2007 WPSL season

The 2007 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL.

FC Indiana finished the season as national champions, beating New England Mutiny in the WPSL Championship game in Tampa, Florida on 27 July 2007.[1][2]

Changes From 2006

Name Changes

Fort Lauderdale Fusion changed their name to Miami Kickers
Philadelphia Pirates changed their name to Philadelphia Liberty

New Franchises

Seven franchises joined the league this year:

Team Name	Location	Previous Affiliation
Albuquerque Lady Asylum	Albuquerque, NM	expansion
Chicago United Breeze	Algonquin, IL	expansion
Claremont Stars	Claremont, CA	expansion
FC Twente3 IL	Chicago, IL	expansion
Real Shore FC	Lincroft, NJ	expansion
Rush Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City, UT	expansion
SoccerPlus Connecticut	New Britain, CT	expansion

Folding

Seven teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
- FC Virginia
- Las Vegas Tabagators
- Memphis Mercury
- Miami Revolution
- Michigan Phoenix
- Rhode Island Rays
- Tennessee Lady Blues

Final standings

Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

West Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Ajax America Women	16	16	0	0	71	8	48
2	San Diego WFC SeaLions	16	9	6	1	44	18	28
3	California Storm	16	10	5	1	52	16	31
4	Sonoma County Sol	16	8	5	3	32	20	27
5	Claremont Stars	15	5	5	5	35	23	20
6	San Francisco Nighthawks	14	2	7	5	22	36	11
7	Lamorinda East Bay Power	13	1	11	1	14	67	4
8	Sacramento Pride	13	1	12	0	5	80	3

Midwest Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	Points
1	FC Indiana	8	7	1	33	3	21
2	River Cities FC	8	7	1	37	2	21
3	FC Twente3 IL	8	2	6	11	25	6
4	FC St. Louis	8	2	6	12	37	6
5	Chicago United Breeze	8	2	6	10	37	6

South Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Tampa Bay Elite	8	6	0	2	29	5	20
2	Central Florida Strikers	8	4	1	3	19	9	15
3	Palm Beach United	8	4	3	1	19	10	13
4	Orlando Falcons	8	1	5	2	9	27	5
5	Miami Kickers	8	0	6	2	5	30	2

Southwest Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Denver Diamonds	10	6	3	1	17	20	19
2	Rush Salt Lake City	10	6	4	0	16	13	18
3	Utah Spiders	10	5	2	3	15	11	17
4	Albuquerque Lady Asylum	9	5	4	0	24	12	15
5	Colorado Springs United	10	0	9	1	8	38	1

North Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	New England Mutiny	10	7	0	3	34	3	24
2	Long Island Fury	10	7	1	2	34	6	23
3	SoccerPlus Connecticut	10	6	1	3	27	12	21
4	Adirondack Lynx	10	6	4	0	26	15	18
5	Massachusetts Stingers	10	6	4	0	26	15	18
6	Boston Aztec Women	10	5	4	1	20	12	16
7	New York Athletic Club	10	4	6	0	11	22	12
8	Bay State Select	10	2	7	1	13	26	7

Mid-Atlantic Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Atlantic City Diablos	10	8	2	0	35	9	24
2	Northampton Laurels	10	5	5	0	12	23	15
3	Philadelphia Liberty	10	3	6	1	11	19	10
4	Real Shore FC	10	2	8	0	5	25	6
5	Central Delaware SA Future	10	1	8	1	13	31	4
6	Maryland Pride	10	1	9	0	6	39	3

Playoffs

FC Indiana and Ajax America Women received byes to the national final four as the winners of their respective conferences

National Semi-finals

FC Indiana 1-1 Ajax America Women (Indiana wins 4-3 on penalties)
New England Mutiny 1-1 Tampa Bay Elite 1-1 (New England wins 5-4 on penalties)

WPSL Championship Game

FC Indiana 3-0 New England Mutiny

References

Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.
"The Year in American Soccer, 2007". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.

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[1] Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] "The Year in American Soccer, 2007". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.