2007 WPSL season

The 2007 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL.

FC Indiana finished the season as national champions, beating New England Mutiny in the WPSL Championship game in Tampa, Florida on 27 July 2007.[1][2]

Changes From 2006

Name Changes

New Franchises

  • Seven franchises joined the league this year:
Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
Albuquerque Lady Asylum Albuquerque, NM expansion
Chicago United Breeze Algonquin, IL expansion
Claremont Stars Claremont, CA expansion
FC Twente3 IL Chicago, IL expansion
Real Shore FC Lincroft, NJ expansion
Rush Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT expansion
SoccerPlus Connecticut New Britain, CT expansion

Folding

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

West Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Ajax America Women 16 16 0 0 71 8 48
2 San Diego WFC SeaLions 16 9 6 1 44 18 28
3 California Storm 16 10 5 1 52 16 31
4 Sonoma County Sol 16 8 5 3 32 20 27
5 Claremont Stars 15 5 5 5 35 23 20
6 San Francisco Nighthawks 14 2 7 5 22 36 11
7 Lamorinda East Bay Power 13 1 11 1 14 67 4
8 Sacramento Pride 13 1 12 0 5 80 3

Midwest Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Indiana 8 7 1 0 33 3 21
2 River Cities FC 8 7 1 0 37 2 21
3 FC Twente3 IL 8 2 6 0 11 25 6
4 FC St. Louis 8 2 6 0 12 37 6
5 Chicago United Breeze 8 2 6 0 10 37 6

South Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Tampa Bay Elite 8 6 0 2 29 5 20
2 Central Florida Strikers 8 4 1 3 19 9 15
3 Palm Beach United 8 4 3 1 19 10 13
4 Orlando Falcons 8 1 5 2 9 27 5
5 Miami Kickers 8 0 6 2 5 30 2

Southwest Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Denver Diamonds 10 6 3 1 17 20 19
2 Rush Salt Lake City 10 6 4 0 16 13 18
3 Utah Spiders 10 5 2 3 15 11 17
4 Albuquerque Lady Asylum 9 5 4 0 24 12 15
5 Colorado Springs United 10 0 9 1 8 38 1

North Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 New England Mutiny 10 7 0 3 34 3 24
2 Long Island Fury 10 7 1 2 34 6 23
3 SoccerPlus Connecticut 10 6 1 3 27 12 21
4 Adirondack Lynx 10 6 4 0 26 15 18
5 Massachusetts Stingers 10 6 4 0 26 15 18
6 Boston Aztec Women 10 5 4 1 20 12 16
7 New York Athletic Club 10 4 6 0 11 22 12
8 Bay State Select 10 2 7 1 13 26 7

Mid-Atlantic Division

Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Atlantic City Diablos 10 8 2 0 35 9 24
2 Northampton Laurels 10 5 5 0 12 23 15
3 Philadelphia Liberty 10 3 6 1 11 19 10
4 Real Shore FC 10 2 8 0 5 25 6
5 Central Delaware SA Future 10 1 8 1 13 31 4
6 Maryland Pride 10 1 9 0 6 39 3

Playoffs

Conference Divisional Round

Long Island Fury 3-2 SoccerPlus Connecticut

Conference Semi-finals

New England Mutiny 6-0 Northampton Laurels
Atlantic City Diablos 3-1 Long Island Fury

Conference Finals

New England Mutiny 2-1 Atlantic City Diablos
Tampa Bay Elite 2-1 Denver Diamonds

National Semi-finals

FC Indiana 1-1 Ajax America Women (Indiana wins 4-3 on penalties)
New England Mutiny 1-1 Tampa Bay Elite 1-1 (New England wins 5-4 on penalties)

WPSL Championship Game

FC Indiana 3-0 New England Mutiny

References

  1. Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "The Year in American Soccer, 2007". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
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