2012 WPSL season

The 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 15th 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.

Women's Premier Soccer League

Season	2012
Champions	Gulf Coast Texans
← 2011 2013 →

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

• To WPSL Elite League:
  • ASA Chesapeake Charge
  • Chicago Red Stars
  • FC Indiana
  • New England Mutiny
  • New York Fury ^[5]
• Folded:
  • Chelsea Metro
  • Orange County Waves

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

Aztec MA

2

NAN2

New England Mutiny Reserves

1

NAN2

New England Mutiny Reserves

1

NAS2

FC Bucks

0

NAN1

Aztec MA

1

NAM1

New York Athletic Club (Forfeit)

0

NAM1

New York Athletic Club

4

NAM2

Syracuse Lady Knights

2

NAM2

Syracuse Lady Knights

0

NAS1

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	San Diego WFC SeaLions	2
	NC	Issaquah Soccer Club	1
						BSN	Salt Lake United	3
						PS1	San Diego WFC SeaLions	1
	BSN	Salt Lake United	3
	PN1	California Storm	1

Sunshine Conference

	Sunshine Semifinals					Sunshine Final
	2	Florida Sol FC	2
	3	Team Boca Blast	1
						1	Tampa Bay Hellenic	-
						2	Florida Sol FC	-
	1	Tampa Bay Hellenic	3
	4	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
	Aztec MA		1
	Oklahoma Alliance		0
						Gulf Coast Texans		4
						Aztec MA		0
	Gulf Coast Texans		3
	Salt Lake United		0

Composite top 16 bracket

Regional semi-finals

Regional finals

National semi-finals

National finals

Aztec MA

2

Mutiny Reserves

1

Aztec MA

w/o

NYAC

-

NYAC

4

Syracuse Lady Knights

0

Aztec MA

1

Oklahoma Alliance

0

FCD Women

1st

Oklahoma Alliance

2nd

Oklahoma Alliance

4

American Eagles SC

2

American Eagles SC

3rd

-

-

Gulf Coast Texans

4

Aztec MA

0

Gulf Coast Texans

1st

Knoxville Lady Force

2nd

Gulf Coast Texans

w/o

-

-

Tampa Bay Hellenic

1st

Florida Sol FC

2nd

Gulf Coast Texans

3

Salt Lake United

0

San Diego SeaLions

2

Issaquah Soccer Club

1

Salt Lake United

3

San Diego SeaLions

1

Salt Lake United

3

Storm Elk Grove

1

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.

External links

• WPSL Standings