2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

The Independence (gray) and the Flash (red/white) are recognized after the championship game

The 2011 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2011 Season, which started on August 17 and culminated on August 27 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	Head-to-head
1	Western New York Flash !Western New York Flash (A)	18	13	3	2	40	18	+22	42	2011 WPS Championship
2	Philadelphia Independence !Philadelphia Independence (A)	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13	36	2011 WPS Super Semifinal
3	magicJack !magicJack (A)	18	9	2	7	29	29	0	028¹	2011 WPS Playoffs
4	Boston Breakers !Boston Breakers (A)	18	5	4	9	19	24	−5	19	2011 WPS Playoffs	BOS: 7 pts SKY: 4 pt
5	Sky Blue FC !Sky Blue FC	18	5	4	9	24	29	−5	19		BOS: 7 pts SKY: 4 pt
6	Atlanta Beat !Atlanta Beat	18	1	4	13	7	32	−25	7

Classification rules: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head to head result. Source: soccerway

(P) = WPS Premiership (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs
¹ - magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.^[1]

Bracket

First Round			Super Semifinal			WPS Final

						1	Western New York Flash	1(5)
			2	Philadelphia Independence	2	2	Philadelphia Independence	1(4)
3	magicJack	3	3	magicJack	0
4	Boston Breakers	1

Results

First round

magicJack v Boston Breakers

August 17, 2011
7:30 pm EDT

magicJack	3 – 1	Boston Breakers
Wambach 6', 57' (pen) Rapinoe 61'		Buehler 17' Winters 31', 81' Hemmings 35'

FAU Soccer Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,075
Referee: Christina Ibanez

Super Semifinal

Philadelphia Independence v magicJack

August 20, 2011
4:00 PM EDT

Philadelphia Independence	2 – 0	magicJack
Kai 46' Rodriguez 81'		Rampone 12' Wambach 86'

PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Ted Unkel

WPS Championship

August 27, 2011
4:00 PM EDT

Western New York Flash	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Philadelphia Independence
Edwards 25' Sinclair 64' Goebel 96', 108' Marta 103'		Rodriguez 88', 90+3'
	Penalties
Marta Sinclair Zerboni Seger Averbuch	5 – 4	Sanderson Adams Robinson Boquete del Rio

Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,461
Referee: Kari Seitz

Media coverage

The First Round will be viewable on Fox Soccer Channel with the others on Fox Sports Net; all will be simultaneously webcast on the WPS website.

Notes and references

↑ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. 12 May 2011.

Women's Professional Soccer

Teams	Atlanta Beat (2010–2011) Boston Breakers (2009–2011) Chicago Red Stars (2009–2010) FC Gold Pride (2009–2010) Los Angeles Sol (2009) Philadelphia Independence (2010–2011) Saint Louis Athletica (2009–2010) Sky Blue FC (2009–2011) Western New York (2011) Washington Freedom / magicJack (2009–2011)

Miscellaneous	All-Star Awards Drafts Foreign Players Hall of Fame Records and Statistics Stadiums

Seasons	2009 2010 2011

Soccer in the United States

Overview	U.S. Soccer USASA USCS League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS) Women's soccer in the United States

Men's national teams	Senior (statistics) U23 U21 U20 U18 U17 U15

Men's outdoor leagues	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL PDL NPSL ASL USL Super-20 U.S. Development Academy

Men's indoor leagues	MASL PASL-Premier WISL

Cup competitions	Open Cup National Amateur Cup Women's Cup

Men's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Senior U23 U20 U17

Women's leagues	NWSL WPSL UWS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Defunct men's outdoor leagues	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) NAFL (1895–98) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–33) ASL (1933–83) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–84) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–92) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) A-League (1995–2004) USL 1st (2005–10) D2 Pro League (2010)

Defunct men's indoor leagues	NASL (1975–76, 1979–84) MISL (1978–92) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–97) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2001–08) XSL (2008–09) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2008–14)

Defunct women's leagues	WUSA (2000–03) WPS (2007–12) WPSL Elite (2012–13) W-League (1995–2015)

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