2010 W-League (North America)

The 2010 W-League Season will be the league's 16th. The regular season will begin in May and end in July. The playoffs will begin in late July and end in August.

Changes from 2009 season

Name Changes

Two teams changed their name in the off-season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Previous Name
Santa Clarita Blue Heat	Los Angeles area	Ventura County Fusion
Washington Freedom Futures	Washington, D.C. area	Washington Freedom Reserves

Expansion Teams

Three teams were added for the season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Colorado Rush Women	Denver area	Denver, CO	expansion
New Jersey Rangers	North Jersey area	Denville, NJ	expansion
North Jersey Valkyries	North Jersey area	Wayne, NJ	expansion

Teams Leaving

10 teams folded after the 2009 season:

• Boston Renegades
• Cary Lady Clarets
• Connecticut Passion
• FC Indiana
• Fort Wayne Fever
• Los Angeles Legends
• Minnesota Lightning
• Real Colorado Cougars
• Richmond Kickers Destiny
• Western Mass Lady Pioneers

Standings

Orange indicates W-League title and bye into W-League semifinals.
Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Yellow indicates team would qualify for playoffs in current position
Red indicates team is eliminated from playoffs

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Ottawa Fury Women	12	8	1	3	25	5	+20	27
2	Toronto Lady Lynx	12	7	2	3	15	6	+9	24
3	Laval Comets	12	6	3	3	17	10	+7	21
4	Quebec City Amiral SC	12	6	4	2	16	12	+4	20
5	Rochester Ravens	12	2	9	1	8	24	-16	7
6	Hamilton Avalanche	12	1	11	0	5	29	-24	3

Midwest Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Buffalo Flash	12	10	0	2	48	5	+43	32
2	Chicago Red Eleven	12	8	2	2	32	8	+24	26
3	Kalamazoo Outrage	12	4	7	1	18	26	-8	13
4	Cleveland Internationals Women	12	3	8	1	16	39	-23	10
5	London Gryphons	12	1	9	2	6	25	-19	5

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	10	7	2	1	22	7	+15	22
2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	10	5	3	2	15	4	+11	17
3	Tampa Bay Hellenic	10	5	4	1	12	13	-1	16
4	Hampton Roads Piranhas	10	2	6	2	7	21	-14	8
5	Northern Virginia Majestics	10	2	8	0	6	25	-19	6

Northeast Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues	12	11	1	0	26	9	+17	33
2	Washington Freedom Futures	12	10	1	1	29	7	+22	31
3	New Jersey Wildcats	12	7	4	1	22	16	+6	22
4	Long Island Rough Riders	12	7	5	0	23	14	+9	21
5	New Jersey Rangers	12	4	8	0	16	30	-14	12
6	New York Magic	12	3	9	0	23	30	-7	9
7	North Jersey Valkyries	12	0	12	0	5	30	-25	0

Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	10	6	0	4	20	9	+11	22
2	Pali Blues	10	3	4	3	16	14	+2	12
3	Seattle Sounders Women	10	2	2	6	12	12	0	12
4	Colorado Rush Women	10	2	2	6	10	12	-2	12
5	Santa Clarita Blue Heat	10	2	6	2	6	16	-10	8
6	Colorado Force	10	2	3	5	11	12	-1	7*

Note: Colorado Force deducted 4 points.

Playoffs

Format

The W-League champion will earn an automatic bye into the W-League Semifinals, with the highest-placed team in the division not making the playoffs will earn a playoff berth.

The Central Conference will have 5 playoff spots. The second and third place teams from the Great Lakes Division will play each other. The winner will play the Midwest Division champions, while the Great Lakes Division champion will play the second place team of the Midwest Division. The winners of those games will play to determine the conference champion. The Eastern Conference division champions will play the second place team of the opposite division, the winners facing off to determine who goes to the W-League Semifinals. The Western Conference will have their top two teams facing off to determine their conference champion.

The W-League Semifinals will put the regular season champion against the lowest seeded conference champion, and the higher-ranked conference champions against each other. The winners of these games will play in the championship.

Conference Brackets

Central Conference

Central Divisional Round

Central Semifinals

Central Championship

MW1

Buffalo Flash

3

GL2

Toronto Lady Lynx

2

GL2

Toronto Lady Lynx

0

GL3

Laval Comets

0

MW1

Buffalo Flash

1

GL1

Ottawa Fury Women

0

GL1

Ottawa Fury Women

2

MW2

Chicago Red Eleven

0

Eastern Conference

	Eastern Semifinals					Eastern Championship
	AT1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	5
	NE2	New Jersey Wildcats	1
						AT1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	1
						AT2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	0
	NE1	Washington Freedom Futures	2 (5)
	AT2	Charlotte Lady Eagles (AET/PSO)	2 (6)

Western Conference

	Western Finals
	W1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	2
	W2	Pali Blues	1

W-League Championship Bracket

W-League Semifinal

MW1

Buffalo Flash

3

AT1

Atlanta Silverbacks Women

1

W-League Championship

MW1

Buffalo Flash

3

W-League Semifinal

W1

Vancouver Whitecaps Women

1

WL

Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues

1

W1

Vancouver Whitecaps Women

3

W-League Third Place

WL

Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues

3

AT1

Atlanta Silverbacks Women

0

Divisional Round

July 21, 2010 3:30 PM EDT	Laval Comets	0 - 2	Toronto Lady Lynx	Centennial Park Stadium Etobicoke, ON Attendance: 50 Referee: Ihor Bokiy(CAN)
	Pinard  88'	(Report)	Puopolo  12' Mottershead  25' Oduro  80'

Conference Semifinals

July 23, 2010 5:00 PM EDT	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Washington Freedom Futures	RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Atlanta, GA Referee: Tony Russo (USA)
	Bellingham  81'  120'		Lenczyk  69' Velaj  109'
		Penalties
	Lyle	6 - 5

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July 23, 2010 7:30 PM EDT	New Jersey Wildcats	1 - 5	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Atlanta, GA Referee: Amy Mahan (USA)
	Brandao  71'	(Report)	Frierson  22'  38' Tomlinson  45' Newfield  69' Harbrueger  81'  84'

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July 24, 2010 5:30 PM EDT	Toronto Lady Lynx	0 - 3	Buffalo Flash	Niagara Field Lewiston, NY Attendance: 125 Referee: John Safar (USA)
	Afonso  28'	(Report)	Boquete  20'  41' Parker  69'

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July 24, 2010 8:00 PM EDT	Chicago Red Eleven	0 - 2	Ottawa Fury Women	Niagara Field Lewiston, NY Attendance: 75 Referee: Pat Road (USA)
	Kabellis  90'	(Report)	Evans  11'  71' Hearn  45' Taylor  67'

Conference Finals

July 24, 2010 7:30 PM EDT	Charlotte Lady Eagles	0 - 1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Atlanta, GA Referee: Veronica Brito (USA)
		(Report)	Garman  41' Powell  44'

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July 24, 2010 7:00 PM PDT	Pali Blues	1 - 2	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Michelle Pye (CAN)
	Shaner  58' Gama  61'	(Report)	Tancredi  35' Vermeulen  41' Zurrer  68' Kyle  90'

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July 25, 2010 6:00 PM EDT	Ottawa Fury Women	0 - 1	Buffalo Flash	Niagara Field Lewiston, NY Attendance: 155 Referee: Steve Montanino (USA)
	Romagnuolo  57' Wetzel  89', 90+'	(Report)	Parker  20' Boquete  83'

W-League Semifinals

July 29, 2010 2:00 PM PDT	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	1 - 3	Buffalo Flash	Harry Welch Stadium Santa Clarita, CA Referee: Magic Berenji (USA)
	Powell  36'	(Report)	Hammond  18' Parker  53'  81'

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July 29, 2010 5:00 PM PDT	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	3 - 1	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues	Harry Welch Stadium Santa Clarita, CA Attendance: 302 Referee: Ryan Van Dyne (USA)
	Kyle  4' Franko  13' Stewart  57' Booth  76'	(Report)	Edmonds  57' Demoner  85'

W-League Third Place

July 31, 2010 12:30 PM PDT	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	0 - 3	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues	Harry Welch Stadium Santa Clarita, CA Referee: (USA)
		(Report)	Demoner Acevedo

W-League Championship

July 31, 2010 4:00 PM PDT	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	1 - 3	Buffalo Flash	Harry Welch Stadium Santa Clarita, CA Attendance: 362 Referee: Felisha Mariscal (USA)
	Vermeulen  53'  57'	(Report)	Davison  61' Boquete  64'  88'

See also

• United Soccer Leagues 2010
• 2010 PDL Season