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The offseason is a chaotic time for lower-division soccer in the United States. In the National Premier Soccer League, a de facto fourth division, new clubs are announced with much fanfare while others fold without a sound.
Dirty South Soccer will attempt to keep a running record of the turnover so that you don’t have to. Below you’ll find three sections: Confirmed Expansions, Confirmed Departures, and Uncertain. Next to each club is a link to the announcement confirming their status for 2017.
Bookmark this page and buckle your seat belt: it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Net Expansion: +18
Confirmed Expansions
- FC Arizona (Phoenix, AZ) - 9/22/16
- Kitsap Soccer Club (WA) - 11/1/16
- Asheville City SC (NC) - 11/14/16
- Orange County FC (CA) - 11/15/16
- Milwaukee Torrent (WI) [P 16] - 11/16/16
- Inter Nashville FC (TN) - 11/18/16
- TSF Academy (Lincoln Park, NJ) - 11/25/16
- Hartford City FC (CT) - 11/28/16
- Oxnard Guerreros FC (CA) - 11/30/16
- Ft. Pitt Regiment (Monroeville, PA) [H 16] - 12/6/16
- Tyler FC Kings (TX) - 12/8/16
- Boca Raton FL (FL) - 12/9/16
- Midland-Odessa FC (TX) - 12/13/16
- Minneapolis City SC (MN) - 12/14/16
- Duluth FC (MN) - 12/15/16
- Greater Lowell NPSL FC (MA) - 12/15/16
- Dakota Fusion FC (Fargo, ND) - 12/16/16
- VSLT FC (St. Paul, MN) - 12/19/16
- City of Angels FC (Los Angeles, CA) - 12/19/16
- Sioux Falls Thunder FC (SD) - 12/20/16
- Med City FC (Rochester, MN) - 12/21/16
- Napa Valley 1839 FC (CA) - 12/22/16
- Elm City Express (New Haven, CT) - 1/9/17
- West Chester United FC (PA) - 1/18/17
- Spokane Soccer Club Shadow (WA) - 1/19/17
- Ozark FC (Springdale, AR) - 1/23/17
- Beaches FC (Jupiter, FL) - 1/25/17
- Pierce County (WA) - 2/1/17
- Syracuse FC (NY) - 2/8/17
- PDX FC (Portland, OR) - 2/13/17
- Naples United FC (FL)
Confirmed Departures
- Nashville FC {USL in 2018} - 7/1/16
- Tobacco Road FC {PDL} - 11/16/16
- North County Battalion {PDL} - 11/28/16
- Myrtle Beach FC {PDL} - 11/29/16
- Weston FC {PDL} - 12/9/16
- Real San Jose {UPSL} - 12/23/16
- Greater Lowell United FC {CSL-USA} - 1/17/17
- Corinthians FC of SA - 1/30/17
- Dallas City FC - 1/30/17
- Tampa Bay Rowdies U23 {PDL} - 2/2/17
- Storm FC [Hiatus] - 2/4/17
- Carolina RailHawks U23 {PDL} - 2/10/17
Uncertain
- ASA Charge (Missing)
- Chicago Mustangs (Missing) [P 16]
- FC Hasental {UPSL?}
- Ft. Lauderdale Strikers U23 (Financial)
- Indy Eleven NPSL (Missing)
- Richmond Strikers (Missing)
Key
- [P 16] Provisional member of NPSL in 2016
- [H 16] Previous NPSL club on hiatus in 2016
- {PDL} Destination league
- {...?} Uncertain destination
- (Missing) Absent from NPSL.com