The NPL is a national competition platform created to elevate and change the competitive youth soccer landscape by:

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• Extending developmental principles espoused by U.S. Soccer into more age groups and clubs

• Linking competition with player development and identification platforms

• Providing meaningful weekly competition culminating in the NPL Finals

       NPLs are leagues unified under one national competition platform and based on a common               technical framework. More specifically, the NPL provides a platform:

• Focused on long-term player development for the country’s top soccer clubs,

• Allowing consistent, meaningful high-level games appropriately scheduled with higher training-to-game ratios and eliminate calendar congestion

• Integrated with the id² Program, which includes Player Development Programs (PDPs) in select local markets, and that works closely with U.S. Soccer staff regarding player identification, and player and coach development

• Designed and structured by the clubs, based on the needs of the clubs

• Provides an avenue for qualification for the NPL Finals and Elite National Premier League