2006 NPSL season

Football league season

National Premier Soccer LeagueSeason| 2006

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Champions| Sacramento Knights

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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

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### New Franchises

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

Team Name  | Metro Area  | Location  | Previous Affiliation

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Denver Kickers | Denver area | Golden, CO | expansion
Phoenix Banat Storm | Phoenix area | Avondale, AZ | expansion
Redwood City Ruckus | San Mateo County area | San Bruno, CA | expansion
San Jose Frogs | San Diego area | Carlsbad, CA | expansion
Southern California Fusion | San Diego area | San Jose, CA | expansion

### Name Changes

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* Minnesota Blast changed its name to Minnesota NSC United

## Final standings

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Purple indicates division title clinched

### Northwest Division

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Place  | Team  | P  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Points

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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

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Place  | Team  | P  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Points

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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

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Place  | Team  | P  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Points

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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

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Sacramento Knights 2 - 0 Princeton 56ers

### Bracket

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| Semi-Finals | | | Championship |

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| NW | Sacramento Knights |  | |
| WC | Detroit Arsenal |  |
| | NW | Sacramento Knights | 2 |
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| | | MW | Princeton 56ers | 0 |
| MW | Princeton 56ers |  |

| SW | Albuquerque Asylum |  |

West Division Semifinals

July 15, 2006

7:30 PM MDT

Semifinals

Albuquerque Asylum| 1–0| San Diego Fusion

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* Baca 67'

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Menaul School
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Attendance: 4,000 estimated

July 15, 2006

7:30 PM PDT

Semifinals

Sacramento Knights| 5–1| San Jose Frogs

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* Nelle 24', 44'
* Lupercio 26'
* Sims 57'
* Ricks-Chambers 60'

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* Monteith 81'

Cosumnes River College
Sacramento, California

West Division Final

July 22, 2006

7:30 PM MDT

Albuquerque Asylum| 2–3| Sacramento Knights

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* Baca 39' (pen.)
* Padgett 85'

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* Nelle 30', 37'
* Scammacca 60'

Menaul School
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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NPSL Championship Game

July 29, 2006

7:00 PM CDT

Princeton 56ers| 0–2| Sacramento Knights

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* Chimienti 71'
* Renteria 90'

Breese Stevens Field
Madison, Wisconsin

Attendance: 1,351

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