2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs
The Independence (gray) and the Flash (red/white) are recognized after the championship game
The 2011 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2011 Season, which started on August 17 and culminated on August 27 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or qualification | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western New York Flash (A) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 42 | 2011 WPS Championship | |
| 2 | Philadelphia Independence (A) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 36 | 2011 WPS Super Semifinal | |
| 3 | magicJack (A) | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 281 | 2011 WPS Playoffs | |
| 4 | Boston Breakers (A) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 | BOS: 7 pts SKY: 4 pt | |
| 5 | Sky Blue FC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 19 | ||
| 6 | Atlanta Beat | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 7 |
- Classification rules: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head to head result. Source: soccerway
- (P) = WPS Premiership (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs
- 1 - magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.[1]
Bracket
| First Round | Super Semifinal | WPS Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Western New York Flash | 1(5) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia Independence | 2 | 2 | Philadelphia Independence | 1(4) | ||||||||
| 3 | magicJack | 3 | 3 | magicJack | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Boston Breakers | 1 | |||||||||||
Results
First round
| magicJack | 3 – 1 | Boston Breakers |
|---|---|---|
Wambach  6', 57' (pen)Rapinoe 61' |
Buehler  17'Winters 31', 81'Hemmings 35' |
Super Semifinal
WPS Championship
| Western New York Flash | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Philadelphia Independence |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards 25' Sinclair 64'Goebel  96', 108'Marta 103' |
Rodriguez 88', 90+3' | |
| Penalties | ||
Marta  Sinclair Zerboni Seger Averbuch |
5 – 4 | Sanderson Adams Robinson Boquete del Rio |
Media coverage
The First Round will be viewable on Fox Soccer Channel with the others on Fox Sports Net; all will be simultaneously webcast on the WPS website.
Notes and references
- ↑ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. 12 May 2011.
See also
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