THE NEW ENGLAND PREMIERSHIP (NEP) IS A NEW CLUB-BASED LEAGUE FOR CLUBS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND FOCUSED ON PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO CLUBS WITH A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS MINIMUM LICENSES FOR COACHES, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR FACILITIES AND A DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF COACHING WITH A MINIMUM OF A USSF B LICENSE.

STARTING IN THE SPRING OF 2021, THE NEP WILL RUN A US CLUB SOCCER SANCTIONED NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CUP COMPETITION.  THIS BRAND NEW CUP COMPETITION WILL ALLOW U13-U19 BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS FROM CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND TO COMPETE TO BE CROWNED "CHAMPION" OF NEW ENGLAND AND ADVANCE TO THE US CLUB SOCCER NATIONALS. 

THE NEP HAS CREATED A SUPERIOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT BY ENSURING THE APPROPRIATE NUMBERS-A-SIDE PER AGE GROUP - U9/10S PLAY 7V7, U11/12S PLAY 9V9, U13’ AND ABOVE PLAY 11V11. THE NEP HAS WORKED TO ACQUIRE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF REFEREES AND INCLUDES  A REFEREE MENTORING PROGRAM. THE NEP HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED SUPERIOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN CLUB OFFICIALS AND REFEREES TO DEVELOP THIS SIDE OF THE GAME.