2010 USL W-League season

The 2010 W-League Season was the league's 16th. The regular season began in May and ended in July. The playoffs began in late July and ended in August.

USL W-League
Season2010
ChampionsBuffalo Flash
2009
2011

Changes from 2009 season

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Name Changes

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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

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Three teams were added for the season:

Team Name Metro Area Location Previous Affiliation
  Colorado Rush 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

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10 teams folded or left the league after the 2009 season:

Standings

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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

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Great Lakes Division

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Midwest Division

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Eastern Conference

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Atlantic Division

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Northeast Division

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Western Conference

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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 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[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Colorado Force deducted 4 points

Playoffs

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Format

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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

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Central Conference

Central Divisional Round Central Semifinals Central Championship
         
MW1   Buffalo Flash 3
GL2   Toronto Lady Lynx 0
GL2   Toronto Lady Lynx 2
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

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W-League Semifinals W-League Championship
      
MW1   Buffalo Flash 3
AT1   Atlanta Silverbacks Women 1
MW1   Buffalo Flash 3
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

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  Laval Comets0–2  Toronto Lady Lynx
Pinard   88' (Report) Puopolo   12'
Mottershead   25'
Oduro   80'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ihor Bokiy(CAN)

Conference semifinals

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  Charlotte Lady Eagles2 – 2
(a.e.t.)
  Washington Freedom Futures
Bellingham   81'   120' Lenczyk   69'
Velaj   109'
Penalties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyle  
6–5  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  New Jersey Wildcats1–5  Atlanta Silverbacks Women
Brandao   71' (Report) Frierson   22'   38'
Tomlinson   45'
Newfield   69'
Harbrueger   81'   84'

  Toronto Lady Lynx0–3  Buffalo Flash
Afonso   28' (Report) Boquete   20'   41'
Parker   69'
Attendance: 125
Referee: John Safar (USA)

  Chicago Red Eleven0–2  Ottawa Fury Women
Kabellis   90' (Report) Evans   11'   71'
Hearn   45'
Taylor   67'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Pat Road (USA)

Conference finals

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  Pali Blues1–2  Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Shaner   58'
Gama   61'
(Report) Tancredi   35'
Vermeulen   41'
Zurrer   68'
Kyle   90'
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: Michelle Pye (CAN)

  Ottawa Fury Women0–1  Buffalo Flash
Romagnuolo   57'
Wetzel   89'   90+'
(Report) Parker   20'
Boquete   83'
Attendance: 155
Referee: Steve Montanino (USA)

W-League Semifinals

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  Atlanta Silverbacks Women1–3  Buffalo Flash
Powell   36' (Report) Hammond   18'
Parker   53'   81'

  Vancouver Whitecaps Women3–1  Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
Kyle   4'
Franko   13'
Stewart   57'
Booth   76'
(Report) Edmonds   57'
Gabi Zanotti   85'
Attendance: 302
Referee: Ryan Van Dyne (USA)

W-League Third Place

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W-League Championship

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  Vancouver Whitecaps Women1–3  Buffalo Flash
Vermeulen   53'   57' (Report) Davison   61'
Boquete   64'   88'
Attendance: 362
Referee: Felisha Mariscal (USA)

See also

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References

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