The Junior Premier League (JPL), England’s most successful youth soccer organization, has joined forces with US Club Soccer as the new NPL in the Mountain West Region.

The JPL Mountain West NPL is the only direct route to the National Finals starting in the 2023/24 season. The NPL Finals is the annual, coveted destination for all NPL participants. U-13 through U-19 teams qualify through year-long competitions within their respective member leagues across the country. 1 finalist from each age group and gender, will be awarded an entry. To find more information, and see last year’s results for the NPL Finals are please click here

The Mountain West League will bring the highest quality competitive soccer teams together from Utah, Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada all competing for the chance to go to the NPL Finals.

The 2024/25 season format is designed to provide a minimum of 8 – 10 meaningful games for all teams competing for a chance to qualify for the US Club National Finals where you will get to compete against the winners of every NPL from across the country.

Each team will participate in two events, at which you will play 3 games each, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  Additionally, a minimum of 2 – 4 local games are scheduled by the league, with assistance from each competing team, outside of the event setting to round out the minimum number of games needed to qualify for NPL Finals. The number of qualifying games required will be determined by individual age group size. Example – 9 team bracket will have 8 game minimum, 11 team bracket will have 10 game minimum. Local/same club match–ups will be avoided during events wherever possible to make the events more exciting for everyone attending by ensuring you play teams from outside of your state.

These divisions are playing through to a title and the winners from the U13s to U19s (in both boys and girls) receive direct pathways to the annual NPL postseason, in which teams have an opportunity to compete for National Premier Leagues championships, where qualifiers from all NPL member leagues throughout the country compete for National Premier Leagues titles.

To be a part of this National Premier League please click here to apply or for more details please email brandon.gill@jplusa.soccer

Plans have also been drafted to create a place for the best US teams to qualify to compete in the season-ending play-offs in England, featuring the very best teams in England and the Middle East as the JPL group expands across Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Oman.