2008 WPSL season

The 2008 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 12th season of the WPSL.

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

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

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Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched Green 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  
PS1 West Coast FC 3     MW1 MYSC Lady Blues 0  
PN2 Sonoma County Sol 2       PS2 Ajax America Women 5  
PS1 West Coast FC 0
     
  PN1 California Storm 0     PS2 Ajax America Women 2  
PS2 Ajax America Women 2       PS2 Ajax America Women 3
  BN2 Arizona Rush 1
  BN1 Utah Spiders 2  
BN2 Arizona Rush 6  
EN1 SoccerPlus Connecticut 2     BN2 Arizona Rush 2
EM2 Lancaster Inferno 1       EN2 New England Mutiny 1  
EN1 SoccerPlus Connecticut 0
   
  EM1 Long Island Fury 2     EN2 New England Mutiny 1  
  EN2 New England Mutiny 4  
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References
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