2012 WPSL season

The 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 16th season of the WPSL. 2012 saw the formation of two new leagues within the WPSL structure: the WPSL Elite League and a U-20 League.

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Season2012
ChampionsGulf Coast Texans
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Changes from 2011

Name changes

Team name Location Previous name
Aztec MA Boston, MA Boston Aztec

New franchises

Team name Metro area Location Previous affiliation
Empire United Western New York expansion[1]
Eugene Metro Football Club Eugene, Oregon expansion
FC Austin Greater Austin Cedar Park, Texas expansion
Issaquah SC Seattle area Issaquah, Washington expansion
Knoxville Lady Force Knoxville area Knoxville, Tennessee expansion
Maryland Capitols FC DC area Landover, Maryland expansion[2]
Tidewater Sharks Hampton Roads Williamsburg, Virginia expansion[3]
United FC Binghamton Greater Binghamton Binghamton, New York expansion[4]
Atlantic City, New Jersey expansion

Note: A place for a St. Louis team was created on the WPSL website in early 2012 and remains there, but the team was not part of the 2012 season.

Folding/moving

Standings

Blue indicates division title
Yellow indicates qualified for playoffs [6]

Big Sky Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Salt Lake City Sparta 8 6 0 2 36 7 +29 20
2 Utah Starzz 8 5 2 1 22 10 +12 16
3 Phoenix U23 6 2 2 2 11 6 +5 8
4 Phoenix Del Sol 6 2 3 1 15 17 -2 7
5 FC St. George 8 0 8 0 2 46 -44 0

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Dallas 13 12 1 0 61 9 +52 36
2 Oklahoma Alliance 12 9 1 2 37 12 +15 29
3 American Eagles Soccer Club 12 8 2 2 25 13 +12 26
4 Tulsa Spirit 13 7 5 1 4 1 +3 22
5 Houston South Select 12 6 5 1 21 19 +2 19
6 Texas Football Club 12 4 7 1 8 2 +6 13
7 Houston Aces 12 3 7 2 18 27 -9 11
8 Fort Worth Panthers 12 3 8 1 24 26 -2 10
8 Arkansas Comets 10 2 8 0 11 42 -31 6
9 FC Austin 12 1 9 2 5 34 -29 5
9 West Texas Pride FC 2 0 2 0 1 19 -18 0

Northeast Atlantic Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Aztec MA 10 8 1 1 39 9 30 25
2 New England Mutiny Reserves 10 6 2 2 18 11 7 20
3 Seacoast United Phantoms 10 4 3 3 14 15 -1 15
4 Long Island Fury 10 4 4 2 21 15 6 14
5 Seacoast United Mariners 10 1 7 2 3 32 -29 5
6 CFC Passion 10 0 7 3 3 17 -14 3

Mid Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 New York Athletic Club 10 7 1 2 28 7 21 23
2 Syracuse Lady Knights 10 5 3 2 17 19 -2 17
3 United FC Binghamton 10 2 4 4 12 16 -4 10
4 Millburn Magic 10 2 4 4 10 20 -10 10
5 FCW Elite 10 0 8 2 7 28 -21 2

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Maryland Capitols FC 10 7 1 2 30 11 19 23
2 FC Bucks 10 4 1 5 26 18 8 17
3 Penn Legacy Inferno 10 5 4 1 17 13 4 16
4 BuxMont Torch FC 10 3 6 1 16 22 -6 10
5 Tidewater Sharks 10 2 5 3 12 21 -9 9

Midwest Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Milwaukee Nationals 5 5 0 0 14 2 +12 15
2 Ohio Galaxies 5 3 0 2 16 5 +11 11
3 Madison 56ers 5 3 2 0 11 6 +5 9
4 Ohio Premier Women's SC 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
5 Indiana United 5 2 2 1 10 11 -1 7
6 Quad City Eagles 5 0 5 0 3 17 -15 0
7 Fort Wayne FC 5 0 5 0 3 19 -17 0

Northwest Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Spokane Shine 10 6 2 2 16 7 +9 20
2 Issaquah Soccer Club 10 5 1 4 27 6 +21 19
3 Portland Rain 10 5 3 2 23 11 +12 17
4 Emerald City FC 10 3 1 6 24 8 +16 15
5 Eugene Metro Futbol Club 10 3 5 2 15 21 -6 11
6 Oregon Rush 10 0 10 0 4 57 -53 0

Pacific Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 California Storm 10 5 2 3 20 12 +8 18
2 North Bay FC Wave 10 5 2 3 13 8 +5 18
3 West Coast Wildcatz 10 4 1 5 18 17 +1 17
4 Central California HEAT 10 5 5 0 18 17 +1 15
5 Bay Area Breeze 10 3 3 4 17 14 +3 13
6 San Francisco Nighthawks 10 0 9 1 7 25 -18 1

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 San Diego WFC SeaLions 6 5 1 0 20 3 +17 15
2 Beach Futbol Club 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 12
3 Ajax America Women 6 3 3 0 6 11 -5 9
4 LA Vikings 6 0 6 0 0 23 -23 0

Southeast Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Gulf Coast Texans 7 7 0 0 31 3 +28 21
2 Knoxville Lady Force 7 4 3 0 10 14 -4 12
3 Georgia Revolution 7 2 5 0 9 17 -8 6
4 Mississippi Fuego FC 6 1 5 0 7 15 -8 3
5 Mississippi Fuego FC U23 1 0 1 0 0 8 -8 0

Sunshine Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Tampa Bay Hellenic 9 8 0 1 19 5 +14 24
2 Florida Sol FC 9 5 2 2 24 10 +14 17
3 Team Boca Blast 9 2 3 4 8 10 -2 10
4 South Florida Strikers 9 1 6 2 10 24 -14 5
5 Clermont Phoenix 8 1 6 1 3 15 -12 4

Playoffs

[7]

Northeast Atlantic Conference

Northeast Atlantic Quarterfinals Northeast Atlantic Semifinals Northeast Atlantic Final
NAN1 Massachusetts Aztec MA 2
NAN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny Reserves 1 NAN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny Reserves 1
NAS2 Pennsylvania FC Bucks 0 NAN1 Massachusetts Aztec MA 1
NAM1 New York (state) New York Athletic Club (Forfeit) 0
NAM1 New York (state) New York Athletic Club 4
NAM2 New York (state) Syracuse Lady Knights 2 NAM2 New York (state) Syracuse Lady Knights 0
NAS1 Maryland Maryland Capitols FC 0

Big Sky/Pacific/Northwest Conference

Big Sky-South playoff

  • Winner goes to national semi-finals
South Division
Big Sky Conference
   
S1 Oklahoma Alliance FC 4
S2 American Eagles SC 2

Inter-divisional playoff

  • Winner goes to national semi-finals
Division Semifinals Division Final
      
PS1 California San Diego WFC SeaLions 2
NC Washington (state) Issaquah Soccer Club 1
BSN Utah Salt Lake United 3
PS1 California San Diego WFC SeaLions 1
BSN Utah Salt Lake United 3
PN1 California California Storm 1

Sunshine Conference

Sunshine Semifinals Sunshine Final
      
2 Florida Florida Sol FC 2
3 Florida Team Boca Blast 1
1 Florida Tampa Bay Hellenic -
2 Florida Florida Sol FC -
1 Florida Tampa Bay Hellenic 3
4 Florida South Florida Strikers 1

The Sunshine division championship was cancelled due to a high number of players returning to college.

WPSL Championship

WPSL Semifinals WPSL Final
      
Massachusetts Aztec MA 1
Oklahoma Oklahoma Alliance 0
Florida Gulf Coast Texans 4
Massachusetts Aztec MA 0
Florida Gulf Coast Texans 3
Utah Salt Lake United 0

Composite top 16 bracket

 
Regional semi-finalsRegional finalsNational semi-finalsNational finals
 
              
 
 
 
 
Massachusetts Aztec MA2
 
 
 
Massachusetts Mutiny Reserves1
 
Massachusetts Aztec MAw/o
 
 
 
New York (state) NYAC-
 
New York (state) NYAC4
 
 
 
New York (state) Syracuse Lady Knights0
 
Massachusetts Aztec MA1
 
 
 
Oklahoma Oklahoma Alliance0
 
Texas FCD Women1st
 
 
 
Oklahoma Oklahoma Alliance2nd
 
Oklahoma Oklahoma Alliance4
 
 
 
American Eagles SC2
 
American Eagles SC3rd
 
 
 
--
 
Florida Gulf Coast Texans4
 
 
 
Massachusetts Aztec MA0
 
Florida Gulf Coast Texans1st
 
 
 
Tennessee Knoxville Lady Force2nd
 
Florida Gulf Coast Texansw/o
 
 
 
--
 
Florida Tampa Bay Hellenic1st
 
 
 
Florida Florida Sol FC2nd
 
Florida Gulf Coast Texans3
 
 
 
Utah Salt Lake United0
 
California San Diego SeaLions2
 
 
 
Washington (state) Issaquah Soccer Club1
 
Utah Salt Lake United3
 
 
 
California San Diego SeaLions1
 
Utah Salt Lake United3
 
 
California Storm Elk Grove1
 

References

  1. ^ "Empire United Join Women's Premier Soccer League for 2012 Season". wpsl.info. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Maryland Capitols Joins WPSL". wpsl.info. February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Tidewater Sharks Join WPSL". wpsl.info. March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Empire United Join Women's Premier Soccer League for 2012 Season". wpsl.info. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "New York Fury to Join WPSl Elite League". wpsl.info. March 23, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "WPSL Standings". Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "WPSL 2012 Schedule". Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.

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