2009 WPSL season

The 2009 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 13th season of the WPSL.

Changes From 2008

Name Changes

Two teams changed their name in the offseason.

Team Name Location Previous Name
Dallas Select Lewisville, TX Vitesse Dallas
Utah Starzz Draper, UT Utah Spiders

New Franchises

Ten franchises joined the league this year:

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Alamo SC San Antonio San Antonio area San Antonio, TX expansion
Bay State Select Boston area Hingham, MA returned from hiatus
Boise Blitz Boise area Boise, ID expansion
Carmel United SC Indianapolis area Carmel, ID expansion
Clearwater Galactics Amazons Tampa Bay area Clearwater, FL expansion
Portland Rain Portland area Portland, OR expansion
PSSCV Santa Clarita Los Angeles area Santa Clarita, CA expansion
Seattle Synergy Seattle area Seattle, WA expansion
SoCal Rush San Bernardino area Victorville, CA expansion
TC Maryland Pride Baltimore area Ellicott City, MD returned from hiatus

Folding

Seven teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:

Standings

As of July 6, 2009

Pacific Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 California Storm* 11 9 1 1 42 7 +35 28
2 San Francisco Nighthawks 12 8 2 2 26 10 +16 26
3 Monterey Blues 12 6 6 0 20 19 +1 18
4 Portland Rain 12 4 6 2 17 18 -1 14
5 Walnut Creek Power* 11 4 6 1 11 24 -13 13
6 Seattle Synergy 12 3 6 3 12 37 -25 12
7 FC Sacramento Pride 12 3 8 1 12 22 -10 10

* California and Walnut Creek game postponed, not rescheduled since it would not affect standings.

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Ajax America Women 14 12 1 1 46 7 +39 37
2 San Diego United 14 11 1 2 39 4 +35 35
3 San Diego WFC SeaLions 14 9 5 0 28 25 +3 27
4 Los Angeles Rampage 14 7 5 2 31 13 +18 23
5 Claremont Stars 14 4 7 3 9 21 -6 15
6 West Coast FC 14 4 8 2 30 11 +19 5
7 SoCal Rush 14 2 12 0 9 47 -28 6
8 PSSCV Santa Clarita 14 1 13 0 4 58 -54 3

Big Sky Conference

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Arizona Rush 12 10 2 0 26 6 +20 30
2 Salt Lake City Sparta* 11 8 2 1 13 9 +4 25
3 Denver Diamonds 12 4 5 3 10 19 -9 15
4 Utah Starzz* 11 4 5 2 8 12 -4 14
5 Boise Blitz FC 12 0 12 0 0 12 -12 0

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Dallas Premier 10 9 0 1 39 12 +27 28
2 Oklahoma Alliance 8 5 2 1 14 11 +3 16
3 Alamo SC San Antonio 7 2 3 2 11 22 -11 8
4 Tulsa Spirit 6 1 3 2 11 10 +1 5
6 South Select 10 1 7 2 11 22 -11 5
6 Fort Worth 7 1 5 1 7 16 -9 4

Sunshine Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Miami Kickers 10 7 1 2 37 12 +25 23
2 Florida Surge 10 6 2 2 22 6 +16 20
3 Palm Beach United 10 5 3 2 19 13 +6 17
4 Clearwater Galactics Amazons* 9 4 1 4 21 8 +13 16
5 Puerto Rico Capitals* 9 1 7 1 12 32 -20 4
6 Thomasville Dragons 10 0 9 1 5 46 -41 1

Midwest Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Ohio Premier Women 8 8 0 0 29 2 +27 24
2 Carmel United FC 6 2 4 0 18 13 +5 6
3 Chicago United Breeze 5 1 4 0 2 13 -11 3
4 FC St. Louis 4 1 3 0 6 20 -14 3
5 FC Twente3 1 0 1 0 0 7 -7 0

East Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Boston Aztec Women 10 9 0 1 30 4 +26 28
2 Long Island Fury 10 9 0 1 26 9 +17 28
3 Lancaster Inferno 10 7 1 2 23 9 +14 23
4 Adirondack Lynx 10 7 3 0 24 15 +9 21
5 Millburn Magic 10 5 4 1 16 16 0 16
6 Philadelphia Liberty 10 5 5 0 15 19 -4 15
7 Bay State Select 10 4 5 1 17 23 -6 13
8 New England Mutiny 10 4 6 0 19 14 +5 12
9 New York Athletic Club 10 4 6 0 15 20 -5 12
10 TSC Maryland Pride 10 3 5 2 14 16 -2 11
11 Atlantic City Diablos 10 3 5 2 8 14 -6 11
12 SoccerPlus Connecticut 10 3 6 1 15 17 -2 10
13 Central Delaware SA Future 10 1 9 0 7 27 -20 3
14 Maine Tide 10 0 9 1 3 29 -26 1

Playoffs

Eastern Conference

Eastern Quarterfinals Eastern Semifinals Eastern Finals
         
E2 New York (state) Long Island Fury 4
E7 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Liberty 0
E2 New York (state) Long Island Fury 2
E5 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 0
E4 New York (state) Adirondack Lynx 1
E5 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 4
E2 New York (state) Long Island Fury 3
E3 New Jersey Millburn Magic 0
E1 Massachusetts Boston Aztec Women 1
E8 Pennsylvania Lancaster Inferno 3
E8 Pennsylvania Lancaster Inferno (AET/PSO) 2 (4)
E3 New Jersey Millburn Magic 2 (5)
E3 New Jersey Millburn Magic 2
E6 Massachusetts Bay State Select 0

Big Sky Conference

Big Sky Finals
   
BN1 Arizona Arizona Rush (AET) 2
BS1 Texas Dallas Premier 3

Midwest/Sunshine Conferences

Midwest/Sunshine
   
SS Florida Miami Kickers 2
MW Ohio Ohio Premier Women 0

Pacific Conference

Pacific Semifinals Pacific Finals
      
PN1 California California Storm 1
PS2 California San Diego United 0
PN1 California California Storm (AET/PSO) 1 (5)
PS2 California Ajax America Women 1 (6)
PS1 California Ajax America Women 1
PN2 California San Francisco Nighthawks 0

WPSL Championship

WPSL Semifinals WPSL Finals
      
E2 New York (state) Long Island Fury 3
BS1 Texas Dallas Premier 0
E2 New York (state) Long Island Fury 1
PS2 California Ajax America Women 0
PS2 California Ajax America Women 5
SS Florida Miami Kickers 0

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