2016 Premier League of America season

Premier League of America
Season	2016
Champions	Milwaukee Bavarians
Matches played	63
Goals scored	206 (3.27 per match)
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The 2016 Premier League of America season was the 104th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the second season of the PLA, but its first under the new name. The season began in May 2016 and concluded in July 2016.

Overview[edit]

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, seven more than the previous inaugural season. Teams were split into two divisions based on geographical location, with the top two ranked teams of each division competing in an end-of-season championship playoff.

Having originally been denied entry by the National Premier Soccer League for the 2015 season, league founders AFC Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids FC made the move to the NPSL for the 2016 season.

Milwaukee Bavarians were announced as the first expansion team in May 2015. Toledo United FC followed in July of the same year. A third expansion team, Ole SC in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming was added in October. A fourth was added in November when Madison 56ers were added. The fifth, sixth and seventh expansion teams were added in December, as Carpathia FC of Sterling Heights, Michigan, Aris SC of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Minnesota United FC Reserves of Woodbury, Minnesota were added.

Teams[edit]

Team	City	Stadium	Head Coach
East Division
Aurora Borealis SC	Aurora, Illinois	Mooseheart School	CJ Brown
Carpathia FC	Sterling Heights, Michigan	Carpathia Club	Bruce Wilden
Oakland County FC	Rochester, Michigan	Stoney Creek High School	Waad Sana
Ole SC	Wyoming, Michigan	Lee Field	David Wood
RWB Adria	River Grove, Illinois	Triton College	Siniša Alebić
Toledo United FC	Maumee, Ohio	Lucas County Recreation Center	David Hebestreit
West Division
Cedar Rapids Rampage United	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Clark Field	Hewerton Moreira
Croatian Eagles SC	Franklin, Wisconsin	Croatian Park	Alex Toth
Madison 56ers	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field	Jim Launder
Milwaukee Bavarians	Glendale, Wisconsin	Heartland Value Fund Stadium	Pat Hodgins
Minnesota United FC Reserves	Woodbury, Minnesota	East Ridge High School	Peter Rivard
SSC Minneapolis City	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Lincoln Community Field	Daniel Warner

2016 Premier League of America season is located in USA Midwest

Bavarians

Eagles

56ers

Borealis

RWB

Carpathia

Oakland

Ole

Toledo

Minnesota

Minneapolis

Rampage

Locations of PLA clubs for 2016

Results[edit]

East Division[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RWB Adria	10	7	1	2	29	13	+16	22	2016 PLA playoffs
2	Toledo United FC	10	7	1	2	22	7	+15	22	2016 PLA playoffs
3	Carpathia FC	10	6	1	3	17	17	0	19
4	Oakland County FC	10	4	2	4	14	13	+1	14
5	Aurora Borealis SC	10	2	1	7	13	25	−12	7
6	Ole SC	10	1	0	9	12	32	−20	3

Updated to match(es) played on July 24, 2016. Source: PLA standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal differential

West Division[edit]

Template:2016 PLA West standings

Playoffs[edit]

The semifinals were played on July 30. The final and third place matches were played on July 31.

Semifinal			Final

1W	Milwaukee Bavarians	1
2E	Toledo United	0
			1W	Milwaukee Bavarians	4
			1E	RWB Adria	2
1E	RWB Adria	2
2W	Cedar Rapids Rampage United	0	Third Place

			2E	Toledo United	2
			2W	Cedar Rapids Rampage United	1

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

References[edit]

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