1996 USISL Premier League season

Central Coast Roadrunners won the championship, defeating the San Francisco Bay Seals 3–2.

Spokane Shadow won the regular season title, winning 14 games to 2 losses.

Five teams folded after the 1995 season: Central Coast received a bye to the PDL Semifinals as the defending champion.

Six teams entered the Premier Six Tournament in Cocoa, Florida the weekend of August 16–18.

In order to determine the two teams to qualify for the finals, the league used the following point system during the Premier Six Tournament: [1]