2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Western New York Flash	18	13	3	2	40	18	+22	42	Advance to Championship
2	Philadelphia Independence	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13	36	Advance to Super Semifinal
3	magicJack	18	9	2	7	29	29	0	28^[a]	Advance to First round
4	Boston Breakers	18	5	4	9	19	24	−5	19^[b]	Advance to First round
5	Sky Blue FC	18	5	4	9	24	29	−5	19^[b]
6	Atlanta Beat	18	1	4	13	7	32	−25	7

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head-to-head result.
Notes:

^ magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.^[1]
^ ^a ^b BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt

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

August 17, 2011

7:30 pm EDT

magicJack	3 – 1	Boston Breakers
Wambach 6', 57' (pen) Rapinoe 61'		Buehler 17' Winters 31', 81' Hemmings 35'

FAU Soccer Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida

Attendance: 2,075

Referee: Christina Ibanez

Super Semifinal

August 20, 2011

4:00 PM EDT

Philadelphia Independence	2 – 0	magicJack
Kai 46' Rodriguez 81'		Rampone 12' Wambach 86'

PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 5,410

Referee: Ted Unkel

WPS Championship

August 27, 2011

4:00 PM EDT

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

Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York

Attendance: 10,461

Referee: Kari Seitz

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. May 12, 2011.

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