Football league season
National Independent Soccer Association Season Fall2021 season Dates Aug. 7 – Nov. 21 Champions Detroit City FC Matches 90 Goals 227 (2.52 per match) Top goalscorer Omar Nuño (12) Biggest home win NAM 4–01904 Biggest away win NAM 1–6DET Highest scoring MIC 3–4CAL NAM 1–6DET CHI 2–5MAR Longest winning run 5 matchesDetroit City FC Longest unbeaten run 10 matchesDetroit City FC Longest winless run 16 matchesSan Diego 1904 FC Longest losing run 6 matchesSan Diego 1904 FC Highest attendance 6,076DET 3–2CHI Lowest attendance 164STU 0–0MIC Total attendance 29,641(As of Sept. 4) Average attendance 1,289
All statistics correct as of November 21.
TheFall 2021 NISA season was the third season of theNational Independent Soccer Association 's third-division soccer competition. The season took place only during the Fall in order to realign the league's seasons with the calendar year.[ 1] NISA Independent Cup .
The nine teams that participated in the2020-21 Spring season all returned. They were joined by expansion clubChicago House AC .
Stadiums and locations [ edit ] Locations of announced clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity California United Strikers FC Irvine, California Championship Stadium 5,000 Chattanooga FC Chattanooga, Tennessee Finley Stadium 20,668 Chicago House AC Bridgeview, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Detroit City FC Hamtramck, Michigan Keyworth Stadium 7,933 Los Angeles Force Whittier, California Valley High School (Santa Ana, California) Maryland Bobcats FC Boyds, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex 4,000 Michigan Stars FC Pontiac, Michigan Romeo High School 4,000 New Amsterdam FC Hempstead, New York Hofstra Soccer Stadium 1,600 San Diego 1904 FC San Diego, California Canyon Crest Stadium Stumptown AC Matthews, North Carolina Sportsplex at Matthews 5,000
Personnel and sponsorship [ edit ] Note: The league has signed a deal withHummel to be the officialkit manufacturer, but it still allows clubs to find their own provider. [ 2] NISA Independent Cup [ edit ] The NISA Independent Cup will start on July 9. It features seven of the ten NISA clubs, withMichigan Stars FC andStumptown AC opting not to participate andSan Diego 1904 FC withdrawing before the start of the tournament. They will be joined by 28 invited amateur teams and divided geographically into nine regions of four clubs each. Each region will play a single round robin tournament with the team earning the most points in each region declared regional champion. Like last year, there will be no interregional play or national champion.
Participating Clubs [ edit ] Source:
nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Mid-Atlantic Region [ edit ] Source:
nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
The match betweenNew Amsterdam FC andLansdowne Yonkers FC was originally scheduled for July 17 and was to be hosted at Hudson Sports Complex inWarwick, New York . However, weather forced the match to be postponed to a later date.[ 4] Flemings Field inYonkers, New York .[ 5]
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
On July 22, the league announced thatCalifornia Victory FC had withdrawn from the tournament after playing one match, a 1-1 draw againstBay Cities FC . This result was expunged.[ 6]
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
South Central Region [ edit ] Source:
nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
The Southwest Region is the only region of the Independent Cup that does not consist of four clubs. On July 7, NISA announced onTwitter that1904 FC had withdrawn from the tournament just 48 hours before the tournament was set to begin.[ 7]
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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nisaofficial.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
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nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
The Fall season started on August 6, and saw the ten teams play each other twice, in a single-table format.[ 8] [ 1]
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nisasoccer.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head
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^a b The November 13 match between the LA Force and Detroit City FC was cancelled due to several players testing positive forCOVID-19 . The match was declared a 0-0 draw.[ 9] Source:
nisasoccer.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
As of November 21, 2021 Games without fans reported are not counted in averages or games played.
Rank Team GP Cumulative High Low Mean 1 Detroit City FC 9 38,716 6,076 3,689 4,302 2 Chattanooga FC 9 19,580 2,916 1,420 2,176 3 Michigan Stars FC 7 14,105 3,786 506 2,015 4 Chicago House AC 9 9,448 1,420 663 1,050 5 California United Strikers FC 8 6,284 1,738 345 786 6 New Amsterdam FC 9 3,464 574 278 385 7 Maryland Bobcats FC 9 2,725 372 212 303 8 Stumptown AC 9 2,486 399 164 276 9 San Diego 1904 FC 9 2,391 393 168 266 10 Los Angeles Force 1 175 175 175 175 Total 79 99,374 6,076 164 1,258
^a b Protagonist Podcasts."Sight Lines - NISA Commissioner John Prutch" .Spotify . RetrievedJuly 8, 2021 . ^ "NISA announces kit sponsorship deal" .Twitter.com . RetrievedAugust 21, 2019 .^ FC, New Amsterdam."New Amsterdam FC Signs Former Red Bulls Goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul as Head Coach" .www.prnewswire.com (Press release). RetrievedJuly 24, 2021 . ^ Battista, Mike (July 21, 2021)."OaM Lower League Round-Up: July 21, 2021" .Once A Metro . RetrievedJuly 29, 2021 . ^ "Tweet" .Twitter . Lansdowne Yonkers FC. July 27, 2021. RetrievedJuly 29, 2021 .^ "NISA Official on Twitter" . July 22, 2021. RetrievedJuly 24, 2021 .^ "Tweet" .Twitter . National Independent Soccer Association. July 7, 2021. RetrievedJuly 14, 2021 .^ "NISA announces 2021 Fall Season schedule" .nisasoccer.com . RetrievedJuly 4, 2021 .^a b "NISA League Statement on LA Force-DCFC Match Cancelation" .NISAofficial.com . National Independent Soccer Association. November 10, 2021. RetrievedNovember 10, 2021 .^a b "NISA Announces Fall 2021 All-League Teams" .nisaofficial.com .NISA . December 15, 2021. RetrievedDecember 15, 2021 .
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