2016 Premier League of America season

Premier League of America

Season	2016
Champions	Milwaukee Bavarians
Matches played	63
Goals scored	206 (3.27 per match)
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The 2016 Premier League of America season is the 104th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the second season of the PLA, but its first under the new name. The season begins in May 2016.

Departing Founders

Having originally been denied entry by the National Premier Soccer League for the 2015 season, AFC Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids FC made the move to that league for the 2016 season, it was announced in September 2015.

Expansion

Milwaukee Bavarians were announced as the first expansion team in May 2015. Toledo United FC followed in July of the same year. A third expansion team, Ole SC in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming was added in October. A fourth was added in November when Madison 56ers were added. The fifth, sixth and seventh expansion teams were added in December, as Carpathia FC of Sterling Heights, Michigan, Aris SC of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Minnesota United FC Reserves of Woodbury, Minnesota were added.

Format

The league format will be a geographical split of two divisions, with an end-of-season championship playoff.

Member Clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Head Coach	Captain	Shirt Sponsor
East Division
Aurora Borealis SC	Aurora, Illinois	Mooseheart School	CJ Brown
Carpathia FC	Sterling Heights, Michigan	Carpathia Club	Bruce Wilden
Oakland County FC	Rochester, Michigan	Stoney Creek High School	Waad Sana
Ole SC	Wyoming, Michigan	Lee Field	David Wood
RWB Adria	River Grove, Illinois	Triton College	Siniša Alebić
Toledo United FC	Maumee, Ohio	Lucas County Recreation Center	David Hebestreit
West Division
Cedar Rapids Rampage United	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Clark Field
Croatian Eagles SC	Franklin, Wisconsin	Croatian Park	Alex Toth
Madison 56ers	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field	Jim Launder
Milwaukee Bavarians	Glendale, Wisconsin	Heartland Value Fund Stadium	Pat Hodgins
Minnesota United FC Reserves	Woodbury, Minnesota	East Ridge High School
SSC Minneapolis City	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bavarians

Eagles

56ers

Borealis

RWB

Carpathia

Oakland

Ole

Toledo

Minnesota

Minneapolis

Rampage

Locations of PLA clubs for 2016.

Standings & Results

East Division Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RWB Adria	10	7	1	2	29	13	+16	22	2016 PLA playoffs
2	Toledo United FC	10	7	1	2	22	7	+15	22
3	Carpathia FC	10	6	1	3	17	17	0	19
4	Oakland County FC	10	4	2	4	14	13	+1	14
5	Aurora Borealis SC	10	2	1	7	13	25	−12	7
6	Ole SC	10	1	0	9	12	32	−20	3

Updated to match(es) played on July 24, 2016. Source: PLA standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal differential

West Division Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milwaukee Bavarians	10	6	3	1	19	7	+12	21	2016 PLA playoffs
2	Cedar Rapids Rampage United	10	5	4	1	18	10	+8	19
3	Minneapolis City	10	3	4	3	15	15	0	13
4	Minnesota United FC Reserves	10	2	4	4	13	17	−4	10
5	Croatian Eagles	10	2	3	5	12	15	−3	9
6	Madison 56ers	10	2	2	6	13	26	−13	8

Updated to match(es) played on July 24, 2016. Source: PLA standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal differential

Playoffs

The semifinals were played on July 30th. The final and third place match were played on July 31st.

	Semifinal					Final
	1W	Milwaukee Bavarians	1
	2E	Toledo United	0
						1W	Milwaukee Bavarians	4
						1E	RWB Adria	2
	1E	RWB Adria	2
	2W	Cedar Rapids Rampage United	0			Third Place
						2E	Toledo United	2
						2W	Cedar Rapids Rampage United	1

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

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