New Franchises

• Four franchises joined the league this year, all expansion franchises:

  Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
  Denver Kickers Denver Kickers Denver Kickers are an American soccer club, founded in 1962. The club fields a number of teams at the adult and youth levels. The Kickers premier team plays in the United States Adult Soccer Association sanctioned Colorado State Soccer Association...	Denver area Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	Golden, CO Golden, Colorado The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was...	expansion
  Phoenix Banat Storm Phoenix Banat Storm Phoenix Banat Storm are an American soccer team, founded in 2006, who played in the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season...	Phoenix area Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	Avondale, AZ Avondale, Arizona Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 76,238.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, an auto racing facility...	expansion
  Redwood City Ruckus Redwood City Ruckus Redwood City Ruckus were an American soccer team, founded in 2006, who played in the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season....	San Mateo County area San Mateo County, California San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and...	San Bruno, CA San Bruno, California San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 41,114 at the 2010 census.The city is adjacent to San Francisco International Airport and Golden Gate National Cemetery.-Geography:San Bruno is located at...	expansion
  Southern California Fusion Southern California Fusion Southern California Fusion were an American soccer team, founded in 2006, which competed in the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until 2007 when, despite being the reigning NPSL champions, the franchise chose to leave the league.In 2007, the team...	San Diego area San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...	Carlsbad, CA Carlsbad, California -2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...	expansion

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