2018 NISA Division III season
edit2018 NISA Division III season | |
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League | NISA Division III |
Sport | Soccer |
The 2018 NISA Division III season will be the inaugural season of NISA D3.
League news
editOn June 6, 2017 it was announced that the newly formed National Independent Soccer Association would begin play in 2018 targeting an initial 8 to 10 teams, later revised to 8 to 12 teams.[1] The league has also outlined plans to introduce a promotion/relegation system, once they reach their goal of 24 teams, the first in US professional soccer and in doing so act as a feeder league to the North American Soccer League. [2][3]
Possible teams
editStadium sights
editAlready-Existing Teams
editTwo teams from the Nation Premier Soccer League are currently speculating deals to move to NISA D3 to start in the inaugural season.
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Founded | Head Coach | |||
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Southeast | ||||||||
Miami United F.C. | Hialeah, Florida | Ted Hendricks Stadium | 5,221 | 2012 | Stefano Agresti | |||
Midwest | ||||||||
Chattanooga FC | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Finley Stadium | 20,668 | 2009 | Bill Elliott |
See Also
editReferences
edit- ^ "About". NISA. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "New league seeks to finally bring pro/rel to US soccer". NISA. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "City said to be ripe for pro soccer". 28 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.