2006 NPSL Season

National Premier Soccer League

Season	2006
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

New Franchises

• Four franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
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
Southern California Fusion	San Diego area	Carlsbad, CA	expansion

Name Changes

• Minnesota Blast changed its name to Minnesota NSC United

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched

Northwest Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
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

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Princeton 56ers	10	8	0	2				26
2	Detroit Arsenal	10	7	2	1				22
3	St. Paul Twin Stars	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

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
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

Sacramento Knights 2 - 1 Princeton 56ers

References

• US soccer history archives for 2006