{"id":18425,"date":"2023-03-07T13:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=18425"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:18:52","slug":"mountain-west-npl-announces-member-clubs-for-inaugural-2023-24-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/mountain-west-npl-announces-member-clubs-for-inaugural-2023-24-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain West NPL announces member clubs for inaugural 2023-24 season"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18425\" class=\"elementor elementor-18425\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-403bef2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"403bef2e\" 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-107b0278\" data-id=\"107b0278\" 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-1e39ebb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e39ebb0\" 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>Mountain West NPL announces member clubs for inaugural 2023-24 season<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 7, 2023) <\/strong>\u2013 The Mountain West NPL, a new league of U-13 through U-19 boys and girls clubs competing in the National Premier Leagues next season, is proud to announce 12 member clubs for its inaugural season. Spanning seven states in the Mountain West, these clubs will compete for qualification to the annual NPL Finals, in which qualifiers from 16 other regional NPL member leagues throughout the country contend for championships.<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45938ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45938ac\" 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-ad96848\" data-id=\"ad96848\" 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-77dbbe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77dbbe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-768x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-18428 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-768x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-18428 lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MW-NPL-Founding-Clubs-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c35eb56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c35eb56\" 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-5491f46\" data-id=\"5491f46\" 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-ab6483e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab6483e\" 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>The committed clubs are:<\/p><ul><li>7 Elite Academy (UT)<\/li><li>Black Hills Rapids SC (SD)<\/li><li>Colorado Elevation FC (CO)<\/li><li>Colorado International Soccer Academy (CO)<\/li><li>Fire FC (CO)<\/li><li>Idaho Surf (ID)<\/li><li>Idaho Surf Hailey (ID)<\/li><li>Magic Valley Surf (ID)<\/li><li>Montana Surf (MT)<\/li><li>Nevada Rush (NV)<\/li><li>Renegades FC (ID)<\/li><li>Utah Surf (UT)<\/li><\/ul><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/juniorpremierleagueusa.com\/leagues\/mountain-west-npl\/\">Mountain West NPL<\/a>\u00a0also has three league-wide events scheduled, beginning this summer and progressing through the winter and spring:<\/p><ul><li>July 27-30 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Regional Athletic Complex<ul><li>This event will also include scouting for id2 programming to be held later in the year<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Dec. 14-18 in Mesa, Arizona at Bell Bank Park<\/li><li>May 2-5 in Rapid City, South Dakota at Dakota Fields Sports Complex<\/li><\/ul><p>The addition of the Mountain West NPL to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/npl\/\">National Premier Leagues<\/a>\u00a0landscape bolsters not only the geographical coverage of the platform but also its competitive depth. The NPL\u2019s vision is to serve youth soccer by forming and collaborating with leagues, adopting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/playersfirst\/\">Players First<\/a>\u00a0philosophy and supporting US Club Soccer\u2019s mission to foster the development of clubs.<\/p><p>The Mountain West NPL was created as a result of a collaboration between US Club Soccer and the Junior Premier League USA. \u201cWe are focused on high standards of player development, and we are excited to see these great opportunities come to the region that for too long has not been able to offer these national postseason events to clubs,\u201d said Martin Brock, Junior Premier League CEO. \u201cOur events will be of the highest quality and all are being held at premium sports complexes.\u201d<\/p><p>Clubs in the Mountain West region that are interested in joining the league are encouraged to email <a href=\"mailto:brandon.gill@jplusa.soccer\">brandon.gill@jplusa.soccer<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/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>Mountain West NPL announces member clubs for inaugural 2023-24 season CHARLESTON, S.C. 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