The
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) was a North American professional
soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the
United Soccer Association (USA) to form the
North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada. To encourage attacking play, the NPSL introduced a new standings points system that was later used by the NASL – 6 points for a win, 3 for a draw, 0 for a loss and 1 bonus point for each of the first three goals scored. The circuit's commissioner was Ken Macker, an American publisher of three Philippines-based
newspapers. The name
National Professional Soccer League was revived in 1990 and used by a United States professional
indoor soccer league.