The Gulf Coast Premier League (GCPL) is a United States Adult Soccer Association affiliated Amateur Elite League that includes teams from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The regular season of the GCPL runs May through July. On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the GCPL would be the first "amateur league affiliation" of the National Independent Soccer Association after Gaffa FC and Louisiana Krewe FC competed in the NISA 2020 Independent Cup.
Louisiana Premier League The Louisiana Premier League was formed in 2014 by the Louisiana Soccer Association's Adult Committee members, Jonathan Rednour and Chad Vidrine, with the assistance of Pool Boys FC founder, Jeremy Poklemba. The recent success of a similar formatted competition, administered by the LSA, in the spring of 2014 and the emergence of newly formed clubs, Pool Boys FC and Cajun Soccer Club, along with the interest from Motagua New Orleans from the ISLANO league, offered an opportunity to create a statewide elite amateur league. Motagua New Orleans won the inaugural season, defeating Cajun Soccer Club in the finals, 4–2.
On March 8, 2016, the Louisiana Premier League was granted Elite Amateur League status by the United States Adult Soccer Association.
Gulf Coast Premier League On August 1, 2016, the Louisiana Premier League, sanctioned and operated by the Louisiana Soccer Association, folded to make way for the newly formed Gulf Coast Premier League. The league formed as a non-profit organization expanding itself to clubs outside Louisiana along the gulf coast.
In January 2017 the league announced three expansion teams, expanding the league footprint into Alabama and Florida. Central Texas Lobos FC were also announced as a future member in June 2017.
The Gulf Coast Premier League organization currently operates three separate leagues - Premier League, League Two, and the Women's League. Each league is split into conferences for schedule balance, and to manage travel expenses.
Starting with the 2025 season, GCPL will play as conferences in affiliated leagues. The men's Premier division will play in the League for Clubs (denoted on the team table as "Premier"), and the women's division will play in the WPSL (denoted on the team table as "Women's:). Second division teams will compete separately, under the GCPL banner.
Developmental League A 4-team developmental league called the Gulf Coast Development League (GCDL) was announced and began play in May 2019.
2020 Fall Tournament Showcase The League announced it would cancel its 2020 regular season due to the coronavirus epidemic but left open the possibility of a fall competition. In October 2020 the League announced the Fall Tournament Showcase featuring five teams: Pool Boys FC, Louisiana Krewe FC, Crescent City FC, Mobile United FC and new addition 14th Ward FC.
Great Plains Premier League In 2019, the GCPL announced the creation of the Great Plains Premier League (GPPL), an expansion conference/sister league with teams to be based in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas or Missouri. The GPPL was set to begin play in 2020 however the COVID-19 pandemic halted plans. Nebraska Bugeaters FC, was their only announced club.https://www.plainsleague.com/s/GPPL-Info-11-18.pdf
Teams Club City Stadium Founded Inaugural season BRSC Capitals - Premier, Women's Baton Rouge, Louisiana Olympia Stadium 2016 2017Cajun Rush - Women'sLafayette, LouisianaLUS Fiber Stadium20142014 Central Louisiana FC (known as Alexandria Pool Boys FC until 2023) - Premier, League Two Alexandria, Louisiana Wildcat Field at Louisiana Christian University 2013 2014 Gulf Coast United - Premier, Women's Gulfport, Mississippi Herbert Wilson Stadium 2003 2021Hattiesburg FC - Women'sHattiesburg, Mississippi20032019 Louisiana Krewe II - Premier Lafayette, Louisiana LUS Fiber Field 2013 2014Mississippi Blues SC - League Two, Women'sClinton, MississippiFreedom Ridge Park Stadium2018 Pensacola FC - Men's and (U19) Premier, Women's Pensacola, Florida Ashton Brosnaham Stadium 2017 2017 Shreveport United - Premier, Women's Shreveport, Louisiana Cargill Park 2016 2018Tallahassee SC - PremierTallahassee, FLGene Cox Stadium20192019, 2025 Union 10 FC - Premier, Women's Daphne, Alabama Al Trione Complex 2022 2023Valdosta FC - PremierValdosta, GeorgiaNorth Lowndes Park20242025
Former Teams
Alabama FC South (Montgomery, AL) (2024, moved to USL League Two as Montgomery United) Aspire FC II (Pineville, LA) (2023) BOCA FC (Shreveport, AL) (2015–2019) Crescent City FC (New Orleans, LA) (2021–2023, on hiatus) Central Texas Lobos FC (Buda, TX) (2018–2023, moved to USL League Two as Hill Country Lobos) Florida Roots (Panama City, FL) (2020-2022, 2024, on hiatus) Gulf Coast Rangers FC (Fairhope, AL) (2017–2023, merged with Mobile United FC to form Union 10 FC. Lake City Gamblers (Lake Charles, LA) (2014–2017) Louisiana Fire (New Orleans, LA) (2016–2017) Louisiana Krewe FC (Lafayette, LA) (2018–2021, moved to USL League Two) Mobile United FC (Mobile, AL) (2021–2022, merged with Gulf Coast Rangers FC to form Union 10 FC. Motagua New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) (2014–2019) FC New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) (2019) New Orleans United (New Orleans, LA) (2021) Northshore United (Covington, LA) (2017–2021) Nicholls State University Club (Thibodaux, LA) (2014–2015) Mississippi Blues FC (Jackson, MS) (2018–2020) Pensacola Bay United (Pensacola, FL) (2022-2024, on hiatus) Port City FC (Gulfport, MS) (2016–2019, moved to National Premier Soccer League) Rad FC (Destin, FL) (2023) Real United Riverhawks FC (Moss Point, LA) (2018) Red River FC (Minden, LA) (2021) Shreveport Rafters FC B (Shreveport, LA) (2016–2017))
Champions Ed. Season Winner Runner-up Highest goalscorer 2014–15 Motagua New Orleans Cajun SC Steven Morris (Motagua New Orleans) 12 2015–16 Motagua New Orleans Boca Knights FC Joel Amos (Lake City Gamblers) Leonardo Ferriera de Barros (Motagua New Orleans) 6 2016–17 Motagua New Orleans Shreveport Rafters FC B Reece Wilson (Motagua New Orleans) 18 2017Gaffa FC Cajun SCVasbert Ledger (Cajun SC) 9 2018Port City FC Cajun SCQuesi Weston (BOCA FC) 16 2019FC New Orleans Northshore United Roger Llergo (FC New Orleans) Adrian Olivares Rodriguez (Louisiana Krewe) Oscar Saavedra (Central Texas Lobos FC) 9 2020 (season not disputed due to Covid-19 pandemic) 2021 Louisiana Krewe FC Gulf Coast RangersQuesi Weston (Louisiana Krewe) 11 2022Gaffa FC Shreveport United 2023Southern States SC II Central Texas Lobos FC 2024 Alabama FC South Gaffa FCMatthew Reed (Southern States) Hector Moreno (Sowegans) 2025 Central Louisiana FC BRSC Capitals 2026 Central Louisiana FC BRSC Capitals
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