New Franchises

• Five franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:

  Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
  Albuquerque Asylum Albuquerque Asylum Albuquerque Asylum is an American soccer team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 2004, the team is member of the National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...	Albuquerque area Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...	Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...	expansion
  Idaho Wolves Idaho Wolves Idaho Wolves were an American soccer team, founded in 2004. The team was a member of the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season...	State of Idaho Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....	Idaho Falls, ID Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....	expansion
  Sacramento Knights Sacramento Knights (NPSL) Sacramento Knights is an American soccer team based in Folsom, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the...	Sacramento area Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...	Sacramento, CA Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...	expansion
  Salinas Valley Samba Salinas Valley Samba Salinas Valley Samba is an American soccer team based in Salinas, California, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Western Division.The team plays its home games in the...	Salinas Valley area Salinas, California Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...	Salinas, CA Salinas, California Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...	expansion
  Sonoma County Sol Sonoma County Sol Sonoma County Sol is an American soccer team based in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northwest Division.The team plays its home games at...	Sonoma County area Sonoma County, California Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....	Santa Rosa, CA Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...	expansion

Folding

• One team left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • Tucson Tiburons
    Tucson Tiburons
    Tucson Tiburons were an American soccer team, founded in 2003. The team was a member of the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season....
    
     - Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
    
    

Final standings

• the first tiebreaker used was head-to-head results, which explains why Arizona finished ahead of Utah despite having an inferior goal difference and scoring less goals.

Semi finals