NPL!! What is it?

I have been seeing clubs around town with discovery NPL. I see it on the Legends website here in East County. I am not really sure what NPL is, let alone discovery NPL. I am hoping some of the more experienced parents will be able to help me understand what it is.
 
Here you go. Check this out then if you have specific questions about how it is managed here in SOCAL we can help you out.
Basically it the highest tier of local/regional league play; it allows teams to enter playoffs against other NPL leagues, and ends with National Finals.
 
Thank you for posting the link. I did take a look at it. Curious as to why there are no 2010 for the girls side of it.
They’ve been having some trouble recruiting for npl (on both sides but particularly the girls). Around 2010 is when the other letter leagues begin to take off so there’s quite a bit of competition especially since the other leagues are higher ranked. Soccer participation, generally declining along with other youth sports, especially on the younger age also never fully recovered from the pandemic. And though they announced more flexibility in venues and scheduling, it’s still quite a commitment above and beyond regular SoCal league.
 
NPL is another, watered down acronym because, in soccer, it's all about the accents and acronyms.
My wife just told me about a friend of her that got played buy a man with Australian accent. Total eye candy as well. His profile was perfect and she told me wife she thought she found one. Well, first date and dude comes out and say's "I am polyamory and how do you feel about that." The date was over in 10 minutes. I think the guy should just put that he's a polyamory on his profile to save the girls some time if their not into that. Dude tried to convince her how amazing it is and that she should tryout. Anyway, the accent can fool the best of us in youth soccer and I sure got played.
 
One big difference between NPL and the other letter leagues is that the NPL is based on the team performance, and has promotion and relegation. The other leagues are based on club performance, and the teams will participate regardless of their standings. With that being said, if all the teams in the club are under performing the entire club can be dropped from the other letter leagues. In NORCAL the NPL teams are also playing in GA, DPL, and ECRL, so they are one in the same. In SOCAL they are separate, however a lot of NPL teams are outperforming ECRL/GA/DPL teams in the rankings.
 
One big difference between NPL and the other letter leagues is that the NPL is based on the team performance, and has promotion and relegation. The other leagues are based on club performance, and the teams will participate regardless of their standings. With that being said, if all the teams in the club are under performing the entire club can be dropped from the other letter leagues. In NORCAL the NPL teams are also playing in GA, DPL, and ECRL, so they are one in the same. In SOCAL they are separate, however a lot of NPL teams are outperforming ECRL/GA/DPL teams in the rankings.

what’s the difference between NPL and DPL? Is DPL under GA? NPL on its own?
 
what’s the difference between NPL and DPL? Is DPL under GA? NPL on its own?

DPL is it's own stand alone league and falls under the USSSA. GA clubs typically have their second teams playing in DPL, but they are entirely separate leagues, so they have problems moving players between rosters. GA recently left USYouthSoccer because they did not want to cross-play with PRO and E64 in Playoffs/Nationals. Now GA also falls under USSSA, so we may see some type of merger with DPL, so they are able to move players between teams (just my speculation now that both leagues fall under the same sanctioning organization). NPL falls under USClubSoccer, as well as ECNL/ECRL. Although NPL is a "National League," it is integrated with regional leagues (SOCAL League for example) and is usually the top tier of of those leagues brackets.
 
DPL is it's own stand alone league and falls under the USSSA. GA clubs typically have their second teams playing in DPL, but they are entirely separate leagues, so they have problems moving players between rosters. GA recently left USYouthSoccer because they did not want to cross-play with PRO and E64 in Playoffs/Nationals. Now GA also falls under USSSA, so we may see some type of merger with DPL, so they are able to move players between teams (just my speculation now that both leagues fall under the same sanctioning organization). NPL falls under USClubSoccer, as well as ECNL/ECRL. Although NPL is a "National League," it is integrated with regional leagues (SOCAL League for example) and is usually the top tier of of those leagues brackets.
I've never heard of a club having trouble moving players from DPL to GA or vice versa. It's very simple and happens just about every weekend, from what I can tell by seeing GA patches at DPL games, and DPL patches at GA games. Not sure where you heard that.
 
I've never heard of a club having trouble moving players from DPL to GA or vice versa. It's very simple and happens just about every weekend, from what I can tell by seeing GA patches at DPL games, and DPL patches at GA games. Not sure where you heard that.

I could certainly be wrong, but I thought the DPL rules required Primary rostered DPL players not play in other leagues, and the GA rules required Primary rostered GA players not play in other leagues. Which would limit the amount of players a club could move between the two. There was a discussion not too long ago involving LA Surf and Fram; about why they were playing ECNL players on their GA teams, instead of pulling players up from their own DPL teams. The reason that was given on these forums anyway, was due to roster movement problems due to aforementioned rules problems. However, to be frank, it doesn't appear the GA enforce the rules much, just look at all the NorCal cross-play this past year.
 
I could certainly be wrong, but I thought the DPL rules required Primary rostered DPL players not play in other leagues, and the GA rules required Primary rostered GA players not play in other leagues. Which would limit the amount of players a club could move between the two. There was a discussion not too long ago involving LA Surf and Fram; about why they were playing ECNL players on their GA teams, instead of pulling players up from their own DPL teams. The reason that was given on these forums anyway, was due to roster movement problems due to aforementioned rules problems. However, to be frank, it doesn't appear the GA enforce the rules much, just look at all the NorCal cross-play this past year.
I don't know what the rules say, but there was plenty of crossover this past season (for most teams in the SW) and I never got the perception that it was controversial or unexpected. I'd love to hear what the actual rule says, though
 
I don't know what the rules say, but there was plenty of crossover this past season (for most teams in the SW) and I never got the perception that it was controversial or unexpected. I'd love to hear what the actual rule says, though

DPL Rules/Framework is lax (Go to Player Eligibility & Registration in the PPT):

GA is a different beast (See page 32, section 5 "Roster Rules"):

My read is that as long as a player made it into a club's DPL roster, DPL doesn't care where else they play, as long as it isn't for another DPL club team. GA, on the other hand, doesn't want their players playing anywhere else and "Secondary" Players only have a limited number of games they should be able to play for a GA team in a season.

That being said, what's in a rule book and what's enforced can be two different things.
 
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