2019 Spring UPSL season


The 2019 Spring United Premier Soccer League season is the 12th season of the UPSL.

Pro Premier

Team changes

These tables show changes made since the 2018 Spring season for the Atlanta Caribbean Division, Midwest Conference, Northeast Conference, and Southwest Conference which did not participate in the 2018 Fall season. All other changes are compared to the Fall season.

Division changes

Competition format

Teams are divided into conferences, some of which are further subdivided into divisions. Following the regular season, teams compete in a playoff tournament to determine a single national champion. 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 14 matches respectively. The top two teams from each division plus the two best third place teams by points-per-game qualify for the playoffs.
  • Midwest Conference: Teams are divided into Central, East, South, and West divisions. Each division plays a double round robin for 10 matches. The regular season champion of each division qualifies for the playoffs which are held at a single location to be determined.
  • Mountain Conference: Teams play a double round robin for 16 matches.
  • Northeast Conference: Teams play a single round robin for eight matches.
  • Southeast Conference: Teams are divided into Florida Central, Florida Dade/Broward, Florida Palm Beach, and Mid-Atlantic divisions.
  • *Florida Central Division: Teams are further divided into East and West sections. Each team plays the other seven teams within its section plus five teams in the other section for a total of 12 matches.
  • *Florida Dade/Broward Division: Teams play a single round robin for 11 matches.
  • *Florida Palm Beach Division: Teams play two of their rivals twice and the rest once for an 11 match schedule.
  • *Mid-Atlantic Division: Teams are further divided into North, South A, and South B sections. Each section plays a double round robin for 10, 8, and 10 matches respectively.
  • Southwest Conference: Teams play two of their rivals twice and the rest once for a 10 match schedule.
  • 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 double round robin for 14 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 play each opponent either zero, one, or two times with no discernible pattern for a total of 10 matches. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Standings

Alaska-Last Frontier Division standings


Central Heart Division standings


Central North Division standings


Central South Division standings


Midwest Central Division standings


Midwest East Division standings


Midwest South Division standings


Midwest West Division standings


Mountain Conference standings


Northeast Conference standings


Atlanta Caribbean Division standings


Florida Central Division East standings


Florida Central Division West standings


Florida Dade/Broward Division standings


Florida Palm Beach Division standings


Mid-Atlantic Division North standings


Mid-Atlantic Division South A standings


Mid-Atlantic Division South B standings


Southwest Conference standings


SoCal Division North standings


SoCal Division South standings


Wild West Division standings


Playoffs

Southwest Conference playoffs


Championship

Division changes

  • The Central North Division added a Championship level.

Competition format

  • Central Conference: Only the North Division features a Championship level. Teams play a double round robin for 12 matches.
  • Southeast Conference: The Atlanta Caribbean Division features only at the Championship level and does not promote to the Pro Premier. Among divisions with Pro Premier levels, only the Florida Central Division features a Championship level.
  • *Atlanta Caribbean Division: Teams play a single round robin for nine matches.
  • *Florida Central Division: Teams play a double round robin for 14 matches. All eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
  • Western Conference: Only the SoCal Division features a Championship level. Teams are divided into North and South sections. Each section plays a single round robin for 13 matches. The regular season champion of each section is promoted. The second place team in each section hosts the third place team in the other section in a playoff match to determine two further promoted teams.

Standings

Central North Division standings


Patriot Division standings


Florida Central Division standings


SoCal Division North standings


SoCal Division South standings


League One

Division changes

  • The Central North Division added a League One level.

Competition format

  • Central Conference: Only the North Division features a League One level. Teams play a triple round robin for 12 matches.
  • Western Conference: Only the SoCal Division features a League One level. Teams play a double round robin for 14 matches.

Standings

Central North Division standings


SoCal Division standings