2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season

The 2012 WPSL Elite season was the only season of the WPSL Elite, an upper-level division of the WPSL, one of America's two semi-pro leagues (opposite the W-League). The regular season consisted of fourteen matches per team in a double-round-robin format, played between May 10 and July 22. The regular season was followed by a playoff series.

Women's Premier Soccer League Elite
Season2012
ChampionsWestern New York Flash
Matches played56
Goals scored164 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerAdriana Martín (WNY, 14)
Biggest home winCHI 5–0 ASC (June 10)
Biggest away winNEM 1–5 NYF (May 12)
FCI 0–4 BOS (June 1)
Highest scoringNEM 1–5 NYF (May 12)
NEM 4–2 ASC (May 19)
BOS 4–2 NEM (June 20)
WNY 3–3 NEM (June 24)
Highest attendance2,342 (BOS v WNY, 5/26)
Lowest attendance246 (FCI v BOS, 6/1)

The 2012 season included three former WPS teams: 2011 WPS champions Western New York Flash, WUSA alumni Boston Breakers, and 2011 WPSL finalists Chicago Red Stars.

Teams

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Team Location Ground 2011 season
ASA Chesapeake Charge Severn, MD Archbishop Spalding High School WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 3rd
Boston Breakers Somerville, MA Dilboy Stadium WPS, 4th
Chicago Red Stars Chicago metropolitan area various WPSL Midwest North, 1st
FC Indiana Indianapolis, IN Carroll Stadium WPSL Midwest South, 2nd
New England Mutiny East Longmeadow, MA East Longmeadow High School WPSL Northeast, 4th
New York Fury New York Hofstra University WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 1st
Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia, PA various expansion
Western New York Flash Rochester, NY Sahlen's Stadium WPS, 1st
Locations of teams for the 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season.

Regular season standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boston Breakers 14 11 0 3 28 9 +19 30[a] 2012 WPSL Elite playoffs
2 Western New York Flash (C) 14 9 3 2 29 8 +21 30
3 New York Fury 14 9 2 3 25 8 +17 29
4 Chicago Red Stars 14 9 1 4 26 11 +15 28
5 New England Mutiny 14 6 3 5 25 34 −9 21
6 ASA Chesapeake Charge 14 2 3 9 15 35 −20 9
7 Philadelphia Fever 14 1 2 11 8 26 −18 5
8 FC Indiana 14 1 2 11 8 33 −25 5
Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored[citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26 match against the Western New York Flash for fielding an ineligible player. The Boston Breakers won the match 3–2.[1] The WPSL credited the Western New York Flash with a 1–0 victory[2] with all previous goals of the match being nullified.[3] Before the June 18 ruling,[2] Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer led the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26 match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana and Angela Salem.

Match results

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Home \ Away ASC BOS CHI FCI NEM NYF PHI WNY
ASA Chesapeake Charge 0–3 1–3 2–2 3–3 0–2 2–0 0–2
Boston Breakers 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–1
Chicago Red Stars 5–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
FC Indiana 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–5
New England Mutiny 4–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–5 2–1 3–3
New York Fury 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–0
Philadelphia Fever 2–3 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–0
Western New York Flash 4–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–0
Source: WPSL Elite results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results

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Home teams listed first

May 10, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 0–3 Boston Breakers Arnold, Maryland
7:30pm
WPSL report
[dead link]
BOS report
Report
Stadium: Anne Arundel Community College
Attendance: 400
May 12, 2012 New England Mutiny 1–5 New York Fury East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
7:00pm Gallegos   77' report Mathias   5'   25'   42'
Spencer   14'
Lenczyk   74'
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
Attendance: 932
May 12, 2012 Western New York Flash 4–1 FC Indiana Rochester, New York
7:00pm Adriana   4'   10'   86'
Heyboer   81'
report Placide   15' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,304
May 23, 2012 New York Fury 1–2 Boston Breakers Hemsptead Village, New York
7:00pm
BOS report
Report
Stadium: Hofstra University
Attendance: 1,300[citation needed]
May 26, 2012 Boston Breakers 0–1[a] Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
6:00pm BOS report
Report
Forfeit report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,342

June

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June 1, 2012 FC Indiana 0–4 Boston Breakers Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00pm Report
Stadium: IUPUI Stadium
Attendance: 246
June 2, 2012 New England Mutiny 2–1 Philadelphia Fever East Longmeadow, MA
7:00pm Howarth   22'
Mays   82'
report Bouchard   11'
Clemens   54'
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
Attendance: 473
June 3, 2012 New York Fury 0–0 Western New York Flash Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm report Klingenberg  
Reynolds  
Stadium: Hofstra University
June 8, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 New York Fury River Forest, IL
6:00pm Mautz   26'
Weissenhofer   68'
report Zimmeck   85' Stadium: Concordia University
June 8, 2012 FC Indiana 1–1 ASA Chesapeake Charge IN
7:00pm Bellevue   30' report Suter   75' Stadium: IUPUI Stadium
June 9, 2012 Western New York Flash 3–1 New England Mutiny Rochester, NY
7:00pm Frierson   24'
Zerboni   31'
Van Egmond   76'
report Howarth   81' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 753
June 10, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 5–0 ASA Chesapeake Charge Naperville, IL
3:00pm Fowlkes   36'   78'   83'
Chalupny   40'
Goralski   86'
report Stadium: North Central College
June 10, 2012 FC Indiana 0–1 New York Fury South Bend, IN
7:00pm Valentine   55' report Mathias   26' Stadium: Invaders Complex
June 13, 2012 Western New York Flash 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, NY
7:00pm Frierson   29'
Davis   68'
Adriana   70'
Davis   74'
report Alkek   12' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
June 14, 2012 FC Indiana 2–3 New England Mutiny South Bend, IN
7:00pm Merone  
Pierre-Louis   56'
Clark   83' (pen)
report Howarth   32'   90'
Mays   51'
Reilly   62'
Howarth   89'
Dimirdjian   89'
Stadium: Invaders Complex
June 16, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 0–2 Western New York Flash Millersville, MD
2:00pm Adriana   42'  89' (pen.) Stadium: Old Mill School
June 16, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 4–0 New England Mutiny Evanston, IL
6:00pm Weissenhofer   35'
Cinalli   68'
Folkes   73'
Chalupny   84'
report Stadium: Lakefront Stadium
June 17, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 0–2 New York Fury Millersville, MD
4:00pm report Spencer   38'
Lenczyk   55'
Stadium: Old Mill School
June 17, 2012 Philadelphia Fever 0–0 Western New York Flash Sewell, NJ
7:30pm Stadium: Washington HS
June 20, 2012 Boston Breakers 4–2 New England Mutiny Somerville, MA
7:00pm
WPSL report
[dead link]
BOS report
Report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,147
June 22, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Millersville, MD
7:00pm Hnatiuk   23' (pen) report Weissenhofer   46',   77'
Chalupny   48'
Stadium: Old Mill School
June 22, 2012 Western New York Flash 2–0 Philadelphia Fever Rochester, NY
7:30pm Adriana   27'
Klingenberg   49'
report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
June 23, 2012 Boston Breakers 2–0 New York Fury Somerville, MA
6:00pm Simon   35', 90' BOS report
Report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,117
June 24, 2012 New England Mutiny 3–3 Western New York Flash East Longmeadow, MA
5:00pm Howarth   4',   45'
Andrews   25'
report Adriana   8',   77' (pen)
Klingenberg   20'
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
Attendance: 793
June 24, 2012 Philadelphia Fever 1–4 Chicago Red Stars NJ
7:30pm Ratcliffe   3' report Sitch   38',   72'
Mautz   51'
Chalupny   87'
Stadium: Egg Harbor HS
June 28, 2012 New York Fury 1–0 ASA Chesapeake Charge Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm Lenczyk   38' report Stadium: Hofstra University
June 29, 2012 Philadelphia Fever 0–1 FC Indiana Sewell, NJ
7:30pm report Pierre-Louis   15' Stadium: Washington HS
June 30, 2012 Boston Breakers 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Somerville, MA
6:00pm Simon   89' BOS report
Report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,092

July

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July 1, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 2–2 FC Indiana Millersville, MD
4:00pm Barger   86'
Nairn   90+7'  
Brennan  
report Valentine   17'
Batard   20'  
Dolce  
Stadium: Old Mill School
July 3, 2012 New York Fury 4–0 New England Mutiny Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm Long   5'
Lenczyk   26'   60'
Spencer   40'
report Stadium: Hofstra University
July 5, 2012 FC Indiana 0–2 Philadelphia Fever South Bend, IN
7:00pm Stadium: Invaders Complex
July 6, 2012 Boston Breakers 3–1 ASA Chesapeake Charge Somerville, MA
7:00pm
BOS report
Report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,026
July 7, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Philadelphia Fever Evanston, IL
6:00pm Stadium: Lakefront Stadium
July 7, 2012 New England Mutiny 2–1 Boston Breakers East Longmeadow, MA
6:00pm
BOS report
Report
Report
Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
Attendance: 1,031
July 8, 2012 Western New York Flash 4–0 ASA Chesapeake Charge Rochester, NY
4:00pm Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 11, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 3–3 New England Mutiny Millersville, MD
7:00pm Stadium: Old Mill School
July 12, 2012 FC Indiana 0–5 Western New York Flash IN
7:00pm Stadium: IUPUI Stadium
July 14, 2012 Boston Breakers 2–0 Philadelphia Fever Somerville, MA
6:00pm
BOS report
Report
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,541
July 14, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Western New York Flash Lisle, IL
7:00pm Stadium: Benedictine University
July 15, 2012 Philadelphia Fever 0–3 New York Fury Sewell, NJ
7:30pm Stadium: Washington HS
July 19, 2012 New England Mutiny 3–0 Chicago Red Stars East Longmeadow, MA
7:00pm Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
July 19, 2012 New York Fury 2–0 FC Indiana Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm Stadium: Hofstra University
July 21, 2012 New England Mutiny 1–0 FC Indiana MA
7:00pm Stadium: North Hampton High School
July 22, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 2–0 Philadelphia Fever Millersville, MD
4:00pm Stadium: Old Mill School
July 22, 2012 Western New York Flash 0–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, NY
4:00pm BOS report
WNY report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 22, 2012 New York Fury 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm
NY report
CHI report
Report
Stadium: Hofstra University

Statistical leaders

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Playoffs

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Semi-finals

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July 25, 2012 Western New York Flash 2–1 New York Fury Rochester, NY
5:00pm
Report
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 25, 2012 Boston Breakers 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, NY
7:00pm
WPSL report
BOS report
CHI report
Report
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Championship

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July 28, 2012 Western New York Flash 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Chicago Red Stars Rochester, NY
1:00pm
WPSL report
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Penalties

References

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  1. ^ "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  2. ^ a b O'Connell, Brian (June 19, 2012). "Breakers Docked 3 Pts. For Ineligible Player". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "2012 WPSL Elite Statistics". Women's Premier Soccer League. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
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