what you will need. These changes will make the check in process much quicker.

• Please bring 6 copies of your official US Club Soccer roster to team check in
  • Players must have Jersey numbers listed on the roster
  • Roster must include coaching staff
  • Roster must show all players as carded
  • Roster cannot have any write ins
  • No guest players are allowed
  • Reminder, rosters can have up to 26 players, but game day roster is limited to 18 players
• US Club Soccer officials will review your roster and keep a copy as the official event roster.  At this time, the roster is frozen for the event.
• We will stamp the other copies of your roster as official event rosters and give those back to you to use at games.  We WILL NOT need player/staff cards at team check in.
• Prior to each game, you will provide an official stamped roster to the referee along with the player & staff cards.  Referees will check the rosters to the cards (if a player is on the roster but does not have a card or a player has a card but is not on the roster, they are not eligible to play).
• Please also make sure to have player medical forms available on-site (we will not check them, but in case of emergency you will need to produce those either in hard copy or digitally).

You will check in at least one hour prior to your first game at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.  Administrative Staff will be at Headquarters located in VIP E lot (next to lot C).  Teams will need to bring their rosters there on the first day of competition prior to playing and we will get you checked in.

•    US Club Soccer will be live streaming four finals matches on Monday, July 12, at the 2021 NPL Finals.
•    Refer below for the list of four streamed matches, plus their scheduled game times and field locations.

• U-19 Girls NPL Final – AFC Lightning vs Cleveland Cobras SC | 9:00 a.m. MDT | Field 2 | https://youtu.be/cFbw_p1DCAg
• U-16 Boys NPL Final – Seacoast United Maine SC vs. Southern Chester County SA Dragons | 9:00 a.m. MDT | Field 1 | https://youtu.be/qc-GM8CVBxQ
• U-17 Girls NPL Final – Team Chicago SC vs. Midwest Premier Academy | 11:00 a.m. MDT | Field 2 | https://youtu.be/PYgZ5wK-mFI
• U-17 Boys NPL Final – SFA Affiliate Columbus DPP vs. Blitz United | 11:00 a.m. MDT | Field 1 | https://youtu.be/Gti6QuKA71

•    Each match will be streamed live through US Club Soccer on YouTube.

HOTEL POLICY
US Club Soccer has partnered with THS to be the Exclusive Housing Provider for US Club Soccer tournaments. Questions can be directed to THS at (888) 536-8326.

GAME FILM POLICY
Filming from an elevated viewpoint is not permitted, as this is an insurance liability to US Club Soccer. We welcome personal recording of your athletes and teams at our events, but ask for your cooperation regarding the height of your personal filming apparatuses. This includes the use of high pods; anything over 6ft in height will have to be lowered unless utilizing the official video partner of US Club Soccer, Trace.  Trace equipment must be properly secured via specific instructions provided at time of purchase.  If not secured properly, Trace equipment will also need to be lowered to 6ft or below.

2021 NPL Postseason Rules (PDF)

Questions regarding the NPL East Playoffs should be directed to NPL General Manager Leo Garcia at lgarcia@usclubsoccer.org or Sr. Director of Partnerships and Events Alex Rieben at arieben@usclubsoccer.org.

If you are interested in registering to be a referee for any of the NPL East Playoffs, you will need to contact Referee Assignor Rick Rogers at rhrefassignor@gmail.com.