The 2024 NISA season is the sixth season of the National Independent Soccer Association's third-division soccer competition. The 2023 champions, Flower City Union, are not defending their title, after announcing their departure from the league during the off-season.
Of the nine teams that played in the 2023 season, five return for 2024, two (Flower City Union and Chattanooga FC) are moving on to different leagues, and two, Albion San Diego and Gold Star FC, are on hiatus, with the aim to return in 2025.
The five teams are joined by four expansion clubs: Arizona Monsoon, Capo FC, Georgia Lions FC and Irvine Zeta. On April 3, NISA announced that the Georgia Lions FC had been taken over by new leadership and were being rebranded as Georgia FC to start the 2024 season.
The teams are divided in two conferences, playing an unbalanced schedule weighted on regional play. The season was scheduled to start on March 23, but was delayed until April 6 because the four expansion teams needed more time to prepare for the season.
In a format change from the previous seasons, the top two clubs in each conference will advance to their respective conference championship the weekend of October 4âÂÂ6. The regular season head-to-head winner between conference champions will host the NISA championship the weekend of October 25âÂÂ27. NISA announced that the Maryland Bobcats were ineligible for the playoffs due to noncompliance with league and USSF standards, despite having the best record in the league.
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