NPSL Midwest Regionals Preview
Midwest Regional Playoffs (# = Regular Season points per game ranking)
- 3 conference champions in region qualify (Central States [#9 Michigan Rangers], Great Lakes [#7 Flower City Union} and North [#19 Siouxland United])
- Teams are seeded 1-3 based on regular season points per game
- Semifinal on Wednesday, #2 Michigan Rangers FC hosts #3 Siouxland United FC in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Final on Saturday, #1 Flower City Union hosts the Semifinal winner in Rochester, New York.
For a team who had built their Conference record on the back of home performances, the regional rounds of the playoffs are a different type of challenge. Siouxland United face a 670 mile trip East for their Semifinal and then potentially a 1000 mile trip to the furthest logical extent of the “Midwest Region”, to upstate New York.
Of the competing champions, Flower City Union are a former NISA professional club. Siouxland United FC are a second-year club. Michigan Rangers are in their third year, having taken some of the core from the departing Muskegon Risers. While these matchups are unique, Union did win NISA in 2023.