Notable Rule Updates for 2025-26
Please Note:
Visit the NL Team webpage or NL Club webpage for each National League division’s specific operating procedures. The operating procedures are an extension of the NL Rules.
- 2023 – 2024 Great Lakes Conference Team Information Guide
- 2023 Conference Playoffs – Men’s Coaches
- 2023 Conference Playoffs – Women’s Coaches
- 2024 Northern Frontier Conference Qualifier
- 2024 USYS National Championships – Qualifiers via NL P.R.O. Oceanside
- 2024 USYS National Championships – Qualifiers via NL P.R.O. Tampa
- 2025 National Championships | Qualifiers Gallery
- 2025 National Championships | Qualifiers List
- 2025-26 Winter Event 1
- 2025-26 Winter Event 2
- A Message to National League teams
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- Club Directory | 2025-2026 Season
- Club Premier 2: How to register your team
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- College Coach Panels at Dec. 2024 Quarterfinals
- College Coach Panels at Jan. 2025 Quarterfinals
- College Coach Panels at May 2025 Semifinals
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- Conference Roster Building – Club Admins
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- Desert – Housing Provider
- Desert – Participation & Rules
- Desert – Schedule Commitment
- Desert Conference
- Desert Team-Based Pathway
- Direct Registration – Creating your team & adding players
- E64 Rules – Working version 9220
- Earn Your Place
- Editing your Registration, Locating your Account Number, and Viewing your GotSport Balance Owed
- Elite 64
- Elite 64 – Future Clubs
- Elite 64 | Boys Club Application Introduction
- Elite 64 | Girls Club Application Introduction
- Elite 64 Playoffs
- Elite 64 Playoffs Arizona – Men’s Coaches
- Elite 64 Playoffs Arizona – Women’s Coaches
- Elite 64 Playoffs Florida – Men’s Coaches
- Elite 64 Playoffs Florida – Women’s Coaches
- Elite 64 Playoffs Rules
- Elite 64 Regional League
- Elite 64 Regional League – Info Guide
- Elite 64 Regional League – Rules
- Elite 64 Regional League | Club Directory
- Elite 64 Regional League Resources
- Elite 64 Rules
- Elite 64 Signage
- Emailing college coaches prior to National League events
- Event Date Availability
- Fall 2025 NL Team Great Lakes Promotion & Relegation Guide
- Fall 2025 NL Team Midwest Promotion & Relegation Guide
- Field Signage
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Frontier – Referee Fees
- Frontier Conference
- Frontier Team-Based Pathway
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- Game Day Handbook
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- Hotel Vendor Acknowledgement
- How to apply for Winter Events
- How to Register Your Team
- How-To Guides
- January 2026 – Boys Teams
- January 2026 – Girls Teams
- League Administrative Assistance – East
- Locating the Contact Information for Other Teams in Your Competition
- Mandatory Scheduling Availability
- Mandatory Scheduling Deadlines
- Mid Atlantic Conference
- Mid Atlantic Team-Based Pathway
- Mid South Conference
- Mid South National League Futures – General Information
- Mid South Team-Based Pathway
- Midwest Conference
- Midwest Team-Based Pathway
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- National League Conference Playoffs Operating Procedures
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- National League Hosted Event: Meet in the Middle College Coaches
- National League Hosted Event: Rockford, IL College Coaches
- National League Hosted Event: Sandusky, OH College Coaches
- National League Hosted Weekends
- National League P.R.O.
- National League P.R.O. Rules
- National League Pathway for Conference Teams
- National League Pathway for E64 Regional League Teams
- National League Pathway for Elite 64 Teams
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- National League Referee Assignors Contact List – Midwest & Great Lakes
- National League Refund Guidelines
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- National Tier Rules
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- New England Team-Based Pathway
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- NL Club Premier 1
- NL Club Premier 2
- NL Event Info
- NL P.R.O. ’24 Oceanside Live Streaming
- NL P.R.O. Oceanside – Men’s Coaches
- NL P.R.O. Oceanside – Women’s Coaches
- NL P.R.O. Tampa – Women’s Coaches
- NL P.R.O. Tampa – Men’s Coaches
- NL Quarterfinals – 2024-25 Qualifiers
- NL Quarterfinals (December) Operating Procedures
- NL Team
- NL Team – Desert 2025-26
- NL Team – Frontier 2025-26
- NL Team – Mid South 2025-26
- NL Team – Piedmont 2025-26
- NL Team | 2025-26 Applications
- NL Team Great Lakes
- NL Team Great Lakes Calendar
- NL Team Midwest Calendar
- North American Soccer Expo – 2025
- North Atlantic Conference
- North Atlantic Team-Based Pathway
- Northwest Conference
- Northwest Team-Based Pathway
- Notable Alumni
- November 2025 – Boys Teams
- November 2025 – Girls Teams
- Old Elite 64 Icons
- Pacific Conference
- Past National League Champions
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- Photo/Video/Audio Agreement
- Piedmont Conference
- Piedmont Team-Based Pathway
- Portland, OR – December 2024
- Qualifying for Nationals via the Feb. Semifinals
- Qualifying for Nationals via the May Semifinals
- Qualifying for the NL Semifinals via Dec. Quarterfinals
- Qualifying for the NL Semifinals via Jan. Quarterfinals
- Qualifying for the NL Semifinals via Nov. Quarterfinals
- Quarterfinals – Arizona (December 2024)
- Quarterfinals – Arizona (January 2025)
- Quarterfinals – Arizona (November 2024)
- Quarterfinals (Elite 64) Rules & Operating Procedures
- Rantoul, IL – March 2026
- Referee Assigning & Payments
- Referee Fees – East
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- Regional Showcase – Bradenton 2023
- Regional Showcase – Meet in the Middle 2024
- Regional Showcases
- Registration Verification
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- Returning Team Eligibility Requirement
- Rockford, IL – April 2026
- Rules
- Rules Acknowledgement
- Ryan Test Page 1234
- Salem, OR – November 2024
- Sandusky – April 2024
- Schedule Coming Soon
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- Semifinals- California (May 2025)
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- South Atlantic Conference
- South Atlantic Team-Based Pathway
- Spring NL Team Great Lakes Promotion & Relegation Guide
- Spring NL Team Midwest Promotion & Relegation Guide
- St. Louis – May 2026
- Staff Page – Updated x8394
- Standouts of the Decade | 2010-2019
- State Registration – How to register your teams on Squadi
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- Updating Coach or Manager Contact
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- Video Upload Test
- Winter Events
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