{"id":404884,"date":"2026-01-12T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404884\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:58:08","slug":"us-youth-soccer-national-league-and-us-club-soccer-npl-set-to-integrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404884\/","title":{"rendered":"US Youth Soccer National League and US Club Soccer NPL set to integrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Youth Soccer National League and US Club Soccer National Premier Leagues (NPL) will integrate into a unified competition structure, beginning in the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-unified pathway will align tens of thousands of teams nationwide, with the goal of creating clearer progression, rewarding on-field performance, and maintaining strong connections to local and state-based competitions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the two National Associations, this alignment is the first step in a broader effort in conjunction with U.S. Soccer to strengthen and optimize youth soccer\u2019s competition platforms, both nationally and across state and local leagues.<\/p>\n<p>See below for the full statement released by US Youth Soccer and US Club Soccer:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611846585_1307949444709651_2932752417295341940_n.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611846585_1307949444709651_2932752417295341940_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611837474_1307949441376318_7045472697846503119_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611837474_1307949441376318_7045472697846503119_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Youth Soccer National League and US Club Soccer National Premier Leagues (NPL) will integrate into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-404884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}