Also known as the NASL Championship series 2011, the event was contested in a two-game aggregate match between the NSC Minnesota Stars and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

After a two-day competition, the NSC Minnesota Stars became the 2011 NASL champions, and the first of the new league.

Since the teams were tied on aggregate, they moved on to 30 minutes of extra time.

They entered the playoffs as the number four seed and defeated the fifth-seeded, FC Edmonton squad, 5–0, in the single-match quarterfinal round.

Next they faced the second-seeded, Puerto Rico Islanders in the semifinals They won the first leg by a score of 3–1 and the second, 2–1, to advance to the finals.