2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season

Women's Premier Soccer League Elite
Season	2012
Champions	Western New York Flash
Matches played	56
Goals scored	164 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriana Martín (WNY, 14)
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)

The 2012 WPSL Elite season was 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 consisted of fourteen matches per team in a double-round-robin format, played between May 10 and July 22. The regular season was followed by a playoff series.

The 2012 season included 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	Chicago metropolitan area	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

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

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	30^[a]	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

Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

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

Source: WPSL Elite results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results

Home teams listed first

May

May 10, 2012	ASA Chesapeake Charge	0–3	Boston Breakers	Arnold, Maryland
7:30pm	Barger	WPSL report ^{[dead link]} BOS report Report	Napoli 1' Schoepfer 14' Luscinski 15'	Stadium: Anne Arundel Community College Attendance: 400

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

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

May 18, 2012	Boston Breakers	4–1	FC Indiana	Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00pm	Schoepfer 9' Simon 13', 22' Butt 57'	WPSL report ^{[dead link]} BOS report Report Report	Libertin 11'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,312

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

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

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

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

May 23, 2012	New York Fury	1–2	Boston Breakers	Hemsptead Village, New York
7:00pm	Mathias 66'	BOS report Report	Butt 10' Schoepfer 19' Simon 36'	Stadium: Hofstra University Attendance: 1,300^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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

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

June 1, 2012	FC Indiana	0–4	Boston Breakers	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00pm	Libertin Cajuste Dolce	Report	D'Agostino 30' (Osborne) Schoepfer 34' (King), 41' (Jones) Simon 78'	Stadium: IUPUI Stadium Attendance: 246

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

June 3, 2012	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Boston Breakers	Naperville, IL
5:00pm	Weissenhofer 34'	WPSL report ^{[dead link]} CHI report BOS report		Stadium: Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 20, 2012	Boston Breakers	4–2	New England Mutiny	Somerville, MA
7:00pm	Simon 41', 45', 66' Schoepfer 49' (pen.) D'Agostino 83'	WPSL report ^{[dead link]} BOS report Report	Houle 12' Howarth 59' 76'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,147

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

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

June 23, 2012	Boston Breakers	2–0	New York Fury	Somerville, MA
6:00pm	Simon 35', 90'	BOS report Report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,117

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

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

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

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

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

July

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

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

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

July 6, 2012	Boston Breakers	3–1	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Somerville, MA
7:00pm	Simon 16' Jones 53' Henderson 71'	BOS report Report	Skidmore 47'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,026

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

July 7, 2012	New England Mutiny	2–1	Boston Breakers	East Longmeadow, MA
6:00pm	Simon 47' D'Agostino	BOS report Report Report	Weimer 90+' Dimirdjian 90+'	Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 1,031

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

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

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

July 14, 2012	Boston Breakers	2–0	Philadelphia Fever	Somerville, MA
6:00pm	Schoepfer 13' (pen.) Jones 42'	BOS report Report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,541

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 22, 2012	Western New York Flash	0–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, NY
4:00pm		BOS report WNY report	Reed 22'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

July 22, 2012	New York Fury	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Hemsptead Village, NY
7:00pm	Lenczyk 6'	NY report CHI report Report	Ellenwood 11'	Stadium: Hofstra University

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Adriana Martín	Western New York Flash	14
2	Kyah Simon	Boston Breakers	12
2	Laura Heyboer	Western New York Flash	12
4	Kate Howarth	New England Mutiny	10
5	Lauren Fowlkes	Chicago Red Stars	8
6	Katie Schoepfer	Boston Breakers	7
7	Lori Chalupny	Chicago Red Stars	6
8	Meghan Lenczyk	New York Fury	5
	Merritt Mathias	New York Fury
	Michele Weissenhofer	Chicago Red Stars

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[4]
1	Courtney Jones	Boston Breakers	6
1	Katie Schoepfer	Boston Breakers	6
3	Lori Chalupny	Chicago Red Stars	5
	Rebecca Mays	New England Mutiny
	Merritt Mathias	New York Fury
6	Omolyn Davis	Western New York Flash	4
6	Katy Frierson	Western New York Flash	4
8	Riley Houle	New England Mutiny	3
	Kate Howarth	New England Mutiny
	Stephanie Ochs	Western New York Flash

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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

July 25, 2012	Boston Breakers	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, NY
7:00pm	DaCosta 80'	WPSL report BOS report CHI report Report Report	Fowlkes 14' Chalupny 54' Masar 66'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Championship

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'	WPSL report Report	Ellenwood 41'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
	Penalties
	Adriana Reynolds Zerboni Van Egmond Salem		Fowlkes Sitch Forbes Wenino

References

^ "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ ^a ^b O'Connell, Brian (June 19, 2012). "Breakers Docked 3 Pts. For Ineligible Player". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2012 WPSL Elite Statistics". Women's Premier Soccer League. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

External links

WPSL Elite homepage

[table_hth_BOS0.51074739243404-4] The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26 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 18 ruling,^[2] Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer led the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26 match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana and Angela Salem.

[1] "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[ineligible_player-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.

[blstats-5] "2012 WPSL Elite Statistics". Women's Premier Soccer League. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

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