After the brief Fall 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 NISA Fall 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.

A few former MLS players saw action in this tournament.

• 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