{"id":3839,"date":"2021-07-08T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclub.gotsportsites.com\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2021-07-28T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:04:13","slug":"2021-npl-finals-day-one-feeling-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/2021-npl-finals-day-one-feeling-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NPL Finals Day One: Feeling the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3839\" class=\"elementor elementor-3839\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dd8a47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dd8a47\" 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-1199af7\" data-id=\"1199af7\" 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-02542f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02542f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2021 NPL Finals Day One: Feeling the Heat<\/h2>\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-6f70753 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f70753\" 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-990ab82\" data-id=\"990ab82\" 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-35df0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35df0b8\" 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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3782\">Girls Results<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3856\">Boys Results<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set?vanity=usclubsoccer&amp;set=a.10159212245164098\">Photo Gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9cM5P6j82lQ\">Video Highlights<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>DENVER \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The heat was on as the search for a national championship began for 92 teams across NPL Girls and NPL Boys competition at the 2021 National Premier Leagues Finals on Thursday, July 8, at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park in Colorado.<br \/><br \/>The first day of the event saw a combined 202 goals and 38 teams sitting at the top of their respective groups at all age levels. The NPL Boys Finals are featuring U-14 through U-17 age groups, while the NPL Girls Finals saw all ages from U-13 through U-19 competing for a national championship.<br \/><br \/>Here are some of the key numbers from day one at the 2021 NPL Finals:<br \/><br \/><u><strong>NPL Boys Finals<\/strong><\/u><\/p><ul><li><strong>75% &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The percentage of NPL Boys games on day one were decided by a goal or less<\/li><li><strong>2,196\u00a0miles\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Seacoast Maine (New England Premiership) traveled the longest distance of any Boys NPL team in the finals<\/li><li><strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The total number of losses that east coast teams had on the first day<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/><u><strong>NPL Girls Finals<\/strong><\/u><\/p><ul><li><strong>15\u00a0miles<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Shortest distance traveled by a team to the tournament was Colorado Elevation (Yellowstone Premier League), located in Highland Ranch<\/li><li><strong>178<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the total number of goals scored by teams<\/li><li><strong>12<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Total number of matches decided by a goal or less<\/li><\/ul><p>The 2021 NPL Finals continue tomorrow, July 9, with the second day of group play starting at 8:30 a.m. MDT. Teams will complete the group stages on Friday, July 10, before heading into the semifinals and finals.<br \/><br \/>Continue to follow the action and results on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/usclubsoccernpl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usclubsoccer\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usclubsoccer\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usclubsoccer.org\/npl-finals\"><strong>tournament page<\/strong><\/a>, or either the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3856\"><strong>NPL Boys Finals Schedule<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3782\"><strong>NPL Girls Finals Schedule<\/strong><\/a>. 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