2008 WPSL season

August 2023 The 2008 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL. Women's Premier Soccer League 2008 2007 2009 Ajax America Women finished the season as national champions, beating Arizona Rush in the WPSL Championship game in Sacramento, California on 3 August 2008.http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1&id=572 Women's Premier Soccer League - Providing the highest level of women's amateur soccer in the US since 1998 2009-02-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160938/http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1 2009-03-02 dead 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 Metro area Location Previous affiliation border|20px Arizona Rush Tucson, AZ expansion border|20px Brevard County Cocoa Expos Cocoa, FL returning from hiatus - previously in W-League border|20px Fort Worth FC Fort Worth, TX expansion border|20px Lancaster Inferno Landisville, PA expansion border|20px Los Angeles Rampage Granada Hills, CA expansion border|20px Maine Tide Bangor, ME expansion border|20px Millburn Magic Millburn, NJ expansion border|20px Monterey Blues Monterey, CA expansion border|20px MYSC Lady Blues Middleton, WI expansion border|20px Ohio Premier Women's SC Dublin, OH expansion border|20px Oklahoma Alliance Chickasha, OK expansion border|20px Puerto Rico Capitals Caguas, Puerto Rico expansion border|20px Salt Lake City Sparta Ogden, UT expansion border|20px San Diego United San Diego, CA expansion border|20px South Select Houston, TX expansion border|20px Thomasville Dragons Thomasville, GA expansion border|20px Tulsa Spirit Broken Arrow, OK expansion border|20px Vitesse Dallas Duncanville, TX expansion border|20px 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 PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1California Storm10100048345302Sonoma County Sol1063117134193San Francisco Nighthawks1043318126154Walnut Creek Power104701224 -1265Sacramento Pride102801144 -3366Monterey Blues101721020 -105 South Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1West Coast FC1072119127222Ajax America Women10631221012193San Diego United1053217710174Los Angeles Rampage104511116 -5135San Diego WFC SeaLions104511116 -5136Claremont Stars10082423 -192 Big Sky Conference North Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Utah Spiders12930391425272Arizona Rush12813321319273Albuquerque Lady Asylum12822401426264Denver Diamonds1255225250175Salt Lake City Sparta124711927 -18136Colorado Springs United123811133 -2210 South Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Oklahoma Alliance870122616222Fort Worth FC82331214 -293South Select72321011 -184Tulsa Spirit8134812 -475Vitesse Dallas7151515 -104 Despite winning their division, Oklahoma Alliance did not take part in the WPSL playoffs. Sunshine Conference PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Brevard County Cocoa Expos12110132428342Palm Beach United12723291019243Florida Surge1273224159234Miami Kickers12660381820185Puerto Rico Capitals12255413 -9116Thomasville Dragons122731033 -239 Midwest Conference PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1MYSC Lady Blues871014410212Ohio Premier Women's SC861119415193FC St. Louis843113112134Chicago United Breeze8260715 -865FC Twente3 IL8080624 -180 East Conference North Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1SoccerPlus Connecticut12120053251362New England Mutiny12102046739303Boston Aztec Women1144319181154Maine Tide124621720 -3145New York Athletic Club114611344 -31136Adirondack Lynx122821737 -208 Mid-Atlantic Division PlaceTeamPWLTGFGAGDPoints1Long Island Fury1291242933292Lancaster Inferno1282225916263Atlantic City Diablos1273227918234Philadelphia Liberty1243516106175Millburn Magic123631320 -7136Northampton Laurels124711226 -14107Central Delaware SA Future120120350 -470 Playoffs 210 Conference Semifinals Conference Finals WPSL Semifinals WPSL Championship PS1 California West Coast FC 3 PN2 California Sonoma County Sol 2 PN1 California California Storm 0 PS2 California Ajax America Women 2 EN1 Connecticut SoccerPlus Connecticut 2 EM2 Pennsylvania Lancaster Inferno 1 EM1 New York Long Island Fury 2 EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 4 SU1 Florida Brevard County Cocoa Expos 0 MW1 Wisconsin MYSC Lady Blues 1 PS1 California West Coast FC 0 PS2 California Ajax America Women 2 BN1 Utah Utah Spiders 2 BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 6 EN1 Connecticut SoccerPlus Connecticut 0 EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 1 MW1 Wisconsin MYSC Lady Blues 0 PS2 California Ajax America Women 5 BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 2 EN2 Massachusetts New England Mutiny 1 PS2 California Ajax America Women 3 BN2 Arizona Arizona Rush 1 References External links WPSL Standings Category:Women's Premier Soccer League seasons Wom 1