2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season

Women's Premier Soccer League Elite

Season	2012
Champions	Western New York Flash
Matches played	45
Goals scored	136 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kyah Simon (BOS) 12
Biggest home win	CHI 5-0 ASC (June 10)
Biggest away win	NEM 1-5 NYF (May 12) FCI 0-4 BOS (June 1)
Highest scoring	NEM 1-5 NYF (May 12) NEM 4-2 ASC (May 19) BOS 4-2 NEM (June 20) WNY 3-3 NEM (June 24)
Highest attendance	2,342 (BOS v WNY, 5/26)
Lowest attendance	246 (FCI v BOS, 6/1)
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The 2012 WPSL Elite season is 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 will consist of fourteen matches per team in a double-round-robin format, played between May 10 and July 22. The regular season will be followed by a playoff series.

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

Teams

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	Chicagoland	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

Charge

Breakers

Red Stars

FC Indiana

Mutiny

Fury

Fever

Flash

Locations of teams for the 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season.

Match results

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

Updated to games played on 4 July 2012.
Source: WPSL Elite results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boston Breakers	14	11	0	3	28	9	+19	33	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

Updated to games played on 22 July 2012.
Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home teams listed first

May

ASA Chesapeake Charge v Boston Breakers

May 10, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	0 - 3	Boston Breakers	Arnold, Maryland
7:30pm	Barger	report	Napoli  1' Schoepfer  14' Luscinski  15'	Stadium: Anne Arundel Community College Attendance: 400

New England Mutiny v New York Fury

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

Western New York Flash v FC Indiana

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

Boston Breakers v FC Indiana

May 18, 2012	Boston Breakers	4 - 1	FC Indiana	Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00pm	Schoepfer  9' Simon  13'  22' Butt  57'	report	Libertin  11'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,312

New England Mutiny v ASA Chesapeake Charge

May 19, 2012	New England Mutiny	4 - 2	ASA Chesapeake Charge	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
7:00pm	Mauer  17' Gallegos  24' Houle  32' (pen) Mays  90+'	report	Collins  27' Reid  49'	Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 937

Western New York Flash v New York Fury

May 19, 2012	Western New York Flash	0 - 1	New York Fury	Rochester, New York
7:00pm			Taylor  54'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v FC Indiana

May 20, 2012	Chicago Red Stars	2 - 0	FC Indiana	River Forest, Illinois
3:00pm	Sitch  45+' Fowlkes  89' (pen)		Jeanne Pierre Natacha Cajuste	Stadium: Concordia University

Philadelphia Fever v New England Mutiny

May 20, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	2 - 2	New England Mutiny	Sewell, New Jersey
7:30pm	Jordan  18' Bouchard  81'	report	Gallegos  42'  65'	Stadium: Washington High School Attendance: 732

New York Fury v Boston Breakers

May 23, 2012	New York Fury	1 - 2	Boston Breakers	Hemsptead Village, New York
7:00pm	Mathias  66'		Butt  9' Schoepfer  19' Simon  36'	Stadium: Hofstra University Attendance: 1,300

FC Indiana v Chicago Red Stars

May 25, 2012	FC Indiana	0 - 2	Chicago Red Stars	South Bend, Indiana
7:00pm		report	Fowlkes  6' Chalupny  64'	Stadium: Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex Attendance: 613

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

May 26, 2012	Boston Breakers	0 - 1^[a]	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
6:00pm		report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,342

Philadelphia Fever v ASA Chesapeake Charge

May 27, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	2 - 3	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
7:30pm	Haycook  17'  88'	report	Brandt  13' Brown  31'  45'	Stadium: Egg Harbor Township High School

New York Fury v Philadelphia Fever

May 31, 2012	New York Fury	3 - 0	Philadelphia Fever	Hemsptead Village, New York
7:00pm	Yokers  56'  70' DiMartino  80'	report		Stadium: Hofstra University

June

FC Indiana v Boston Breakers

June 1, 2012	FC Indiana	0 - 4	Boston Breakers	IN
7:00pm	Libertin Cajuste Dolce	report	D'Agostino  30' Schoepfer  34'  41' Simon  78'	Stadium: IUPUI Stadium Attendance: 246

New England Mutiny v Philadelphia Fever

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

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

June 3, 2012	Chicago Red Stars	1 - 0	Boston Breakers	Naperville, IL
5:00pm	Weissenhofer  35'	report		Stadium: North Central College

New York Fury v Western New York Flash

June 3, 2012	New York Fury	0 - 0	Western New York Flash	Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm		report	Klingenberg Reynolds	Stadium: Hofstra University

Chicago Red Stars v New York Fury

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

FC Indiana v ASA Chesapeake Charge

June 8, 2012	FC Indiana	1 - 1	ASA Chesapeake Charge	IN
7:00pm	Bellevue  30'	report	Suter  75'	Stadium: IUPUI Stadium

Western New York Flash v New England Mutiny

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

Chicago Red Stars v ASA Chesapeake Charge

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

FC Indiana v New York Fury

June 10, 2012	FC Indiana	0 - 1	New York Fury	South Bend, IN
7::00pm	Valentine  55'	report	Mathias  26'	Stadium: Invaders Complex

Philadelphia Fever v Boston Breakers

June 10, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	0 - 1	Boston Breakers	Birdsboro, PA
7:30pm		report	Simon  45'	Stadium: Daniel Boone HS

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

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

FC Indiana v New England Mutiny

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

ASA Chesapeake Charge v Western New York Flash

June 16, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	0 - 2	Western New York Flash	Millersville, MD
2:00pm			Adriana  42' 89' (pen)	Stadium: Old Mill School

Chicago Red Stars v New England Mutiny

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

ASA Chesapeake Charge v New York Fury

June 17, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	0 - 2	New York Fury	Millersville, MD
4:00pm		report	Spencer  38' Lenczyk  55'	Stadium: Old Mill School

Philadelphia Fever v Western New York Flash

June 17, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	0 - 0	Western New York Flash	Sewell, NJ
7:30pm				Stadium: Washington HS

Boston Breakers v New England Mutiny

June 20, 2012	Boston Breakers	4 - 2	New England Mutiny	Somerville, MA
7:00pm	Simon  41'  45'  66' Schoepfer  49' (pen) D'Agostino	report	Houle  12' Howarth  59'  76'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,147

ASA Chesapeake Charge v Chicago Red Stars

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

Western New York Flash v Philadelphia Fever

June 22, 2012	Western New York Flash	2 - 0	Philadelphia Fever	Rochester, NY
7:30pm	Adriana  27' Klingenberg  49'	report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Boston Breakers v New York Fury

June 23, 2012	Boston Breakers	2 - 0	New York Fury	Somerville, MA
6:00pm	Simon  35',  90'	report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium

New England Mutiny v Western New York Flash

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

Philadelphia Fever v Chicago Red Stars

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

New York Fury v ASA Chesapeake Charge

June 28, 2012	New York Fury	1 - 0	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm	Lenczyk  38'	report		Stadium: Hofstra University

Philadelphia Fever v FC Indiana

June 29, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	0 - 1	FC Indiana	Sewell, NJ
7:30pm		report	Pierre-Louis  15'	Stadium: Washington HS

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

June 30, 2012	Boston Breakers	1 - 0	Chicago Red Stars	Somerville, MA
6:00pm	Simon  89'	report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,092

July

ASA Chesapeake Charge v FC Indiana

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

New York Fury v New England Mutiny

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

FC Indiana v Philadelphia Fever

July 5, 2012	FC Indiana	0 - 2	Philadelphia Fever	South Bend, IN
7:00pm				Stadium: Invaders Complex

Boston Breakers v ASA Chesapeake Charge

July 6, 2012	Boston Breakers	3 - 1	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Somerville, MA
7:00pm				Stadium: Dilboy Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v Philadelphia Fever

July 7, 2012	Chicago Red Stars	1 - 0	Philadelphia Fever	Evanston, IL
6:00pm				Stadium: Lakefront Stadium

New England Mutiny v Boston Breakers

July 7, 2012	New England Mutiny	2 - 1	Boston Breakers	East Longmeadow, MA
6:00pm				Stadium: East Longmeadow High School

Western New York Flash v ASA Chesapeake Charge

July 8, 2012	Western New York Flash	4 - 0	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Rochester, NY
4:00pm				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

ASA Chesapeake Charge v New England Mutiny

July 11, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	3 - 3	New England Mutiny	Millersville, MD
7:00pm				Stadium: Old Mill School

FC Indiana v Western New York Flash

July 12, 2012	FC Indiana	0 - 5	Western New York Flash	IN
7:00pm				Stadium: IUPUI Stadium

Boston Breakers v Philadelphia Fever

July 14, 2012	Boston Breakers	2 - 0	Philadelphia Fever	Somerville, MA
6:00pm				Stadium: Dilboy Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

July 14, 2012	Chicago Red Stars	1 - 2	Western New York Flash	Lisle, IL
7:00pm				Stadium: Benedictine University

Philadelphia Fever v New York Fury

July 15, 2012	Philadelphia Fever	0 - 3	New York Fury	Sewell, NJ
7:30pm				Stadium: Washington HS

New England Mutiny v Chicago Red Stars

July 19, 2012	New England Mutiny	3 - 0	Chicago Red Stars	East Longmeadow, MA
7:00pm				Stadium: East Longmeadow High School

New York Fury v FC Indiana

July 19, 2012	New York Fury	2 - 0	FC Indiana	Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm				Stadium: Hofstra University

New England Mutiny v FC Indiana

July 21, 2012	New England Mutiny	1 - 0	FC Indiana	MA
7:00pm				Stadium: North Hampton High School

ASA Chesapeake Charge v Philadelphia Fever

July 22, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	2 - 0	Philadelphia Fever	Millersville, MD
4:00pm				Stadium: Old Mill School

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

July 22, 2012	Western New York Flash	0 - 1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, NY
4:00pm				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

New York Fury v Chicago Red Stars

July 22, 2012	New York Fury	1 - 1	Chicago Red Stars	Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm				Stadium: Hofstra University

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Total	Player	Team	Goals per game
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
10	Kyah Simon	BOS	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	3	2	1
9	Adriana Martin	WNY	3	-	^[a]	-	-	1	2	-	1	2
7	Kate Howarth	NEM	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	2	-
6	Lauren Fowlkes	CHI	1	1	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-
	Katie Schoepfer	BOS	1	1	1	^[a]	2	-	-	1	-	-
5	Lori Chalupny	CHI	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-
	Meghan Lenczyk	NYF	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2
	Merritt Mathias	NYF	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Michele Weissenhofer	CHI	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	-	-
4	Tiya Gallegos	NEM	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Becca Mays	NEM	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Julianne Sitch	CHI	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
	Jasmyne Spencer	NYF	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Western New York Flash v New York Fury

July 25, 2012	Western New York Flash	2 - 1	New York Fury	Rochester, NY
5:00pm	Frierson  78' Heyboer  80'		Long  8'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

July 25, 2012	Boston Breakers	1 - 3	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, NY
7:00pm	DaCosta  80'		Fowlkes  13' Chalupny  46' Masar  66'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Championship

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

July 28, 2012	Western New York Flash	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (4 - 2 p)	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, NY
1:00pm	Pressley  90+4'	Report	Ellenwood  41'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
		Penalties
	Adriana Reynolds Zerboni Van Egmond Salem		Fowlkes Sitch Forbes Wenino

Notes

• ^a The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26th 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 18th ruling,^[2] Breakers forward Katie Shoepfer was leading the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26th match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana Martin and Angela Salem.

References

1. "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4-0 WITH 3-2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
2. 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.

External links

• WPSL Elite homepage