{"id":12681,"date":"2022-04-13T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=12681"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:47:11","slug":"yellowstone-premier-league-qualifies-teams-to-2022-npl-postseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/yellowstone-premier-league-qualifies-teams-to-2022-npl-postseason\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone Premier League qualifies teams to 2022 NPL postseason"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12681\" class=\"elementor elementor-12681\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c0df8ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c0df8ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92b2b99\" data-id=\"92b2b99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4c0f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b4c0f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yellowstone Premier League qualifies teams to 2022 NPL postseason<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>CHARLESTON, S.C. (April 13, 2022)<\/strong> \u2013 The Yellowstone Premier League, in its second year, has qualified six girls teams and six boys teams from U-13 through U-19 age groups to this summer\u2019s NPL postseason. Utah Surf claimed three titles (Boys U-13, U-15 and U-18\/19), while a trio of clubs balanced the leaderboards with two titles apiece \u2013 Blue Knights Premier (Girls U-17 and U-18\/19), CO Elevation FC Summit (Girls U-13 and U-15), and Northern United Utah Royalty Falslev (Boys, U-14 and U-16).<\/p><p>The six qualifying girls teams will head directly to the <a href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/npl-finals\/\">2022 NPL Finals<\/a>, July 7-11 at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park in Denver, CO. The U-14 through U-17 boys qualifiers will face a two-stage competition, next competing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/npl-west-playoffs\/\">NPL Boys West Playoffs<\/a> with ultimate aspirations of the NPL Finals. The U-13 boys will see their postseason end at NPL West Playoffs, where a champion will be crowned. The U-18\/19 boys division is a single-stage competition, as well, with that qualifier competing at the NPL Finals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bad61c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9bad61c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Post-season qualification... \u2705<br><br>Congratulations to the Yellowstone Premier League Boys and Girls Fall NPL Champions! The girls will head directly to the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NPLFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NPLFinals<\/a>, while the boys squads will first compete in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NPLWestPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NPLWestPlayoffs<\/a>.<br><br>Join us in congratulating the champs! \ud83d\udd0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ty4M4IFIkZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ty4M4IFIkZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; National Premier Leagues (@USClubSoccerNPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USClubSoccerNPL\/status\/1512497972050866177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3253c60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3253c60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe are excited to have the Northern Utah United &#8217;08 Royalty Boys and &#8217;06 Royalty Boys return to NPL playoffs for the second year in a row,\u201d said Jeff Ginn, Club Director for Northern Utah United. \u201cWe are confident that last year\u2019s experience \u2013 combined with their continued dedication to play an effective and enjoyable style of soccer \u2013 will have them prepared to represent Northern Utah United and the Yellowstone Premier League during the competition.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWe are very excited to have three teams qualify for the NPL postseason,\u201d added Utah Surf Club Director Blaine Hale. \u201cWe are fortunate to compete in the Yellowstone Premier League, and we&#8217;re excited to see what the future holds for the league. Our teams are looking forward to representing in June for the chance to compete at the NPL Finals in July.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cCO Elevation FC U13 and U15 teams advancing to the NPL Finals is a great accomplishment for our players, coaches and club,\u201d said Marc Ashouri, Club Director of Colorado Elevation FC. \u201cEvery effort, determination and commitment has solidified Elevation&#8217;s accomplishments thus far. Our goal is to continue developing players as we embrace small successes, game-by-game, during the course of this tournament. The NPL Finals is the highest level of competition, and our players are looking forward to the challenge and competition ahead.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cOur road to the finals was tedious and difficult, since we never had the entire team healthy or available to compete,\u201d said Martin Villegas, Blue Knights Premier Club Director.. \u201cOur qualification was decided at our last game when our team was down 3-0 by halftime. The girls worked hard one step at a time, until they tied the game with one second left in the game. When everything seems impossible, that\u2019s the moment we decide if it is possible.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellowstone Premier League qualifies teams to 2022 NPL postseason CHARLESTON, S.C. (April 13, 2022) \u2013 The Yellowstone Premier League, in its second year, has qualified six girls teams and six boys teams from U-13 through U-19 age groups to this<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/yellowstone-premier-league-qualifies-teams-to-2022-npl-postseason\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,32,77,19],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-12681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","category-npl","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12681"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=12681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}