2007 WPSL season

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The 2007 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL.

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FC Indiana finished the season as national champions, beating New England Mutiny in the WPSL Championship game in Tampa, Florida on 27 July 2007. [1] [2]

Changes From 2006

Name Changes

New Franchises

Team NameMetro AreaLocationPrevious Affiliation
Flag of New Mexico.svg Albuquerque Lady Asylum Albuquerque, NM expansion
Flag of Illinois.svg Chicago United Breeze Algonquin, IL expansion
Flag of California.svg Claremont Stars Claremont, CA expansion
Flag of Illinois.svg FC Twente3 IL Chicago, IL expansion
Flag of New Jersey.svg Real Shore FC Lincroft, NJ expansion
Flag of Utah.svg Rush Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT expansion
Flag of Connecticut.svg SoccerPlus Connecticut New Britain, CT expansion

Folding

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

West Conference

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Ajax America Women 16160071848
2 San Diego WFC SeaLions 16961441828
3 California Storm 161051521631
4 Sonoma County Sol 16853322027
5 Claremont Stars 15555352320
6 San Francisco Nighthawks 14275223611
7 Lamorinda East Bay Power 13111114674
8 Sacramento Pride 1311205803

Midwest Conference

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 FC Indiana 871033321
2 River Cities FC 871037221
3 FC Twente3 IL 826011256
4 FC St. Louis 826012376
5 Chicago United Breeze 826010376

Southern Conference

South Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Tampa Bay Elite 860229520
2 Central Florida Strikers 841319915
3 Palm Beach United 8431191013
4 Orlando Falcons 81529275
5 Miami Kickers 80625302

Southwest Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Denver Diamonds 10631172019
2 Rush Salt Lake City 10640161318
3 Utah Spiders 10523151117
4 Albuquerque Lady Asylum 9540241215
5 Colorado Springs United 100918381

East Conference

North Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 New England Mutiny 1070334324
2 Long Island Fury 1071234623
3 SoccerPlus Connecticut 10613271221
4 Adirondack Lynx 10640261518
5 Massachusetts Stingers 10640261518
6 Boston Aztec Women 10541201216
7 New York Athletic Club 10460112212
8 Bay State Select 1027113267

Mid-Atlantic Division

PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints
1 Atlantic City Diablos 1082035924
2 Northampton Laurels 10550122315
3 Philadelphia Liberty 10361111910
4 Real Shore FC 102805256
5 Central Delaware SA Future 1018113314
6 Maryland Pride 101906393

Playoffs

Conference Divisional Round

Long Island Fury 3-2 SoccerPlus Connecticut

Conference Semi-finals

New England Mutiny 6-0 Northampton Laurels
Atlantic City Diablos 3-1 Long Island Fury

Conference Finals

New England Mutiny 2-1 Atlantic City Diablos
Tampa Bay Elite 2-1 Denver Diamonds

National Semi-finals

FC Indiana 1-1 Ajax America Women (Indiana wins 4-3 on penalties)
New England Mutiny 1-1 Tampa Bay Elite 1-1 (New England wins 5-4 on penalties)

WPSL Championship Game

FC Indiana 3-0 New England Mutiny

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References

  1. Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. "The Year in American Soccer, 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-02-21.