The 2009 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 13th season of the WPSL.

Women's Premier Soccer League
Season2009
2008
2010

Changes From 2008

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Name Changes

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Two teams changed their name in the offseason.

Team Name Location Previous Name
Dallas Select Lewisville, TX Vitesse Dallas
Utah Starzz Draper, UT Utah Spiders

New Franchises

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Ten franchises joined the league this year:

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
  Alamo SC San Antonio San Antonio area San Antonio, TX expansion
  Bay State Select Boston area Hingham, MA returned from hiatus
  Boise Blitz Boise area Boise, ID expansion
  Carmel United SC Indianapolis area Carmel, IN expansion
  Clearwater Galactics Amazons Tampa Bay area Clearwater, FL expansion
  Portland Rain Portland area Portland, OR expansion
  PSSCV Santa Clarita Los Angeles area Santa Clarita, CA expansion
  Seattle Synergy Seattle area Seattle, WA expansion
  SoCal Rush San Bernardino area Victorville, CA expansion
  TC Maryland Pride Baltimore area Ellicott City, MD returned from hiatus

Folding

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Seven teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:

Standings

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As of July 6, 2009

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* 11 9 1 1 42 7 +35 28
2 San Francisco Nighthawks 12 8 2 2 26 10 +16 26
3 Monterey Blues 12 6 6 0 20 19 +1 18
4 Portland Rain 12 4 6 2 17 18 -1 14
5 Walnut Creek Power* 11 4 6 1 11 24 -13 13
6 Seattle Synergy 12 3 6 3 12 37 -25 12
7 FC Sacramento Pride 12 3 8 1 12 22 -10 10

* California and Walnut Creek game postponed, not rescheduled since it would not affect standings.

South Division

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Ajax America Women 14 12 1 1 46 7 +39 37
2 San Diego United 14 11 1 2 39 4 +35 35
3 San Diego WFC SeaLions 14 9 5 0 28 25 +3 27
4 Los Angeles Rampage 14 7 5 2 31 13 +18 23
5 Claremont Stars 14 4 7 3 9 21 -6 15
6 West Coast FC 14 4 8 2 30 11 +19 5
7 SoCal Rush 14 2 12 0 9 47 -28 6
8 PSSCV Santa Clarita 14 1 13 0 4 58 -54 3

Big Sky Conference

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North Division

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Arizona Rush 12 10 2 0 26 6 +20 30
2 Salt Lake City Sparta* 11 8 2 1 13 9 +4 25
3 Denver Diamonds 12 4 5 3 10 19 -9 15
4 Utah Starzz* 11 4 5 2 8 12 -4 14
5 Boise Blitz FC 12 0 12 0 0 12 -12 0

South Division

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Dallas Premier 10 9 0 1 39 12 +27 28
2 Oklahoma Alliance 8 5 2 1 14 11 +3 16
3 Alamo SC San Antonio 7 2 3 2 11 22 -11 8
4 Tulsa Spirit 6 1 3 2 11 10 +1 5
5 South Select 10 1 7 2 11 22 -11 5
6 Fort Worth 7 1 5 1 7 16 -9 4

Sunshine Conference

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Miami Kickers 10 7 1 2 37 12 +25 23
2 Florida Surge 10 6 2 2 22 6 +16 20
3 Palm Beach United 10 5 3 2 19 13 +6 17
4 Clearwater Galactics Amazons* 9 4 1 4 21 8 +13 16
5 Puerto Rico Capitals* 9 1 7 1 12 32 -20 4
6 Thomasville Dragons 10 0 9 1 5 46 -41 1

Midwest Conference

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Ohio Premier Women 8 8 0 0 29 2 +27 24
2 Carmel United FC 6 2 4 0 18 13 +5 6
3 Chicago United Breeze 5 1 4 0 2 13 -11 3
4 FC St. Louis 4 1 3 0 6 20 -14 3
5 FC Twente3 1 0 1 0 0 7 -7 0

East Conference

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Place Team P W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Boston Aztec Women 10 9 0 1 30 4 +26 28
2 Long Island Fury 10 9 0 1 26 9 +17 28
3 Lancaster Inferno 10 7 1 2 23 9 +14 23
4 Adirondack Lynx 10 7 3 0 24 15 +9 21
5 Millburn Magic 10 5 4 1 16 16 0 16
6 Philadelphia Liberty 10 5 5 0 15 19 -4 15
7 Bay State Select 10 4 5 1 17 23 -6 13
8 New England Mutiny 10 4 6 0 19 14 +5 12
9 New York Athletic Club 10 4 6 0 15 20 -5 12
10 TSC Maryland Pride 10 3 5 2 14 16 -2 11
11 Atlantic City Diablos 10 3 5 2 8 14 -6 11
12 SoccerPlus Connecticut 10 3 6 1 15 17 -2 10
13 Central Delaware SA Future 10 1 9 0 7 27 -20 3
14 Maine Tide 10 0 9 1 3 29 -26 1

Playoffs

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Eastern Conference

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Eastern Quarterfinals Eastern Semifinals Eastern Finals
         
E2   Long Island Fury 4
E7   Philadelphia Liberty 0
E2   Long Island Fury 2
E5   New England Mutiny 0
E4   Adirondack Lynx 1
E5   New England Mutiny 4
E2   Long Island Fury 3
E3   Millburn Magic 0
E1   Boston Aztec Women 1
E8   Lancaster Inferno 3
E8   Lancaster Inferno (AET/PSO) 2 (4)
E3   Millburn Magic 2 (5)
E3   Millburn Magic 2
E6   Bay State Select 0

Big Sky Conference

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Big Sky Finals
   
BN1   Arizona Rush (AET) 2
BS1   Dallas Premier 3

Midwest/Sunshine Conferences

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Midwest/Sunshine
   
SS   Miami Kickers 2
MW   Ohio Premier Women 0

Pacific Conference

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Pacific Semifinals Pacific Finals
      
PN1   California Storm 1
PS2   San Diego United 0
PN1   California Storm (AET/PSO) 1 (5)
PS2   Ajax America Women 1 (6)
PS1   Ajax America Women 1
PN2   San Francisco Nighthawks 0

WPSL Championship

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WPSL Semifinals WPSL Finals
      
E2   Long Island Fury 3
BS1   Dallas Premier 0
E2   Long Island Fury 1
PS2   Ajax America Women 0
PS2   Ajax America Women 5
SS   Miami Kickers 0

References

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