# 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.

## Changes From 2007
### Name Changes

* Lamorinda East Bay Power changed their name to Walnut Creek Power

### New Franchises

* Nineteen franchises joined the league this year:
| Team Name | 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 |

### Folding

* Five teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
** FC Indiana—left to join USL W-League
** Real Shore FC
** River Cities FC
** Rush Salt Lake City
** Tampa Bay Elite
* In addition, four 2007 teams chose to spend the 2008 season on hiatus, with plans to return in 2009:
** Bay State Select
** Maryland Pride
** Massachusetts Stingers
** Orlando Falcons

## 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 Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | WPSL Semifinals | WPSL Semifinals | WPSL Semifinals | | WPSL Championship | WPSL Championship | WPSL Championship |
| | | | SU1 | Brevard County Cocoa Expos | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | MW1 | MYSC Lady Blues | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | MW1 | MYSC Lady Blues | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | PS2 | Ajax America Women | 5 | | | | |
| PS1 | West Coast FC | 3 | | | | | | | PS2 | Ajax America Women | 5 | |
| PN2 | Sonoma County Sol | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PN2 | Sonoma County Sol | 2 | PS1 | West Coast FC | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | PS2 | Ajax America Women | 2 | | | | | | | |
| PN1 | California Storm | 0 | PS2 | Ajax America Women | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | BN2 | Arizona Rush | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | EN2 | New England Mutiny | 1 | | | | |
| EN1 | SoccerPlus Connecticut | 2 | | | | | | | EN2 | New England Mutiny | 1 | |
| EM2 | Lancaster Inferno | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| EM2 | Lancaster Inferno | 1 | EN1 | SoccerPlus Connecticut | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | EN2 | New England Mutiny | 1 | | | | | | | |
| EM1 | Long Island Fury | 2 | EN2 | New England Mutiny | 1 | | | | | | | |
| EN2 | New England Mutiny | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |