2010 NPSL season#Southeast Division

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| competition = National Premier Soccer League

| season = 2010

| shieldtitle = Regular Season Champions

| shield = FC Sonic Lehigh Valley (1st Title) and New York Red Bulls NPSL (1st Title)

| winners = Sacramento Gold (1st Title)

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| prevseason = 2009

| nextseason = 2011

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The 2010 National Premier Soccer League season is the 8th season of the NPSL. The season began on April 3, 2010, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August. The NPSL had planned for form a Winter league that would play from September 2010 to March 2011 but when only three clubs were willing to participate the plans were dropped.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/home/469154.html |title = NPSL postpones 2010 Winter Season – National Premier Soccer League |access-date=2013-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229041037/http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/home/469154.html |archive-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=usurped }} Those three clubs eventually ended up forming the SPSL for that Fall, though that league would fold the following Spring.

Changes from 2009

= New clubs =

Twelve clubs joined the league this year, eleven new clubs and one returning to the NPSL after playing for several years in USASA regional amateur leagues:

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Team Name

! Metro Area

! Location

! Previous Affiliation

Image:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Boston Tea Men

| North Andover, MA

| expansion

Image:Flag of New York.svg Brooklyn Italians

| Borough of Brooklyn

| expansion

Image:Flag of New York.svg FC Buffalo

| expansion

Image:Flag of Maryland.svg TSC Maryland Red Devils

| Baltimore area

| expansion

Image:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Milwaukee Bavarians

| Milwaukee area

| Milwaukee, WI

| return from USASA

Image:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota Kings

| Minneapolis area

| Minnetonka, MN

| expansion

Image:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire Mountaineers

| State of New Hampshire

| Manchester, NH

| expansion

Image:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey Blaze

| Central New Jersey area

| Monmouth Junction, NJ

| expansion

Image:Flag of New York.svg New York Red Bull NPSL

| New York area

| expansion

Image:Flag of California.svg Sacramento Gold

| Sacramento area

| Sacramento, CA

| expansion

Image:Flag of California.svg San Diego Boca FC

| San Diego area

| expansion

Image:Flag of Oklahoma.svg FC Tulsa

| expansion

=Name changes=

Pennsylvania Stoners changed its name to FC Sonic Lehigh Valley

=Folding=

Eight teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
Boston Aztec – Amesbury, Massachusetts
Buffalo City – Buffalo, New York
Charm City – Gambrills, Maryland
FC Indiana – Lafayette, Indiana
Maine Sting – Bangor, Maine
NorCal Lamorinda United – Orinda, California
Salinas Valley Samba – Watsonville, California
Saturn FC – East Point, Georgia
Also, four teams which spent the 2009 season on hiatus did not return, and left the league permanently:
Albuquerque Asylum – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Arizona Sahuaros – Phoenix, Arizona
Atlantic City Diablos – Richland, New Jersey
San Diego United – El Cajon, California

Standings

Purple indicates division title clinched

Green indicates playoff berth clinched

=Northeast Keystone Division=

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!Place

!width="170"|Team

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|T

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="25"|GD

!Points

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|1

|FC Sonic Lehigh Valley

|12

|10

|1

|1

|30

|9

| +21

|31

2

|12

|10

|2

|0

|31

|10

| +21

|30

3

|12

|6

|4

|2

|23

|14

| +9

|20

4

|Reading Revolution

|12

|5

|7

|0

|20

|32

| −12

|15

5

|12

|2

|5

|5

|15

|21

| −6

|11

6

|TSC Maryland Red Devils

|12

|3

|8

|1

|14

|29

| −15

|10

7

|New Jersey Blaze

|12

|1

|10

|1

|11

|29

| −18

|4

=Northeast Atlantic Division=

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!Place

!width="170"|Team

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|T

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="25"|GD

!Points

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|1

|New York Red Bull NPSL

|12

|10

|1

|1

|32

|6

| +26

|31

2

|Brooklyn Italians

|12

|10

|1

|1

|34

|12

| +22

|31

3

|New Hampshire Mountaineers

|12

|5

|5

|2

|21

|15

| +6

|17

4

|Morris County Colonials

|12

|5

|5

|2

|18

|17

| +1

|17

5

|New York Athletic Club

|12

|4

|5

|3

|14

|20

| −6

|15

6

|Boston Tea Men

|12

|1

|8

|3

|13

|31

| −18

|6

7

|Long Island Academy

|12

|1

|11

|0

|5

|36

| −31

|3

=Southeast Division=

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!Place

!width="170"|Team

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|T

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="25"|GD

!Points

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|1

|Chattanooga FC

|8

|6

|0

|2

|19

|5

| +14

|20

2

|8

|4

|2

|2

|16

|12

| +4

|14

3

|Rocket City United

|8

|3

|2

|3

|15

|12

| +3

|12

4

|8

|2

|5

|1

|11

|17

| −6

|7

5

|8

|0

|6

|2

|7

|22

| −15

|2

=Midwest Division=

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!Place

!width="170"|Team

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|T

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="25"|GD

!Points

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|1

|10

|8

|2

|0

|26

|9

| +17

|24

2

|Chicago Fire NPSL

|9

|5

|1

|3

|24

|9

| +15

|18

3

|Minnesota TwinStars FC

|10

|5

|3

|2

|18

|17

| +1

|17

4

|Milwaukee Bavarians

|10

|4

|5

|1

|24

|21

| +3

|13

5

|Minnesota Kings

|10

|3

|6

|1

|21

|25

| −4

|10

6

|Eau Claire Aris

|9

|0

|8

|1

|13

|45

| −32

|1

=Northwest Division=

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!Place

!width="170"|Team

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|T

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="25"|GD

!Points

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|1

|Sacramento Gold

|10

|7

|2

|1

|37

|17

| +20

|22

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|2

|10

|5

|3

|2

|25

|21

| +4

|17

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|3

|Bay Area Ambassadors

|10

|4

|3

|3

|23

|19

| +4

|15

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|4

|San Diego Boca

|10

|4

|3

|3

|16

|17

| −1

|15

5

|Sonoma County Sol

|9

|2

|2

|5

|16

|12

| +4

|11

6

|Southern Oregon Fuego

|9

|0

|9

|0

|14

|45

| −31

|0

Playoffs

=Northeast Division Playoff=

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley beat New York Red Bull NPSL

=Northwest Division Playoffs=

Sacramento Gold 6–3 Bay Area Ambassadors

San Diego Boca 4–0 Real San Jose

Sacramento Gold beat San Diego Boca

=National Semi-Finals=

Sacramento Gold 4–1 FC Sonic Lehigh Valley

Chattanooga FC 2–0 Madison 56ers

=Third Place Playoff=

FC Sonic Lehigh Valley 3–1 Madison 56ers

=NPSL Championship Game=

Sacramento Gold 3–1 Chattanooga FC

References

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{{NPSL Seasons}}

{{2010 in American soccer}}

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