Demize NPSL

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2014}} as
Joplin Demize

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| stadium = Cooper Stadium
Springfield, Missouri

| capacity = 1,000

| chrtitle = Owners

| chairman = Ed & Alison Hershewe

| mgrtitle = Head Coach

| manager = Guilherme Ferreira

| league = National Premier Soccer League

| season = 2019

| position = Heartland Conference: 3rd
Playoffs: Conference Final

| website = http://www.demizesoccer.com/

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Demize NPSL, formerly known as Joplin Demize, is an American amateur soccer club based in Springfield, Missouri, which began play in the fourth-tier National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in May 2014. The team competes within the Heartland Conference in the NPSL's South Region and plays home games at Lake Country Soccer's Cooper Stadium. It formerly played in the now dissolved South Central Conference.

History

Joplin Demize was announced as an National Premier Soccer League expansion team on January 31, 2014.{{cite web |title=THE NPSL COMES TO JOPLIN |url=https://www.npsl.com/8332/ |website=National Premier Soccer League |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=31 January 2014}} Ed and Alison Hershewe, who also own a Joplin-based law firm, were announced as owners while former NPSL & PDL player Chris Hanlon would serve as both head coach and Director of Soccer Operations.{{cite web |last1=Larimore |first1=Jordan |title=Demize bringing professional soccer to Joplin |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/demize-bringing-professional-soccer-to-joplin/article_47e42c6f-5eeb-5830-a39b-98970d7ac10c.html |website=Joplin Globe |date=February 2014 |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en}} It was also announced that the team would play home games at the Joplin Athletic Complex.{{cite web |title=Professional Soccer coming to Joplin Athletic Complex |url=http://www.koamtv.com/story/24604069/professional-soccer-coming-to-joplin-athletic-complex |website=KOAM |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013728/http://www.koamtv.com/story/24604069/professional-soccer-coming-to-joplin-athletic-complex |archive-date=22 March 2014}}

The team, a developmental extension of the Springfield Demize of the third-tier USL Pro league, is composed of local collegiate and other players from the Four State Area.{{cite web |title=Joplin Demize finalizes schedule for season |url=https://www.miamiok.com/sports/article_73962196-a76e-577d-906e-8bd20fcfe880.html |website=The Miami News-Record |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en}} To fill out the opening day roster, the Demize held open tryouts in March 2014.{{cite web |title=Demize plan soccer tryouts for Sunday |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/demize-plan-soccer-tryouts-for-sunday/article_e44ec33e-7d09-5b94-ae07-60e0ddc81d98.html |website=Joplin Globe |date=20 March 2014 |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en}}

On March 9, 2017, the team re-branded as "Demize NPSL," and announced its intent to play games in Branson, Springfield, as well as Joplin.{{cite web |title=Joplin Demize Rebrands as Demize NPSL |url=https://www.npsl.com/6142/ |website=National Premier Soccer League |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=17 March 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Peake |first1=Jason |title=Demize returning as rebranded soccer franchise |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_sports/demize-returning-as-rebranded-soccer-franchise/article_5478e3f4-9121-5567-a897-7baf315b270e.html |website=Joplin Globe |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en}}

During the 2019 season, the team finished its regular season third place in conference with its best record to date and qualified for the postseason for the first time in its history. In the Heartland Conference Semifinals, Demize won its first playoff game when it beat the Little Rock Rangers on penalty kicks after both teams played to a 1–1 draw.{{cite web |last1=Muck |first1=Jeremy |title=Little Rock Rangers blanked on PKs |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/jul/11/lr-rangers-blanked-on-pks-20190711/ |website=Arkansas Online |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 July 2019}} Demize then fell to Tulsa Athletic, 2–0, in the Conference Final.{{cite web |last1=Lenard |first1=John |title=8-round shootout sees Fort Worth Vaqueros advance to conference final over Denton Diablos |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/fc-dallas/2019/07/12/8-round-shootout-sees-fort-worth-vaqueros-advance-to-conference-final-over-denton-diablos/ |website=Dallas News |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |date=12 July 2019 |quote="The winner of the conference final will play the winner of Tulsa Athletic vs Joplin Demize for the South Region semifinals on July 16."}}{{cite web |title=Demize NPSL Season Ends in Heartland Conference Final |url=http://demizesoccer.com/demize-npsl-season-ends-in-heartland-conference-final |website=Springfield Demize |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=19 July 2019}}{{cite web |author=Staff reports |title=Tulsa Athletic falls at Miami FC in South Region finals |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/tulsa-athletic-falls-at-miami-fc-in-south-region-finals/article_536ff6f7-6702-5f04-87d5-8b64e0f2926b.html |website=Tulsa World |date=20 July 2019 |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |quote="Tulsa Athletic went 7-0-3 in the regular season and won the Heartland Conference title by 11 points. In the postseason, Tulsa claimed victories over Ozark FC and Demize NPSL at Veterans Park, then defeated Fort Worth Vaqueros in the region semifinals."}}

Stadia

Hershewe Soccer Complex, Joplin, Missouri (2014-2017)
Lake Country Soccer Cooper Stadium, Springfield, Missouri (2017–present)
Joplin High School, Joplin, Missouri (2017)
Branson High School Pirate Stadium, Branson, Missouri (2017-2018)
Waynesville High School, Waynesville, Missouri (2018)

Year-by-year

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! Year

! League

! Regular Season

! Playoffs

! U.S. Open Cup

! Notes

2014

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10"|NPSL

| 3rd, North Division (South Central Conference)

| did not qualify

| Ineligible

2015

| 5th, South Central Conference

| did not qualify

2016

| 10th, South Central Conference

| did not qualify

2017

| 5th, Heartland Conference

| did not qualify

2018

| 5th, Heartland Conference

| did not qualify

2019

| 3rd, Heartland Conference

| Conference Final

| did not qualify

| Lost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Final

2020

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic{{cite web |last1=Prince-Wright |first1=Joe |title=2020 NPSL season cancelled

|url=https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2020/03/26/2020-npsl-season-cancelled/ |website=ProSoccerTalk |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=28 May 2020 |date=26 March 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Muck |first1=Jeremy |title=National Premier Soccer League cancels season |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/mar/27/soccer-league-cancels-season-20200327/ |website=Arkansas Online |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |date=27 March 2020}}

2021

| 1st, Heartland Conference

| Conference Final

| did not qualify

| Lost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Final

2022

| 4th, Heartland Conference

| Conference Semifinals

| did not qualify

| Lost to Tulsa Athletic in the Conference Semifinals

2023

| 4th, Heartland Conference