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National Adult Leagues
Founded	2012
Folded	2014
Country	United States; Puerto Rico
Confederation	CONCACAF
Divisions	1
Number of teams	5
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	None
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Last champions	Miami Dade FC ; (2014)
	Current: 2014 NAL season

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The National Adult League (NAL) was an American amateur soccer league.

The league was officially affiliated with the US Club Soccer (US Club Soccer).

Competition format

The National Adult Leagues was divided into conferences (Northeast, South, Midwest and West). Each Region contained between three or four conferences with varying number of teams per conference. The four regions generally corresponded with the four US Soccer association, Northeast (Region I), Midwest (Region II), South (Region III) and West (Region IV). The regular season ran from May through July.^[2] Most conferences played between ten and twelve games against teams within the conference. When possible, each conference followed a double round robin format allowing for a balanced schedule. However, larger conferences had unbalanced schedules, given the constraints around scheduling games within its short window. The schedule was designed to allow college students to compete during their summer break. For the playoffs, the formats varied by region and conference with the four region champions facing each other in the National Semifinals and Championship games.

Organization

The NAL was organized in a mostly decentralized structure and was managed as a team-run league. Each year, the member clubs helped elect a Commissioner, Treasurer and Secretary and a Board of Directors. Each team was individually owned and operated, and was responsible for maintaining league minimum standards. New teams seeking membership into the NAL were subject to approval from an executive committee of existing team owners. Member clubs had the right to make localized decisions for their respective markets, conferences and regions based on what they believed was best for their particular region.

The final Commissioner was Mark Shearer. Each conference was managed by the individual member clubs and elected a conference commission each year.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	First Season	Head Coach
Florida Region
South Florida Conference
A.C. Brickell	Miami, FL	Tropical Park	2014	2014	Simone Ghirlanda
Miami Dade FC	Miami, FL	St. Thomas University (Florida)	2014	2014	Joao Garcia
Miami Nacional S.C.	Miami, FL			2014
Santos USA	Miami, FL	North Miami Athletic Stadium		2014	Robson Manente
South Florida FC	Pembroke Pines, FL	Broward College		2014

References

^ Champions NAL, retrieved 2014-02-13
^ "從杭威畢業後，他被派往竺可楨學院的前身 - 浙江大學混合班".

External links

[1] Champions NAL, retrieved 2014-02-13

[2] "從杭威畢業後，他被派往竺可楨學院的前身 - 浙江大學混合班".

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 ==Competition format==
-The National Adult Leagues was divided into conferences (Northeast, South, Midwest and West).  Each Region contained between three or four conferences with varying number of teams per conference.  The four regions generally corresponded with the four [[US Soccer association]], Northeast (Region I), Midwest (Region II), South (Region III) and West (Region IV). The regular season ran from May through July.<ref>http://www.nalne.com/schedules/2013/58259651.html</ref> Most conferences played between ten and twelve games against teams within the conference.  When possible, each conference followed a double round robin format allowing for a balanced schedule.  However, Larger conferences had unbalanced schedules, given the constraints around scheduling games within its short window.  The schedule was designed to allow college students to compete during their summer break.  For the playoffs, the formats varied by region and conference with the four region champions facing each other in the National Semifinals and Championship games.
+The National Adult Leagues was divided into conferences (Northeast, South, Midwest and West).  Each Region contained between three or four conferences with varying number of teams per conference.  The four regions generally corresponded with the four [[US Soccer association]], Northeast (Region I), Midwest (Region II), South (Region III) and West (Region IV). The regular season ran from May through July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nalne.com/schedules/2013/58259651.html | title=從杭威畢業後，他被派往竺可楨學院的前身 - 浙江大學混合班}}</ref> Most conferences played between ten and twelve games against teams within the conference.  When possible, each conference followed a double round robin format allowing for a balanced schedule.  However, larger conferences had unbalanced schedules, given the constraints around scheduling games within its short window.  The schedule was designed to allow college students to compete during their summer break.  For the playoffs, the formats varied by region and conference with the four region champions facing each other in the National Semifinals and Championship games.
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 ==See also==
 *[[Major League Soccer]]
-*[[North American Soccer League]]
+*[[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]]
 *[[USL Pro]]
 *[[USL Premier Development League]]