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.

Women's Premier Soccer League
Season 2012
Champions Gulf Coast Texans
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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
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
Tidewater Sharks Hampton Roads Williamsburg, Virginia expansion
United FC Binghamton Greater Binghamton Binghamton, New York expansion
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

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

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