2018 Fall UPSL season


The 2018 Fall United Premier Soccer League season is the 11th season of the UPSL. Milwaukee Bavarian SC are the reigning champions. However, the Midwest Conference will not participate in the fall season, and the Bavarians will not be able to defend their title.
For the Fall 2018 season, UPSL had 89 teams compete in 13 Pro Premier Divisions divided into 5 conferences. An additional 29 teams competed in 3 Championships Divisions from 2 Conferences. The overall structure of the League by Conference and roughly from west to east is represented in the table below
* Not participating

Pro Premier

Team changes

Joined Heart Division
Joined North Division
Left North Division
Joined South Division
Left South Division
Joined Colorado Conference
Left Colorado Conference
  • Colorado Springs FC
  • Denver Metro FC
  • FC Boulder — expelled from league
  • FC Greeley — expelled from league
  • Northern Colorado FC
Joined Mountain Conference
None
Left Mountain Conference
  • Idaho Lobos FC
  • Provo Premier
  • Magic Valley FC
Joined Florida Central Division
Left Florida Central Division
Joined Florida South Division
Left Florida South Division
Joined Mid-Atlantic North Division
Joined Mid-Atlantic South Division
Left Mid-Atlantic Division
Joined SoCal North Division
Joined SoCal South Division
Left SoCal Division
Joined Wild West North Division
Left Wild West Division
Rebranded

Competition format

Teams are divided into five conferences, some of which are further subdivided into divisions. Unless specified otherwise, all playoff matches are contested over a single leg, hosted by the team with the best points-per-game ratio. Extra time is not used in any round; matches drawn after 90 minutes advance directly to a penalty shootout.
  • Central Conference: Teams are divided into Heart, North, and South divisions. Each division plays a double round robin for 14, 12, and 10 matches respectively. The top two teams from each division plus the two best third place teams by points-per-game qualify for the playoffs.
  • Colorado Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for eight matches. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
  • Mountain Conference: Teams play a double round robin in a single division for four matches. The top two teams qualify for the playoffs.
  • Southeast Conference: Teams are divided into Mid-Atlantic, Florida Central, and Florida South divisions. Each division determines its own champion. The champions of the Florida divisions then play, with the winner facing the champion of the Mid-Atlantic division to determine the conference champion.
  • *Florida Central Division: Teams play a double round robin for 14 matches. The top seven teams qualify for the playoffs with the division leader receiving a bye to the divisional semifinals.
  • *Florida South Division: Teams play a single round robin for 13 matches. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
  • *Mid-Atlantic Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight and ten matches respectively. The top eight teams by points-per-game across both sections qualify for the playoffs.
  • Western Conference: Teams are divided into SoCal and Wild West divisions. Each division determines its own champion with the two divisional champions then matched up to determine the conference champion.
  • *SoCal Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a single round robin for eight matches. The top three teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, with the section leaders receiving byes to the divisional semifinals. The last placed team in each section is relegated to the Championship.
  • *Wild West Division: Teams are further divided into north and south sections. Each section plays a double round robin for eight matches. The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the top seed in each section hosting the second seed in the other section.
  • National Playoffs: The champions of the Colorado and Mountain conferences play. The winner of that match then plays the champion of the Western conference while the champions of the Central and Southeast conferences play. The two winners then contest the national championship.

Standings

Heart Division


North Division


South Division


Colorado Conference


Mountain Conference


Florida Central Division


Florida South Division


Mid-Atlantic Division North


Mid-Atlantic Division South


SoCal Division North


SoCal Division South


Wild West Division North


Wild West Division South


Playoffs

Mountain Conference playoffs

The match originally ended 5-1 in favor of San Juan FC, but they were subsequently ruled to have fielded an ineligible player. Boise Cutthroats FC was advanced to the next round.

Championship

Southeast Conference

Florida Central Division

The following 7 clubs joined the division for its inaugural season

Western Conference

SoCal Division

SoCal North Division
The following 4 northern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season
The following 5 clubs joined the division before the season
The following club rebranded before the season
  • LA 10 FC — rebranded from L.A. Roma FC
    Standings
SoCal South Division
The following 3 southern SoCal Championship clubs left the division before the season
The following 2 clubs joined the division before the season
  • California Rush SC — new senior team of youth club
  • City Legends FC — new club
The following club rebranded before the season