2011 USL W-League season

USL W-League
Season	2011
Champions	Atlanta Silverbacks Women
Matches played	158
Goals scored	493 (3.12 per match)
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 W-League season was the 17th season of the league's existence, and 8th season of second division women's soccer in the United States. The regular season began on May 14 and ended on July 17.

Changes from 2010 season

Name changes

One team changed their name in the off-season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Previous Name
Ontario Hamilton FC Rage	Hamilton area	Hamilton Avalanche

Expansion teams

Five teams were added for the season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Ohio Dayton Dutch Lions	Dayton area	Bellbrook, OH	expansion
Washington, D.C. D.C. United Women	Washington, D.C. area	Boyds, MD	expansion
Virginia Fredericksburg Impact	Fredericksburg area	Fredericksburg, VA	expansion
Virginia Los Angeles Strikers	Los Angeles area	Fullerton, CA	expansion
British Columbia Victoria Highlanders Women	Victoria area	Victoria, BC	expansion

Teams leaving

Six teams either folded or left following the 2010 season:

Chicago Red Eleven
Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
Kalamazoo Outrage
Tampa Bay Hellenic (joined WPSL)
Washington Freedom Futures (disbanded when Washington Freedom franchise relocated to South Florida)
Western New York Flash (joined WPS)

Standings

As of 7/17/2011 ^[1]
Orange indicates Host Team for W-League Championship
Purple indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Central Conference

Central Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ottawa Fury Women	12	12	0	0	43	5	+38	36
Laval Comets	12	6	4	2	21	20	+1	20
Quebec City Amiral	12	6	5	1	23	19	+4	19
Toronto Lady Lynx	12	5	5	2	12	18	−6	17
Hamilton FC Rage	12	3	7	2	16	22	−6	11
Rochester Ravens	12	2	6	4	12	23	−11	10
London Gryphons	12	1	8	3	10	30	−20	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlanta Silverbacks Women	10	9	1	0	25	5	+20	26^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Charlotte Lady Eagles	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20
Dayton Dutch Lions	10	5	3	2	23	16	+7	17
Virginia Beach Piranhas	10	5	5	0	23	21	+2	15
Fredericksburg Impact	10	2	7	1	10	29	−19	7
Northern Virginia Majestics	10	0	9	1	4	25	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Atlanta Silverbacks Women deducted one point.

Northeast Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Long Island Rough Riders	10	7	1	2	30	7	+23	23
New Jersey Wildcats	10	6	1	3	15	8	+7	20^{[lower-alpha 1]}
D.C. United Women	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	17
North Jersey Valkyries	10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	12
New York Magic	10	3	6	1	14	22	−8	10
New Jersey Rangers	10	0	9	1	4	33	−29	0^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 New Jersey Wildcats and New Jersey Rangers deducted one point.

Western Conference

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santa Clarita Blue Heat	14	8	1	5	30	12	+18	29
Vancouver Whitecaps Women	14	8	2	4	27	14	+13	28
Pali Blues	14	7	1	6	20	10	+10	27
Colorado Rush Women	14	6	5	3	19	18	+1	21
Seattle Sounders Women	14	5	5	4	19	19	0	19
Los Angeles Strikers	14	4	9	1	17	31	−14	13
Colorado Force	14	3	9	2	16	25	−9	11
Victoria Highlanders Women	14	1	10	3	13	32	−19	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

^[2]

Note: Seattle Sounders Women hosts the W-League Championship and gains an automatic berth in the National Semi-Finals.

Eastern Conference Playoffs

July 21, 2011
5:30 PM EDT

North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles	2 - 1	New York (state) Long Island Rough Riders
Huecker File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report	Fenix File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (o.g.)

Charlotte Christian Stadium
Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 466

Referee: Arthur Banning

July 21, 2011
8:00 PM EDT

Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks Women	3 - 2	New Jersey New Jersey Wildcats
Dennis File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Pollack File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Tomlinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Newfield Yellow card 84'	Report	Lopez File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Fuccello File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

Charlotte Christian Stadium
Charlotte, NC

Referee: Brandon Marion

July 22, 2011
5:30 PM EDT

Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks Women	1 - 0	North Carolina Charlotte Lady Eagles
Newfield File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Balaam Yellow card 44'	Report	Naeher Yellow card 72'

Charlotte Christian Stadium
Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 700

Referee: Aaron Hernandez

Divisional Semifinals			Divisional Final

NE1	Long Island Rough Riders	1

A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	2
			A2	Charlotte Lady Eagles	0

			A1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	1
A1	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	3

NE2	New Jersey Wildcats	2

Central Conference Playoffs

July 23, 2011
3:00 PM EDT

Ontario Ottawa Fury Women	4 - 0	Ontario Toronto Lady Lynx
Busque File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Outerbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Report	Afonso Yellow card 82'

Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Ottawa, ON

Attendance: 348

Referee: Michael Stenbring

July 23, 2011
6:00 PM EDT

Quebec Laval Comets	1 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Quebec Quebec City Amiral
Charron-Delage File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Tremblay Yellow card 80'	Report	Laverdiere File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' File:Soccerball shade.svg 101' Roy File:Soccerball shade.svg 93'

Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Ottawa, ON

Attendance: 130

Referee: Sean Hornsby

July 24, 2012
3:00 PM EDT

Ontario Ottawa Fury Women	6 - 0	Quebec Quebec City Amiral
Outerbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Shufelt File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Julien File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+'	Report

Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Ottawa, ON

Attendance: 674

Referee: Joe Audi

Divisional Semifinals			Divisional Final

C1	Ottawa Fury Women	4

C4	Toronto Lady Lynx	0
			C1	Ottawa Fury Women	6

			C3	Quebec City Amiral	1
C2	Laval Comets	1

C3	Quebec City Amiral	3

Western Conference Playoff

July 24, 2011
7:00 PM PDT

California Santa Clarita Blue Heat	3 - 4	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Franco File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Beard File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Fisher File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Leroux File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Franko File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Kyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Marton Yellow card 81' Red card Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

Cougar Stadium
Santa Clarita, CA

Attendance: 450

Referee: Absbeer Singh

W-League Championship

Semi-finals

July 29, 2011
4:00PM PDT

Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks Women	3 - 1	British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Tomlinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Newfield Yellow card 42' Pollock File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Weimer File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Kyle Yellow card 41'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, WA

July 29, 2011
7:00PM PDT

Ontario Ottawa Fury Women	3 - 2	Washington (state) Seattle Sounders Women
Hastings Yellow card 4' Outerbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Wetzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Ramirez Red card 79' Wollner Yellow card 85'	Report	Baumgardt File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Charette File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, WA

Referee: Ron Labraff

Third Place Playoff

July 31, 2011
1:00 PM PDT

British Columbia Vancouver Whitecaps Women	2 - 1	Washington (state) Seattle Sounders Women
Stoltenberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Kyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Charette File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, WA

Referee: Will Nichols

Championship

July 31, 2011
4:00 PM PDT

Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks Women	6 - 1	Ontario Ottawa Fury Women
Tomlinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Dennis File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Pollock File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Bennett File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Wetzel Red card 31' Outerbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, WA

Referee: Ekaterina Koraevtt

Semi-Finals			Championship

1	Ottawa Fury Women	3

4	Seattle Sounders Women	2
			1	Ottawa Fury Women	1

			2	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	6
2	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	3

3	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	1

References

↑ "W-League Standings". Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[table_hth_ASW0.9078121971841-2] Atlanta Silverbacks Women deducted one point.

[table_hth_NJW0.065845446226115-3] 1.0 ^1.1 New Jersey Wildcats and New Jersey Rangers deducted one point.

[1] "W-League Standings". Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[4] "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

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2011 USL W-League season

Contents

Changes from 2010 season

Name changes

Expansion teams

Teams leaving

Standings

Central Conference

Central Division

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

Western Conference

Western Division

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Playoffs

Central Conference Playoffs

Western Conference Playoff

W-League Championship

Semi-finals

Third Place Playoff

Championship

References

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