2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season
Season | 2012 |
---|---|
Champions | Western New York Flash |
Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 136 (3.02 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kyah Simon (BOS) 12 |
Biggest home win | CHI 5–0 ASC (June 10) |
Biggest away win |
NEM 1–5 NYF (May 12) FCI 0–4 BOS (June 1) |
Highest scoring |
NEM 1–5 NYF (May 12) NEM 4–2 ASC (May 19) BOS 4–2 NEM (June 20) WNY 3–3 NEM (June 24) |
Highest attendance | 2,342 (BOS v WNY, 5/26) |
Lowest attendance | 246 (FCI v BOS, 6/1) |
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The 2012 WPSL Elite season was the only season of the WPSL Elite, an upper-level division of the WPSL, one of America's two semi-pro leagues (opposite the W-League). The regular season consisted of fourteen matches per team in a double-round-robin format, played between May 10 and July 22. The regular season was followed by a playoff series.
The 2012 season included three former WPS teams: 2011 WPS champions Western New York Flash, WUSA alumni Boston Breakers, and 2011 WPSL finalists Chicago Red Stars.
Teams
Team | Location | Ground | 2011 season |
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ASA Chesapeake Charge | Severn, MD | Archbishop Spalding High School | WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 3rd |
Boston Breakers | Somerville, MA | Dilboy Stadium | WPS, 4th |
Chicago Red Stars | Chicagoland | various | WPSL Midwest North, 1st |
FC Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | Carroll Stadium | WPSL Midwest South, 2nd |
New England Mutiny | East Longmeadow, MA | East Longmeadow High School | WPSL Northeast, 4th |
New York Fury | New York | Hofstra University | WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 1st |
Philadelphia Fever | Philadelphia, PA | various | expansion |
Western New York Flash | Rochester, NY | Sahlen's Stadium | WPS, 1st |
Match results
Home ╲ Away | ASC | BOS | CHI | FCI | NEM | NYF | PHI | WNY |
ASA Chesapeake Charge | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
Boston Breakers | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Chicago Red Stars | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
FC Indiana | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
New England Mutiny | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
New York Fury | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
Philadelphia Fever | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
Western New York Flash | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 4 July 2012.
Source: WPSL Elite results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Regular season standings
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boston Breakers | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 33 | 2012 WPSL Elite playoffs |
2 | Western New York Flash (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 30 | |
3 | New York Fury | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 29 | |
4 | Chicago Red Stars | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 28 | |
5 | New England Mutiny | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 21 | |
6 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 9 | |
7 | Philadelphia Fever | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 5 | |
8 | FC Indiana | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 33 | −25 | 5 |
Updated to games played on 22 July 2012.
Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Home teams listed first
May
May 10, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 0–3 | Boston Breakers | Arnold, Maryland |
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7:30pm | Barger | report | Napoli 1' Schoepfer 14' Luscinski 15' |
Stadium: Anne Arundel Community College Attendance: 400 |
May 12, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 1–5 | New York Fury | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Gallegos 77' | report | Mathias 5' 25' 42' Spencer 14' Lenczyk 74' |
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 932 |
May 12, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 4–1 | FC Indiana | Rochester, New York |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Adriana 4' 10' 86' Heyboer 81' |
report | Placide 15' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,304 |
May 18, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 4–1 | FC Indiana | Somerville, Massachusetts |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Schoepfer 9' Simon 13' 22' Butt 57' |
report | Libertin 11' | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,312 |
May 19, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 4–2 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
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7:00pm | Mauer 17' Gallegos 24' Houle 32' (pen) Mays 90+' |
report | Collins 27' Reid 49' |
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 937 |
May 19, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 0–1 | New York Fury | Rochester, New York |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Taylor 54' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
May 20, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–0 | FC Indiana | River Forest, Illinois |
---|---|---|---|---|
3:00pm | Sitch 45+' Fowlkes 89' (pen) |
Jeanne Pierre Natacha Cajuste |
Stadium: Concordia University |
May 20, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 2–2 | New England Mutiny | Sewell, New Jersey |
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7:30pm | Jordan 18' Bouchard 81' |
report | Gallegos 42' 65' | Stadium: Washington High School Attendance: 732 |
May 23, 2012 | New York Fury | 1–2 | Boston Breakers | Hemsptead Village, New York |
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7:00pm | Mathias 66' | Butt 9' Schoepfer 19' Simon 36' |
Stadium: Hofstra University Attendance: 1,300 |
May 25, 2012 | FC Indiana | 0–2 | Chicago Red Stars | South Bend, Indiana |
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7:00pm | report | Fowlkes 6' Chalupny 64' |
Stadium: Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex Attendance: 613 |
May 26, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 0 – 1[a] | Western New York Flash | Somerville, Massachusetts |
---|---|---|---|---|
6:00pm | report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,342 |
May 27, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 2–3 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:30pm | Haycook 17' 88' | report | Brandt 13' Brown 31' 45' |
Stadium: Egg Harbor Township High School |
May 31, 2012 | New York Fury | 3–0 | Philadelphia Fever | Hemsptead Village, New York |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Yokers 56' 70' DiMartino 80' |
report | Stadium: Hofstra University |
June
June 1, 2012 | FC Indiana | 0–4 | Boston Breakers | IN |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Libertin Cajuste Dolce |
report | D'Agostino 30' Schoepfer 34' 41' Simon 78' |
Stadium: IUPUI Stadium Attendance: 246 |
June 2, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 2–1 | Philadelphia Fever | East Longmeadow, MA |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Howarth 22' Mays 82' |
report | Bouchard 11' Clemens 54' |
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 473 |
June 3, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Naperville, IL |
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5:00pm | Weissenhofer 35' | report | Stadium: North Central College |
June 3, 2012 | New York Fury | 0–0 | Western New York Flash | Hemsptead Village, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | report | Klingenberg Reynolds |
Stadium: Hofstra University |
June 8, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | New York Fury | River Forest, IL |
---|---|---|---|---|
6:00pm | Mautz 26' Weissenhofer 68' |
report | Zimmeck 85' | Stadium: Concordia University |
June 8, 2012 | FC Indiana | 1–1 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | IN |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Bellevue 30' | report | Suter 75' | Stadium: IUPUI Stadium |
June 9, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 3–1 | New England Mutiny | Rochester, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Frierson 24' Zerboni 31' Van Egmond 76' |
report | Howarth 81' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 753 |
June 10, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 5–0 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | Naperville, IL |
---|---|---|---|---|
3:00pm | Fowlkes 36' 78' 83' Chalupny 40' Goralski 86' |
report | Stadium: North Central College |
June 10, 2012 | FC Indiana | 0–1 | New York Fury | South Bend, IN |
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7::00pm | Valentine 55' | report | Mathias 26' | Stadium: Invaders Complex |
June 10, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 0–1 | Boston Breakers | Birdsboro, PA |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:30pm | report | Simon 45' | Stadium: Daniel Boone HS |
June 13, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 3–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Rochester, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Frierson 29' Davis 68' Adriana 70' Davis 74' |
report | Alkek 12' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
June 14, 2012 | FC Indiana | 2–3 | New England Mutiny | South Bend, IN |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Merone Pierre-Louis 56' Clark 83' (pen) |
report | Howarth 32' 90' Mays 51' Reilly 62' Howarth 89' Dimirdjian 89' |
Stadium: Invaders Complex |
June 16, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 0–2 | Western New York Flash | Millersville, MD |
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2:00pm | Adriana 42' 89' (pen) | Stadium: Old Mill School |
June 16, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 4–0 | New England Mutiny | Evanston, IL |
---|---|---|---|---|
6:00pm | Weissenhofer 35' Cinalli 68' Folkes 73' Chalupny 84' |
report | Stadium: Lakefront Stadium |
June 17, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 0–2 | New York Fury | Millersville, MD |
---|---|---|---|---|
4:00pm | report | Spencer 38' Lenczyk 55' |
Stadium: Old Mill School |
June 17, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 0–0 | Western New York Flash | Sewell, NJ |
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7:30pm | Stadium: Washington HS |
June 20, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 4–2 | New England Mutiny | Somerville, MA |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Simon 41' 45' 66' Schoepfer 49' (pen) D'Agostino |
report | Houle 12' Howarth 59' 76' |
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,147 |
June 22, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Millersville, MD |
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7:00pm | Hnatiuk 23' (pen) | report | Weissenhofer 46', 77' Chalupny 48' |
Stadium: Old Mill School |
June 22, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 2–0 | Philadelphia Fever | Rochester, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:30pm | Adriana 27' Klingenberg 49' |
report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
June 23, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 2–0 | New York Fury | Somerville, MA |
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6:00pm | Simon 35', 90' | report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium |
June 24, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 3–3 | Western New York Flash | East Longmeadow, MA |
---|---|---|---|---|
5:00pm | Howarth 4', 45' Andrews 25' |
report | Adriana 8', 77' (pen) Klingenberg 20' |
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 793 |
June 24, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 1–4 | Chicago Red Stars | NJ |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:30pm | Ratcliffe 3' | report | Sitch 38', 72' Mautz 51' Chalupny 87' |
Stadium: Egg Harbor HS |
June 28, 2012 | New York Fury | 1–0 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | Hemsptead Village, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Lenczyk 38' | report | Stadium: Hofstra University |
June 29, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 0–1 | FC Indiana | Sewell, NJ |
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7:30pm | report | Pierre-Louis 15' | Stadium: Washington HS |
June 30, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Somerville, MA |
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6:00pm | Simon 89' | report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,092 |
July
July 1, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 2–2 | FC Indiana | Millersville, MD |
---|---|---|---|---|
4:00pm | Barger 86' Nairn 90+7' Brennan |
report | Valentine 17' Batard 20' Dolce |
Stadium: Old Mill School |
July 3, 2012 | New York Fury | 4–0 | New England Mutiny | Hemsptead Village, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Long 5' Lenczyk 26' 60' Spencer 40' |
report | Stadium: Hofstra University |
July 5, 2012 | FC Indiana | 0–2 | Philadelphia Fever | South Bend, IN |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Stadium: Invaders Complex |
July 6, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 3–1 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | Somerville, MA |
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7:00pm | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium |
July 7, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Philadelphia Fever | Evanston, IL |
---|---|---|---|---|
6:00pm | Stadium: Lakefront Stadium |
July 7, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 2–1 | Boston Breakers | East Longmeadow, MA |
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6:00pm | Stadium: East Longmeadow High School |
July 8, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 4–0 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | Rochester, NY |
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4:00pm | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
July 11, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 3–3 | New England Mutiny | Millersville, MD |
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7:00pm | Stadium: Old Mill School |
July 12, 2012 | FC Indiana | 0–5 | Western New York Flash | IN |
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7:00pm | Stadium: IUPUI Stadium |
July 14, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 2–0 | Philadelphia Fever | Somerville, MA |
---|---|---|---|---|
6:00pm | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium |
July 14, 2012 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–2 | Western New York Flash | Lisle, IL |
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7:00pm | Stadium: Benedictine University |
July 15, 2012 | Philadelphia Fever | 0–3 | New York Fury | Sewell, NJ |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:30pm | Stadium: Washington HS |
July 19, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 3–0 | Chicago Red Stars | East Longmeadow, MA |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Stadium: East Longmeadow High School |
July 19, 2012 | New York Fury | 2–0 | FC Indiana | Hemsptead Village, NY |
---|---|---|---|---|
7:00pm | Stadium: Hofstra University |
July 21, 2012 | New England Mutiny | 1–0 | FC Indiana | MA |
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7:00pm | Stadium: North Hampton High School |
July 22, 2012 | ASA Chesapeake Charge | 2–0 | Philadelphia Fever | Millersville, MD |
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4:00pm | Stadium: Old Mill School |
July 22, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 0–1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, NY |
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4:00pm | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
July 22, 2012 | New York Fury | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Hemsptead Village, NY |
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7:00pm | Stadium: Hofstra University |
Statistical leaders
Top scorers
Total | Player | Team | Goals per game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Kyah Simon | BOS | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Adriana Martin | WNY | 3 | - | [a] | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Kate Howarth | NEM | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Lauren Fowlkes | CHI | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Katie Schoepfer | BOS | 1 | 1 | 1 | [a] | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Lori Chalupny | CHI | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||||
Meghan Lenczyk | NYF | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Merritt Mathias | NYF | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Michele Weissenhofer | CHI | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Tiya Gallegos | NEM | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Becca Mays | NEM | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Julianne Sitch | CHI | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Jasmyne Spencer | NYF | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Playoffs
Semi-finals
July 25, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | New York Fury | Rochester, NY |
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5:00pm | Frierson 78' Heyboer 80' |
Long 8' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
July 25, 2012 | Boston Breakers | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Rochester, NY |
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7:00pm | DaCosta 80' | Fowlkes 13' Chalupny 46' Masar 66' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
Championship
July 28, 2012 | Western New York Flash | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
Chicago Red Stars | Rochester, NY |
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1:00pm | Pressley 90+4' | Report | Ellenwood 41' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
Penalties | ||||
Adriana Reynolds Zerboni Van Egmond Salem |
Fowlkes Sitch Forbes Wenino |
Notes
- a The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26th match against the Western New York Flash for fielding an ineligible player. The Boston Breakers won the match 3–2.[1] The WPSL credited the Western New York Flash with a 1–0 victory[2] with all previous goals of the match being nullified.[3] Before the June 18th ruling,[2] Breakers forward Katie Shoepfer was leading the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26th match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana Martin and Angela Salem.
References
- ↑ "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- 1 2 O'Connell, Brian (June 19, 2012). "Breakers Docked 3 Pts. For Ineligible Player". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ↑ Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.