2008 WPSL season

The 2008 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL.

Women's Premier Soccer League

Season	2008
← 2007 2009 →

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

• Lamorinda East Bay Power changed their name to Walnut Creek Power

New Franchises

• Nineteen franchises joined the league this year:

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

Folding

• Five teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
  • FC Indiana—left to join USL W-League
  • Real Shore FC
  • River Cities FC
  • Rush Salt Lake City
  • Tampa Bay Elite
• In addition, four 2007 teams chose to spend the 2008 season on hiatus, with plans to return in 2009:
  • Bay State Select
  • Maryland Pride
  • Massachusetts Stingers
  • Orlando Falcons

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinchedGreen 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

• Despite winning their division, Oklahoma Alliance did not take part in the WPSL playoffs.

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

Brevard County Cocoa Expos

0

MW1

MYSC Lady Blues

1

MW1

MYSC Lady Blues

0

PS2

Ajax America Women

5

PS1

West Coast FC

3

PN2

Sonoma County Sol

2

PS1

West Coast FC

0

PS2

Ajax America Women

2

PN1

California Storm

0

PS2

Ajax America Women

2

PS2

Ajax America Women

3

BN2

Arizona Rush

1

BN1

Utah Spiders

2

BN2

Arizona Rush

6

BN2

Arizona Rush

2

EN2

New England Mutiny

1

EN1

SoccerPlus Connecticut

2

EM2

Lancaster Inferno

1

EN1

SoccerPlus Connecticut

0

EN2

New England Mutiny

1

EM1

Long Island Fury

2

EN2

New England Mutiny

4

References

1. "Women's Premier Soccer League - Providing the highest level of women's amateur soccer in the US since 1998". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.

External links

• WPSL Standings