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North American Soccer League Announces 2015 Spring Schedule

December 17, 2014 - North American Soccer League (NASL)
Minnesota United FC News Release


MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Wednesday, December 17th, 2014) -- The North American Soccer League (NASL) announced today its schedule for the 2015 Spring Season, which will kick off on Saturday, April 4.

Each of the 11 NASL clubs will play a 10-game Spring Season schedule consisting of five

home games and five away games. The winner of the Spring Season, which will run through Saturday, June 13, will earn one of the League's four postseason spots.

Defending Spring Champions Minnesota United will open the 2015 season with a bye. The first match for the Loons will be on Saturday, April 11th at Tampa Bay. United will have its home opener on Saturday, April 25th against the San Antonio Scorpions.

"We're all filled with great anticipation ahead of the kickoff of the NASL's fifth year," said Commissioner Bill Peterson. "The competition during last year's Spring Season was intense, and Minnesota United FC captured the title at the very end. We're expecting a similar level of excitement in 2015."

The league's most recent expansion team, Jacksonville Armada FC, will play its inaugural game at home in Week 1 of the 2015 Spring Season, hosting FC Edmonton at Community First Park on April 4.

The league will operate under the exact same competition format as last year, with the Spring Season Champion and Fall Season Champion accounting for the top two seeds in The Championship, the league's four-team postseason tournament. For the teams that did not capture either the Spring or Fall title, the remaining two postseason spots will go to the sides that accumulated the most combined points over the course of the Spring and Fall Seasons.

"Our competition format is a byproduct of the number of teams we have in the league at this time," Peterson said. "The schedule will balance out when we reach 16 or 17 teams, but in the meantime, we think the Spring Season will always be a dog fight and something that will be extremely fun for all of our fans to watch."

The 2015 Fall Season schedule is expected to be announced in early January.

Minnesota United 2015 Spring Schedule (Home games in bold):

Week 1: Bye

Week 2: April 11th @ Tampa Bay Rowdies

Week 3: April 18th @ Ottawa Fury

Week 4: April 25th vs. San Antonio Scorpions

Week 5: May 3rd @ FC Edmonton

Week 6: May 9th vs. Atlanta Silverbacks

Week 7: May 16th @ Indy Eleven

Week 8: May 23rd vs. Jacksonville Armada FC

Week 9: May 30th vs. New York Cosmos

Week 10: June 6th @ Carolina RailHawks

Week 11: June 13th vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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