After the brief Fall NISA season in which both Eastern Conference and Western Conference teams played each team within their conference once, the standings looked like this:

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chattanooga FC 3-0-1 = 9 points
Michigan Stars FC 2-2-0 = 8 points
NY Cosmos 1-2-1 = 5 points
Detroit City FC 1-2-1 = 5 points
New Amsterdam FC 0-0-4 = 0 points

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Oakland Roots 1-1-0 = 4 points
Cal United Strikers FC 0-2-0 = 2 points
LA Force 0-1-1 = 1 point

For the 2020 Fall NISA Tournament, the teams were placed into two groups based on the results above, with each team within each group to play each other once.

GROUP A
Oakland Roots
Michigan Stars
Detroit City FC
New Amsterdam FC

GROUP B
Chattanooga FC
Cal United Strikers FC
New York Cosmos
Los Angeles Force

The tournament was set in a bubble environment, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the teams staying at a hotel, with one floor for each team.  The schedule was set, and the matches began on September 21, 2020 at historic Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, MI.

• September 21, 2020: Michigan Stars 2 vs Detroit City FC 0
• September 21, 2020:  Oakland Roots 3 vs New Amsterdam FC 0
• September 22, 2020:  Cal United Strikers 2 vs New York Cosmos 0
  
• September 22, 2020: Chattanooga FC 2 vs Los Angeles Force 0
  

Group A Standings

• Oakland Roots 1-0-0  3 pts +3 goal differential
• Michigan Stars 1-0-0  3 pts  +2 goal differential
• Detroit City FC  0-0-1 0 pts  -2 goal differential
• New Amsterdam FC 0-0-1 0 points -3 goal differential

Group B Standings

• Cal United Strikers 1-0-0 3 pts +2 goal differential
• Chattanooga FC 1-0-0 3 pts +2 goal differential
• Los Angeles Force 0-0-1 0 pts -2 goal differential
• New York Cosmos 0-0-1 0 pts -2 goal differential

• September 24, 2020: Oakland Roots 1 vs Detroit City FC 2
• September 24, 2020: Michigan Stars 2 vs New Amsterdam FC 2
• September 25, 2020: Chattanooga FC 0 vs New York Cosmos 0
  
• September 25, 2020:  Cal United Strikers 2 vs Los Angeles Force 3
  

Group A Standings

• Michigan Stars 1-1-0  4 pts  +2 goal differential
• Oakland Roots 1-0-1  3 pts +2 goal differential
• Detroit City FC  1-0-1 3 pts  -1 goal differential
• New Amsterdam FC 0-1-1 1 points -3 goal differential

Group B Standings

• Chattanooga FC 1-1-0 4 pts +2 goal differential
• Cal United Strikers 1-0-1 3 pts +1 goal differential
• Los Angeles Force 1-0-1 3 pts -1 goal differential
• New York Cosmos 0-1-1 1 pts -2 goal differential

• September 27, 2020: Oakland Roots 1 vs Michigan Stars 0
• September 27, 2020: Detroit City FC 4 vs New Amsterdam FC 2
• September 28, 2020: Chattanooga FC 1 vs Cal United Strikers 1
  
• September 28, 2020: New York Cosmos 1 vs Los Angeles Force 2
  

Group A Standings

• Oakland Roots 2-0-1  6 pts +3 goal differential
• Detroit City FC  2-0-1 6 pts  +1 goal differential
• Michigan Stars 1-1-1  4 pts  +1 goal differential
• New Amsterdam FC 0-1-2 1 points -5 goal differential

Oakland Roots and Detroit City FC advance.

Group B Standings

• Los Angeles Force 2-0-1 6 pts 0 goal differential
• Chattanooga FC 1-2-0 5 pts +2 goal differential
• Cal United Strikers 1-1-1 4 pts +1 goal differential
• New York Cosmos 0-1-2 1 pts -3 goal differential

Los Angeles Force and Chattanooga FC advance.

• September 30, 2020:  Oakland Roots 3, Chattanooga FC 2
• September 30, 2020:  Detroit City FC 1, Los Angeles Force 0

• October 2, 2020:  Detroit City FC 2, Oakland Roots 1
  

Tournament Stats