2018 NISA Division III season edit
2018 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 edit
On 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 edit
Stadium sights edit
Already-Existing Teams edit
Two 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 edit
References 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.