# 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.

## 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

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

## 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 Quarterfinals | Northeast Atlantic Quarterfinals | Northeast Atlantic Semifinals | Northeast Atlantic Semifinals | Northeast Atlantic Semifinals | Northeast Atlantic Final | Northeast Atlantic Final | 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 | South Division Big Sky Conference | 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 Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Final | Division Final | Division Final |
| PS1 | San Diego WFC SeaLions | 2 | | | |
| NC | Issaquah Soccer Club | 1 | | | |
| NC | Issaquah Soccer Club | 1 | BSN | Salt Lake United | 3 |
| | | | PS1 | San Diego WFC SeaLions | 1 |
| BSN | Salt Lake United | 3 | PS1 | San Diego WFC SeaLions | 1 |
| PN1 | California Storm | 1 | | | |

### Sunshine Conference

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

#### Composite top 16 bracket

| Regional semi-finals | Regional semi-finals | Regional finals | Regional finals | National semi-finals | National semi-finals | National finals | National finals |
| Aztec MA | 2 | | | | |
| Mutiny Reserves | 1 | | | | |
| Mutiny Reserves | 1 | Aztec MA | w/o | | |
| | | NYAC | - | | |
| NYAC | 4 | NYAC | - | | |
| Syracuse Lady Knights | 0 | | | | |
| Syracuse Lady Knights | 0 | | | Aztec MA | 1 |
| | | | | Oklahoma Alliance | 0 |
| FCD Women | 1st | | | Oklahoma Alliance | 0 |
| Oklahoma Alliance | 2nd | | | | |
| Oklahoma Alliance | 2nd | Oklahoma Alliance | 4 | | |
| | | American Eagles SC | 2 | | |
| American Eagles SC | 3rd | American Eagles SC | 2 | | |
| - | - | | | | | Gulf Coast Texans | 4 |
| | | | | | | Aztec MA | 0 |
| Gulf Coast Texans | 1st | | | | | Aztec MA | 0 |
| Knoxville Lady Force | 2nd | | | | | | |
| Knoxville Lady Force | 2nd | Gulf Coast Texans | w/o | | | | |
| Tampa Bay Hellenic | 1st | - | - | | | | |
| Florida Sol FC | 2nd | | | | | | |
| Florida Sol FC | 2nd | | | Gulf Coast Texans | 3 | | |
| | | | | Salt Lake United | 0 |
| San Diego SeaLions | 2 | | | Salt Lake United | 0 |
| Issaquah Soccer Club | 1 | | | | |
| Issaquah Soccer Club | 1 | Salt Lake United | 3 | | |
| | | San Diego SeaLions | 1 | | |
| Salt Lake United | 3 | San Diego SeaLions | 1 | | |
| Storm Elk Grove | 1 | | | | |