Fall 2021 National Independent Soccer Association season

National Independent Soccer Association
Season	Fall 2021 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 4–0 1904; (November 21)
Biggest away win	NAM 1–6 DET; (September 29)
Highest scoring	MIC 3–4 CAL; (7 goals, August 7); NAM 1–6 DET; (7 goals, September 29); CHI 2–5 MAR; (7 goals, October 23)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Detroit City FC; (August 21 – September 15); (October 9 – November 6)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Detroit City FC; (September 25 – November 20)
Longest winless run	16 matches; San Diego 1904 FC; (August 21 – November 21)
Longest losing run	6 matches; San Diego 1904 FC; (September 25 – October 23)
Highest attendance	6,076; DET 3–2 CHI; (August 7)
Lowest attendance	164; STU 0–0 MIC; (September 1)
Total attendance	29,641; (As of Sept. 4)
Average attendance	1,289
	← 2020–21 2022 → All statistics correct as of November 21.

National Independent Soccer Association
Season	Fall 2021 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 4–0 1904; (November 21)
Biggest away win	NAM 1–6 DET; (September 29)
Highest scoring	MIC 3–4 CAL; (7 goals, August 7); NAM 1–6 DET; (7 goals, September 29); CHI 2–5 MAR; (7 goals, October 23)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Detroit City FC; (August 21 – September 15); (October 9 – November 6)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Detroit City FC; (September 25 – November 20)
Longest winless run	16 matches; San Diego 1904 FC; (August 21 – November 21)
Longest losing run	6 matches; San Diego 1904 FC; (September 25 – October 23)
Highest attendance	6,076; DET 3–2 CHI; (August 7)
Lowest attendance	164; STU 0–0 MIC; (September 1)
Total attendance	29,641; (As of Sept. 4)
Average attendance	1,289
	← 2020–21 2022 → All statistics correct as of November 21.

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The Fall 2021 NISA season was the third season of the National 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] The league also organized the second edition of its pre-season cup competition, the NISA Independent Cup.

Teams

The nine teams that participated in the 2020-21 Spring season all returned. They were joined by expansion club Chicago House AC.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of announced clubs

Participating club

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

Note: The league has signed a deal with Hummel to be the official kit manufacturer, but it still allows clubs to find their own provider.^[2]

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
California United Strikers FC	Don Ebert	Xavier Fuerte	Nike	Taco Bell
Chattanooga FC	Peter Fuller	Juan Hernandez	Hummel	Louisiana Hot Sauce, VfL Wolfsburg
Chicago House AC	C.J. Brown	Drew Conner	Nike	—
Detroit City FC	Trevor James	Stephen Carroll	Adidas	Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers
Los Angeles Force	Thales Peterson	Joshua Culwell	Xara	—
Maryland Bobcats FC	Phil Nana	Kay Banjo	Hummel	Dog Haus
Michigan Stars FC	Alexander Strehmel	Kyle Nuel	Hummel	HTC
New Amsterdam FC	Bouna Coundoul	Daniel Vicente	Icarus	Fruit Street
San Diego 1904 FC	Scott Morrison	Ozzie Ramos	Nike	Live Up Nutrition
Stumptown AC	Rod Underwood	Franky Martinez	Hummel	OrthoCarolina Healthcare

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
New Amsterdam FC	Maximilian Mansfield	Stepping down	July 20	Preseason	Bouna Coundoul	July 20^[3]

NISA Independent Cup

The NISA Independent Cup will start on July 9. It features seven of the ten NISA clubs, with Michigan Stars FC and Stumptown AC opting not to participate and San 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

Great Lakes
St	Team	League
	Cleveland SC	NPSL
	Detroit City FC	NISA
	FC Buffalo	NPSL
	Livonia City FC	MWPL

Mid-Atlantic
St	Team	League
	Allentown United FC	UPSL
	Atlantic City FC	NPSL
	Maryland Bobcats FC	NISA
	Steel Pulse FC	EPSL

Midwest
St	Team	League
	Chicago House AC	NISA
	FC Milwaukee Torrent	NPSL
	Med City FC	NPSL
	Union Dubuque FC	MWPL

New England
St	Team	League
	Lansdowne Yonkers FC	EPSL
	Mass United Rush FC	UPSL
	New Amsterdam FC	NISA
	Newtown Pride FC	Connecticut

Pacific
St	Team	League
	Bay Cities FC	None
	California Victory FC	UPSL
	PDX FC	USL2
	Space United FC	Starfire Sports

South Central
St	Team	League
	Alexandria PBFC	GCPL
	Lone Star Republic	UPSL
	Louisiana Krewe FC	GCPL
	Texas Spurs FC	UPSL

Southeast
St	Team	League
	Atletico Atlanta	UPSL
	Chattanooga FC	NISA
	Savannah Clovers FC	UPSL
	Soda City FC	UPSL

Southwest
St	Team	League
	Atletico Olympians	UPSL
	California United Strikers FC	NISA
	FC Arizona	NPSL
	~~San Diego 1904 FC~~	~~NISA~~

West Coast
St	Team	League
	ASC San Diego	NPSL
	Chula Vista FC	SoCal Premier
	Los Angeles Force	NISA
	MAGIA Futbol Academy	SoCal Premier

Great Lakes Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Detroit City FC (C)	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9
2	FC Buffalo	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Cleveland SC	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10	1
4	Livonia City FC	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	CLE	DET	FCB	LIV
Cleveland SC	—	1–4
Detroit City FC		—	3–1	10–0
FC Buffalo	7–0		—	3–0
Livonia City FC	2–2			—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Mid-Atlantic Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maryland Bobcats FC (C)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
2	Steel Pulse FC	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Allentown United FC	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Atlantic City FC	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ALL	ATL	MAR	STP
Allentown United FC	—	2–1
Atlantic City FC		—	0–1
Maryland Bobcats FC	1–0		—	0–0
Steel Pulse FC	3–0	1–1		—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Midwest Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Milwaukee Torrent (C)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
2	Chicago House AC	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Med City FC	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Union Dubuque FC	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	CHI	FCM	MED	UDU
Chicago House AC	—
FC Milwaukee Torrent	2–0	—	4–1
Med City FC	1–1		—	2–1
Union Dubuque FC	0–5	0–5		—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

New England Region

The match between New Amsterdam FC and Lansdowne Yonkers FC was originally scheduled for July 17 and was to be hosted at Hudson Sports Complex in Warwick, New York. However, weather forced the match to be postponed to a later date.^[4] The game was played on July 28 but was instead hosted by Lansdowne at Flemings Field in Yonkers, New York.^[5]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lansdowne Yonkers FC (C)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
2	New Amsterdam FC	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Newtown Pride FC	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Mass United Rush FC	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	LAN	MUR	NAM	NTP
Lansdowne Yonkers FC	—	5–1	1–0	2–1
Mass United Rush FC		—		2–2
New Amsterdam FC		2–0	—
Newtown Pride FC			0–0	—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pacific Region

On July 22, the league announced that California Victory FC had withdrawn from the tournament after playing one match, a 1-1 draw against Bay Cities FC. This result was expunged.^[6]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PDX FC (C)	2	1	1	0	7	5	+2	4
2	Space United FC	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Bay Cities FC	2	0	1	1	5	7	−2	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BAY	CAL	PDX	SPA
Bay Cities FC	—	~~1-1~~		2–2
California Victory FC		—
PDX FC	5–3		—
Space United FC			2–2	—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Central Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Louisiana Krewe FC (C)	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
2	Lone Star Republic	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Texas Spurs FC	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Alexandria PBFC	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	APB	LSR	LAK	TXS
Alexandria PBFC	—			1–1
Lone Star Republic	2–1	—		2–2
Louisiana Krewe FC	1–0	1–0	—
Texas Spurs FC			0–0	—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southeast Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chattanooga FC (C)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
2	Atletico Atlanta	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
3	Savannah Clovers FC	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2
4	Soda City FC	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	CHA	SAV	SOD
Atletico Atlanta	—		4–4
Chattanooga FC	1–0	—		5–0
Savannah Clovers FC		0–4	—	1–1
Soda City FC	1–1			—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southwest Region

The Southwest Region is the only region of the Independent Cup that does not consist of four clubs. On July 7, NISA announced on Twitter that 1904 FC had withdrawn from the tournament just 48 hours before the tournament was set to begin.^[7] Therefore, the Southwest Region would continue as a three team round-robin.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	California United Strikers FC (C)	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
2	Atletico Olympians	2	1	1	3	5	−2	3
3	FC Arizona	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	CAL	FCA
Atletico Olympians	—	1–4	2–1
California United Strikers FC		—	1–0
FC Arizona			—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Coast Region

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Los Angeles Force (C)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
2	MAGIA Futbol Academy	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	4
3	ASC San Diego	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4
4	Chula Vista FC	3	0	2	1	7	9	−2	2

Source: nisaofficial.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals for; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	CHU	LAF	MAG
ASC San Diego	—		1–0	1–4
Chula Vista FC	4–4	—		3–3
Los Angeles Force		2–0	—
MAGIA Futbol Academy			2–3	—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season

The Fall season started on August 6, and saw the ten teams play each other twice, in a single-table format.^[8] There were no playoffs; the team leading the table at the end of the season was declared champion.^[1] The season ended on November 21.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Detroit City FC (C)	18	14	3	1	35	10	+25	45^[a]
2	California United Strikers FC	18	9	6	3	31	20	+11	33
3	Los Angeles Force	18	7	9	2	20	14	+6	30^[a]
4	New Amsterdam FC	18	7	2	9	29	29	0	23
5	Chattanooga FC	18	7	2	9	20	21	−1	23
6	Chicago House AC	18	7	2	9	18	26	−8	23
7	Michigan Stars FC	18	5	6	7	24	24	0	21
8	Stumptown AC	18	4	8	6	13	18	−5	20
9	Maryland Bobcats FC	18	5	5	8	20	28	−8	20
10	San Diego 1904 FC	18	2	3	13	17	37	−20	9

Source: nisasoccer.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The November 13 match between the LA Force and Detroit City FC was cancelled due to several players testing positive for COVID-19. The match was declared a 0-0 draw.^[9]

Results

Home \ Away	CAL	CHA	CHI	DET	LAF	MAR	MIC	NAM	SDG	STU
California United Strikers FC	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	1–1
Chattanooga FC	0–2	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Chicago House AC	1–3	1–0	—	0–1	2–1	2–5	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–1
Detroit City FC	1–0	2–0	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1
Los Angeles Force	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0^[9]	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2
Maryland Bobcats FC	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–2	—	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–1
Michigan Stars FC	3–4	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	—	1–4	4–2	0–0
New Amsterdam FC	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–6	1–1	4–0	0–2	—	4–0	1–2
San Diego 1904 FC	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–2	—	0–0
Stumptown AC	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	—

Source: nisasoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

As of November 21, 2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Omar Nuño	California United Strikers	12
2	Mayele Malango	New Amsterdam	9
3	Wojciech Wojcik	Chicago House	8
4	Maxi Rodriquez	Detroit City	7
5	Olakunle Banjo	Maryland Bobcats	6
	Christian Chaney	Los Angeles Force
	Molley Karpeh, Jr.	Maryland Bobcats
8	Shavon John-Brown	New Amsterdam	5
	Leon Maric	Michigan Stars
	Kyle Nuel	Michigan Stars
	Connor Rutz	Detroit City

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Derek Huffman	Chattanooga FC	4
	Steven Juncaj	Michigan Stars
	James Kasak	Chattanooga FC
4	Drew Conner	Chicago House	3
	Shavon John-Brown	New Amsterdam
	Felipe Liborio, Jr.	California United Strikers
	Bryan Medina	California United Strikers
	Pilawe Patrick Pato	Maryland Bobcats
	Christian Thierjung	California United Strikers
	Kevin Venegas	Detroit City
	Rhys Williams	Stumptown AC

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Nathan Steinwascher	Detroit City	9
2	Tatenda Mkuruva	Michigan Stars	6
2	Kevin Gonzalez	Stumptown AC	6
4	Alec Redington	Chattanooga FC	5
5	Brandon Gomez	Los Angeles Force	4
5	Mike Novotny	Chicago House	4
7	Kevin Tenjo	New Amsterdam	3
8	Christian Caulker	Maryland Bobcats	2
8	Joel Isyaq	Maryland Bobcats	2
10	Jean Gamain Antoine	California United Strikers	1
	Brandon Barnes	Chicago House
	Kifikalani Cabrera	Los Angeles Force
	Alfredo Cortez	1904 FC
	Mitch North	California United Strikers
	Sheldon Parkinson	New Amsterdam

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Omar Nuño	California United Strikers	at Michigan Stars	3–4	Aug 7
Olakunle Banjo	Maryland Bobcats	at Chicago House	2–5	Oct 23

Attendance

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

League awards

All-league teams

First team^[10]
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nathan Steinwascher (DET)	Stephen Carroll (DET) Nick Spielman (CHT) Devon Amoo-Mensah (MIC)	Maxi Rodriguez (DET) Steven Juncaj (MIC) Diego Barrera (LAF) Connor Rutz (DET)	Omar Nuño (CAL) Mayele Malango (NAM) Wojciech Wojcik (CHI)

Second team^[10]
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kevin Gonzalez (STU)	Ian Cerro (CHI) Garrett Hogbin (CAL) Matt Lewis (DET)	Jimmy Filerman (DET) Edward Benito (SDG) Mohamed Sesay (MAR) Felipe Liborio, Jr. (CAL)	Shavon John-Brown (NAM) Olakunle Banjo (MAR) Christian Chaney (LAF)

References

^ ^a ^b Protagonist Podcasts. "Sight Lines - NISA Commissioner John Prutch". Spotify. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ "NISA announces kit sponsorship deal". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
^ FC, New Amsterdam. "New Amsterdam FC Signs Former Red Bulls Goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul as Head Coach". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ Battista, Mike (July 21, 2021). "OaM Lower League Round-Up: July 21, 2021". Once A Metro. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
^ "Tweet". Twitter. Lansdowne Yonkers FC. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
^ "NISA Official on Twitter". July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ "Tweet". Twitter. National Independent Soccer Association. July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
^ "NISA announces 2021 Fall Season schedule". nisasoccer.com. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "NISA League Statement on LA Force-DCFC Match Cancelation". NISAofficial.com. National Independent Soccer Association. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "NISA Announces Fall 2021 All-League Teams". nisaofficial.com. NISA. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

External links

NISA official website

The Fall 2021 NISA season was the third season of the National 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] The league also organized the second edition of its pre-season cup competition, the NISA Independent Cup.