CHICAGO (March 1, 2024) – The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) today released the 2024 season schedule which features the table debut of four new clubs. The nine clubs will play in an east/west conference format with a focus on regional play totaling 106 regular season matches. As noted in previous communications, every single NISA clubs will participate in the 2024 U.S. Open Cup and NISA Independent Cup. The full schedule can be found at NISASoccer.com/schedule.

With a focus on regional, intra-conference play, a unique add to the 2024 schedule are the Inter-Conference Weeks. Each club will play one match against every opposing conference club. March 23-31, Georgia Lions SC will host the league for the first set of matches. August 3-10, the West clubs will host the second set of inter-conference matches.

The top two clubs in each conference will advance to their respective conference championship the weekend of October 4-6. The regular season, head-to-head winner between conference champions will host the NISA championship the weekend of October 25-27.

Again, the East/West Conference alignment looks like this:

EAST

• Club de Lyon FC
• Georgia Lions SC
• Maryland Bobcats FC
• Michigan Stars FC
• Savannah Clovers FC

WEST

• Arizona Monsoon FC
• Capo FC
• Irvine Zeta FC
• Los Angeles Force

Every match will stream on NISA+ at https://media.nisasoccer.com/watchlive/.