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
Season2012
ChampionsGulf Coast Texans
2011
2013

Changes from 2011

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Name changes

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Team name Location Previous name
Aztec MA Boston, MA Boston Aztec

New franchises

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Team name Metro area Location Previous affiliation
  Empire United Western New York expansion[1]
  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[2]
  Tidewater Sharks Hampton Roads Williamsburg, Virginia expansion[3]
  United FC Binghamton Greater Binghamton Binghamton, New York expansion[4]
  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

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Standings

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Blue indicates division title
Yellow indicates qualified for playoffs
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Big Sky Conference

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North Division

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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

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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

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North Division

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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North Division

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Northeast Atlantic Conference

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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

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Big Sky-South playoff

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  • Winner goes to national semi-finals
South Division
Big Sky Conference
   
S1 Oklahoma Alliance FC 4
S2 American Eagles SC 2

Inter-divisional playoff

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  • 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

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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

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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

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Regional semi-finalsRegional finalsNational semi-finalsNational finals
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Aztec MA2
 
 
 
  Mutiny Reserves1
 
  Aztec MAw/o
 
 
 
  NYAC-
 
  NYAC4
 
 
 
  Syracuse Lady Knights0
 
  Aztec MA1
 
 
 
  Oklahoma Alliance0
 
  FCD Women1st
 
 
 
  Oklahoma Alliance2nd
 
  Oklahoma Alliance4
 
 
 
American Eagles SC2
 
American Eagles SC3rd
 
 
 
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  Gulf Coast Texans4
 
 
 
  Aztec MA0
 
  Gulf Coast Texans1st
 
 
 
  Knoxville Lady Force2nd
 
  Gulf Coast Texansw/o
 
 
 
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  Tampa Bay Hellenic1st
 
 
 
  Florida Sol FC2nd
 
  Gulf Coast Texans3
 
 
 
  Salt Lake United0
 
  San Diego SeaLions2
 
 
 
  Issaquah Soccer Club1
 
  Salt Lake United3
 
 
 
  San Diego SeaLions1
 
  Salt Lake United3
 
 
  Storm Elk Grove1
 

References

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  1. ^ "Empire United Join Women's Premier Soccer League for 2012 Season". wpsl.info. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Maryland Capitols Joins WPSL". wpsl.info. February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Tidewater Sharks Join WPSL". wpsl.info. March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Empire United Join Women's Premier Soccer League for 2012 Season". wpsl.info. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "New York Fury to Join WPSl Elite League". wpsl.info. March 23, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "WPSL Standings". Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "WPSL 2012 Schedule". Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
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