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2006 NPSL season
The 2006 National Premier Soccer League season was the 4th season of the NPSL. The season started in May 2006, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August 2006.
Sacramento Knights finished the season as national champions, beating Princeton 56ers in the NPSL Championship game
Changes From 2005
New Franchises
- Five franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:
| Team name | Metro area | Location | Previous affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Flag of Colorado.svg | border | 20px]] Denver Kickers | Denver area | Golden, CO | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of Arizona.svg | border | 20px]] Phoenix Banat Storm | Phoenix area | Avondale, AZ | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] Redwood City Ruckus | San Mateo County area | San Bruno, CA | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] San Jose Frogs | San Diego area | Carlsbad, CA | expansion |
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg | border | 20px]] Southern California Fusion | San Diego area | San Jose, CA | expansion |
Name Changes
- Minnesota Blast changed its name to Minnesota NSC United
Final standings
Purple indicates division title clinched
Northwest Division
| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento Knights | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | |||
| 2 | San Jose Frogs | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |||
| 3 | Sonoma County Sol | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Redwood City Ruckus | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Chico Rooks | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Salinas Valley Samba | 20 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
Midwest Division
| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton 56ers | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Detroit Arsenal | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Minnesota TwinStars | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Milwaukee Bavarians | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Minnesota NSC United | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Grand Rapids Alliance | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
Southwest Division
| Place | Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albuquerque Asylum | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 41 | |||
| 2 | Southern California Fusion | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 31 | |||
| 3 | San Diego Pumitas | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Denver Kickers | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Phoenix Banat Storm | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Las Vegas Strikers | 20 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
Playoffs
Sacramento Knights 2 - 0 Princeton 56ers
Bracket
| score-width=30px | team-width=160px
| RD1-seed1= NW | RD1-team1= Sacramento Knights | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= WC | RD1-team2= Detroit Arsenal | RD1-score2= | RD1-seed3= MW | RD1-team3= Princeton 56ers | RD1-score3= | RD1-seed4= SW | RD1-team4= Albuquerque Asylum | RD1-score4=
| RD2-seed1= NW | RD2-team1= Sacramento Knights | RD2-score1= 2 | RD2-seed2= MW | RD2-team2= Princeton 56ers | RD2-score2= 0
- Baca Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Nelle
- Lupercio
- Sims
- Ricks-Chambers
- Monteith Sacramento, California
- Baca
- Padgett
- Nelle
- Scammacca Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Chimienti
- Renteria Madison, Wisconsin
References
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