2008 WPSL season

The 2008 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 12th season of the WPSL.

Ajax America Women finished the season as national champions, beating Arizona Rush in the WPSL Championship game in Sacramento, California on 3 August 2008.[1]

Changes From 2007

Name Changes

New Franchises

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Arizona Rush Tucson, AZ expansion
Brevard County Cocoa Expos Cocoa, FL returning from hiatus - previously in W-League
Fort Worth FC Fort Worth, TX expansion
Lancaster Inferno Landisville, PA expansion
Los Angeles Rampage Granada Hills, CA expansion
Maine Tide Bangor, ME expansion
Millburn Magic Millburn, NJ expansion
Monterey Blues Monterey, CA expansion
MYSC Lady Blues Middleton, WI expansion
Ohio Premier Women's SC Dublin, OH expansion
Oklahoma Alliance Chickasha, OK expansion
Puerto Rico Capitals Caguas, Puerto Rico expansion
Salt Lake City Sparta Ogden, UT expansion
San Diego United San Diego, CA expansion
South Select Houston, TX expansion
Thomasville Dragons Thomasville, GA expansion
Tulsa Spirit Broken Arrow, OK expansion
Vitesse Dallas Duncanville, TX expansion
West Coast FC San Juan Capistrano, CA expansion

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Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Pacific Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 California Storm 10 10 0 0 48 3 45 30
2 Sonoma County Sol 10 6 3 1 17 13 4 19
3 San Francisco Nighthawks 10 4 3 3 18 12 6 15
4 Walnut Creek Power 10 4 7 0 12 24 -12 6
5 Sacramento Pride 10 2 8 0 11 44 -33 6
6 Monterey Blues 10 1 7 2 10 20 -10 5

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 West Coast FC 10 7 2 1 19 12 7 22
2 Ajax America Women 10 6 3 1 22 10 12 19
3 San Diego United 10 5 3 2 17 7 10 17
4 Los Angeles Rampage 10 4 5 1 11 16 -5 13
5 San Diego WFC SeaLions 10 4 5 1 11 16 -5 13
6 Claremont Stars 10 0 8 2 4 23 -19 2

Big Sky Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Utah Spiders 12 9 3 0 39 14 25 27
2 Arizona Rush 12 8 1 3 32 13 19 27
3 Albuquerque Lady Asylum 12 8 2 2 40 14 26 26
4 Denver Diamonds 12 5 5 2 25 25 0 17
5 Salt Lake City Sparta 12 4 7 1 19 27 -18 13
6 Colorado Springs United 12 3 8 1 11 33 -22 10

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Oklahoma Alliance 8 7 0 1 22 6 16 22
2 Fort Worth FC 8 2 3 3 12 14 -2 9
3 South Select 7 2 3 2 10 11 -1 8
4 Tulsa Spirit 8 1 3 4 8 12 -4 7
5 Vitesse Dallas 7 1 5 1 5 15 -10 4

Sunshine Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Brevard County Cocoa Expos 12 11 0 1 32 4 28 34
2 Palm Beach United 12 7 2 3 29 10 19 24
3 Florida Surge 12 7 3 2 24 15 9 23
4 Miami Kickers 12 6 6 0 38 18 20 18
5 Puerto Rico Capitals 12 2 5 5 4 13 -9 11
6 Thomasville Dragons 12 2 7 3 10 33 -23 9

Midwest Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 MYSC Lady Blues 8 7 1 0 14 4 10 21
2 Ohio Premier Women's SC 8 6 1 1 19 4 15 19
3 FC St. Louis 8 4 3 1 13 11 2 13
4 Chicago United Breeze 8 2 6 0 7 15 -8 6
5 FC Twente3 IL 8 0 8 0 6 24 -18 0

East Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 SoccerPlus Connecticut 12 12 0 0 53 2 51 36
2 New England Mutiny 12 10 2 0 46 7 39 30
3 Boston Aztec Women 11 4 4 3 19 18 1 15
4 Maine Tide 12 4 6 2 17 20 -3 14
5 New York Athletic Club 11 4 6 1 13 44 -31 13
6 Adirondack Lynx 12 2 8 2 17 37 -20 8

Mid-Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Long Island Fury 12 9 1 2 42 9 33 29
2 Lancaster Inferno 12 8 2 2 25 9 16 26
3 Atlantic City Diablos 12 7 3 2 27 9 18 23
4 Philadelphia Liberty 12 4 3 5 16 10 6 17
5 Millburn Magic 12 3 6 3 13 20 -7 13
6 Northampton Laurels 12 4 7 1 12 26 -14 10
7 Central Delaware SA Future 12 0 12 0 3 50 -47 0

Playoffs

  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals WPSL Semifinals WPSL Championship
                                     
  SU1 Florida Brevard County Cocoa Expos 0  
MW1 Wisconsin MYSC Lady Blues 1  
PS1 California West Coast FC 3     MW1 Wisconsin MYSC Lady Blues 0  
PN2 California Sonoma County Sol 2       PS2 California Ajax America Women 5  
PS1 California West Coast FC 0
     
  PN1 California California Storm 0     PS2 California Ajax America Women 2  
PS2 California Ajax America Women 2       PS2 California Ajax America Women 3
  BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 1
  BN1 Utah Utah Spiders 2  
BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 6  
EN1 Connecticut SoccerPlus Connecticut 2     BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 2
EM2 Pennsylvania Lancaster Inferno 1       EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 1  
EN1 Connecticut SoccerPlus Connecticut 0
   
  EM1 New York (state) Long Island Fury 2     EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 1  
  EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 4  

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1&id=572
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