American Premier Soccer League

American Premier Soccer League

Country	United States
Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	2015
Divisions	None
Number of teams	9 (2015)^[1]
Promotion to	None
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Website	APSL website
2015 APSL season

The American Premier Soccer League (APSL) is an American soccer league. The league is officially affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), and qualifies for the U.S. Open Cup through USASA channels.

Competition format

The regular season runs from April through August.^[2] The schedule is designed to allow college students to compete during their summer break. For the playoffs, the four top seeded teams face each other in the Semifinals and Championship games.

Organization

The APSL is organized in a mostly decentralized structure and is managed as a team-run league. Each year the member clubs help elect a Commissioner, Treasurer and Secretary and a Board of Directors. Each team is individually owned and operated, and is responsible for maintaining league minimum standards. New teams seeking membership into the APSL are subject to approval from an executive committee of existing team owners. Member clubs have the right to make localized decisions for their respective markets, conferences and regions based on what they believe is best for their particular region.

The current Commissioner is Bert Mahecha.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First Season	Head Coach
Florida Region
South Florida Conference
Red Force	Kendall, FL	TBD		2015	Gabriel Vega
Uruguay Kendall	Kendall, FL	TBD		2015	Mauro Grignola
Boca Raton F.C	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton High School	2015	2015	TBD
Real Miami C.F	Doral, FL	TBD		2015	TBD
Alianza Miami FC	TBD	TBD		2015	TBD
Miami Dade FC	Miami, FL	Tropical Park Stadium	2014	2015	Rafael Ferreiro
Miami Nacional S.C.	Pembroke Pines, FL	North Miami Athletic Stadium		2015	Danny Rojas
Estudiantes del Guayas	TBD	North Miami Athletic Stadium	1985	2015	Caprio
South Florida FC	Pembroke Pines, FL	Broward College		2015	Bert Mahecha

References

↑ "APSL". APSL. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
↑ http://www.apslsoccer.com/

http://www.socceritalia.it/2015/03/kerlon-miami-dade-fc-nal-usa/ http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/491585_foquinha-kerlon-vai-jogar-em-time-brasileiro-da-quarta-principal-liga-dos-eua

External links

Soccer in the United States

Overview

Men's national teams

Men's outdoor leagues

Professional	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL

Amateur/ Semi-pro	PDL NPSL ASL PLA UPSL

Youth	USL Super-20 U.S. Development Academy

Men's indoor leagues

Men's futsal leagues

Cup competitions

Men's college soccer

NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
NAIA Championship

Women's national teams

Women's leagues

Women's college soccer

NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
NAIA Championship

Defunct men's
outdoor leagues

Defunct men's
indoor leagues

Defunct women's leagues

Fourth level association football leagues of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada PCSL PDL¹ Mexico United States NPSL PDL¹

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean⁵	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Barbados Bermuda¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Grenada Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Turks and Caicos Islands

1: Canada and the United States share one fourth league, the PDL. 2: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 3: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 4:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA. 5: Unlisted CFU nations do not contain a fourth league.

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