{"id":16932,"date":"2022-09-28T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=16932"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:21:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:21:44","slug":"npl-midwest-select-games-exemplify-collaboration-player-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/npl-midwest-select-games-exemplify-collaboration-player-development\/","title":{"rendered":"NPL Midwest Select Games exemplify collaboration, player development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NPL Midwest Select Games exemplify collaboration, player development<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usclubsoccer.org\/npl\">usclubsoccer.org\/npl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHARLESTON, S.C. (Sept. 28, 2022) \u2013<\/strong> The <strong>National Premier Leagues (NPL) <\/strong>is proud to announce the first-ever \u201cNPL Select Games,\u201d taking place Nov. 19-20 in Chicago. Three NPL member leagues \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasoccer.com\/\">Great Lakes Alliance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/18102\">Minnesota NPL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernillinoissoccerleague.com\/index.php\/national-premier-league\">Northern Illinois Soccer League<\/a> \u2013 and the Iowa-based <a href=\"https:\/\/clubdevelopmentleague.com\/\">Club Development League<\/a> are collaborating to welcome top boys and girls players of \u201909 and \u201910 age groups from their respective leagues to Olympic Park in Schaumburg, IL.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: The NPL Midwest Select Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ck_3HnEP4DI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been postponed<\/a>, due to inclement weather. It is being rescheduled for March 4-5, 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each league will form four select teams (two boys and two girls), and each team will play three friendly games against other league teams in front of id2 scouts. Top performers will be extended invitations to upcoming id2 Selection event programming in the region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SCHEDULE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/20404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the matchups here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event demonstrates a pair of the NPL\u2019s core values: collaboration and providing opportunities for player exposure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviding programming that supports our membership and promotes player development is at the core of everything we do at Great Lakes Alliance,\u201d said Ed Bernstein, President of the Great Lakes Alliance. \u201cTo have the opportunity to collaborate on this exceptional player development platform that will also provide id2 exposure, aligns directly with our portfolio of player-focused initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really looking forward to offering this unique player development opportunity to our member clubs,\u201d said Matt Tiano, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcslsoccer.com\/\">Twin Cities Soccer Leagues<\/a> (MN). \u201cWe see the Midwest Select Games as being about player development and exposure to id2 scouting, and also an opportunity to measure ourselves against other respected leagues. Collaboration is crucial, and we are pleased to work with our league partners in GLA, CDL and NISL to execute this event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NISL is excited to be able to offer our membership this unique opportunity to play in the Midwest Select Games,\u201d said Brendan Eitz, NISL Technical Director. \u201cThe ability to bring identified talented players together to compete with other National Premier Leagues will enhance our players\u2019 overall experience. We look forward to hosting the NPL Midwest Select Games and our partners Great Lakes Alliance, Minnesota NPL and the Iowa-based Club Development League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Club Development League (Iowa) is delighted to be partnering with other Midwest US Club Soccer affiliates (GLA, TCSL and NISL) in offering this developmental and identification event to our players,\u201d said Ian Bradley, Club Development League administrator. \u201cIt is a great\u00a0opportunity to provide top\u00a0quality inter-league competition and exposure to id2 scouting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPL Midwest Select Games exemplify collaboration, player development usclubsoccer.org\/npl CHARLESTON, S.C. (Sept. 28, 2022) \u2013 The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is proud to announce the first-ever \u201cNPL Select Games,\u201d taking place Nov. 19-20 in Chicago. Three NPL member leagues \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/npl-midwest-select-games-exemplify-collaboration-player-development\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":16933,"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-16932","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\/16932","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=16932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16932"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=16932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}