NEWS RELEASE
March 15, 2006

CHICO ROOKS 2006 NPSL SCHEDULE

Kick-Off at Home Against Salinas Valley Samba on April 8th

The Chico Rooks enter their 14^th year as they will kick-off the 2006 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) regular season when they host the Salinas Valley Samba on Saturday, April 8^th at 7:30 at the CSU Soccer Stadium.  The 2006 NPSL regular season will run from April 8^th through July 8^th.

The Rooks will play in the six-team Northern Conference of the NPSL Western Division that will include the Sacramento Knights, Sonoma County Sol, Salinas Valley Samba, San Jose Frogs and the Redwood City Ruckus.  The six-team Southern Conference of the NPSL Western Division will include the San Diego Pumitas, SD Fusion, Las Vegas Strikers, Phoenix Banat Storm, Denver Kickers and the Albuquerque Asylum.

Each team in the NPSL Western Division will play ten home and ten away games during the regular season.  The top two finishers in each conference will qualify for the NPSL Western Conference Playoffs. The top seeded team in each conference will be awarded home games in the semi-finals to be played on July 15^th.  The top seeded team that advances to the Western Division Final will host the game to be played on July 22^nd.

The NPSL Midwest Division Champion will then host the NPSL Western Division Champion in the NPSL National Final to be held on July 29^th. 

Two NPSL Western Division teams will also qualify for the prestigious Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and the USASA Region IV Championships.  Each team will have three home and three away games that will double as both US Open Cup qualifying games and regular season games.  The Rooks qualifying games are identified (#) on the schedule.  In 2004 Chico advanced to the US Open Cup round of 36 and won both the USASA Region IV Championship and the USASA National Open Cup Championship in Orlando, Florida.

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