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The '''2008 [[Women's Premier Soccer League]] season''' was the 12th season of the '''WPSL'''.

{{Infobox football league season
| competition = [[Women's Premier Soccer League]]
| season = 2008
| winners =
| relegated =
| continentalcup1 =
| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| league topscorer =
| matches =
| total goals =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
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| prevseason = [[2007 WPSL season|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 WPSL season|2009]]
}}

[[Ajax America Women]] finished the season as national champions, beating [[Arizona Rush]] in the WPSL Championship game in [[Sacramento, California]] on 3 August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1&id=572 |title = Women's Premier Soccer League - Providing the highest level of women's amateur soccer in the US since 1998 |access-date=2009-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160938/http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1 |archive-date=2009-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Changes From 2007==

=== Name Changes===
*Lamorinda East Bay Power changed their name to [[Walnut Creek Power]]

===New Franchises===
*Nineteen franchises joined the league this year:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team Name
! Metro Area
! Location
! Previous Affiliation
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Arizona.svg|border|20px]] [[Arizona Rush]]
|
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Florida.svg|border|20px]] [[Brevard County Cocoa Expos]]
|
| [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa, FL]]
| returning from hiatus - previously in [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]]
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|border|20px]] [[Fort Worth FC]]
|
| [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth, TX]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg|border|20px]] [[Lancaster Inferno (WPSL)|Lancaster Inferno]]
|
| [[Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania|Landisville, PA]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg|border|20px]] [[Los Angeles Rampage]]
|
| [[Granada Hills, California|Granada Hills, CA]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Maine.svg|border|20px]] [[Maine Tide]]
|
| [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor, ME]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of New Jersey.svg|border|20px]] [[Millburn Magic]]
|
| [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn, NJ]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg|border|20px]] [[Monterey Blues]]
|
| [[Monterey, California|Monterey, CA]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Wisconsin.svg|border|20px]] [[MYSC Lady Blues]]
|
| [[Middleton, Wisconsin|Middleton, WI]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Ohio.svg|border|20px]] [[Ohio Premier Women's SC]]
|
| [[Dublin, Ohio|Dublin, OH]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Oklahoma.svg|border|20px]] [[Oklahoma Alliance]]
|
| [[Chickasha, Oklahoma|Chickasha, OK]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|border|20px]] [[Puerto Rico Capitals]]
|
| [[Caguas, Puerto Rico]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Utah.svg|border|20px]] [[Salt Lake City Sparta]]
|
| [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden, UT]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg|border|20px]] [[San Diego United (WPSL)|San Diego United]]
|
| [[San Diego, California|San Diego, CA]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|border|20px]] [[South Select]]
|
| [[Houston, Texas|Houston, TX]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg|border|20px]] [[Thomasville Dragons]]
|
| [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville, GA]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Oklahoma.svg|border|20px]] [[Tulsa Spirit]]
|
| [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow, OK]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|border|20px]] [[Vitesse Dallas]]
|
| [[Duncanville, Texas|Duncanville, TX]]
| expansion
|-
| [[Image:Flag of California.svg|border|20px]] West Coast FC
|
| [[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano, CA]]
| expansion
|}

===Folding===
*Five teams left the league prior to the beginning of the season:
**[[F.C. Indiana (WPSL)|FC Indiana]]—left to join [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|USL W-League]]
**[[Real Shore FC (WPSL)|Real Shore FC]]
**[[River Cities FC]]
**[[Rush Salt Lake City]]
**[[Tampa Bay Elite]]
*In addition, four 2007 teams chose to spend the 2008 season on hiatus, with plans to return in 2009:
**[[Bay State Select]]
**[[Maryland Pride]]
**[[Massachusetts Stingers]]
**[[Orlando Falcons]]

==Final standings==
''Purple indicates division title clinched''
''Green indicates playoff berth clinched''

===Pacific Conference===

====North Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[California Storm]]
|10
|10
|0
|0
|48
|3
|45
|'''30'''
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
|[[Sonoma County Sol (WPSL)|Sonoma County Sol]]
|10
|6
|3
|1
|17
|13
|4
|'''19'''
|-
|3
|[[San Francisco Nighthawks]]
|10
|4
|3
|3
|18
|12
|6
|'''15'''
|-
|4
|[[Walnut Creek Power]]
|10
|4
|7
|0
|12
|24
| -12
|'''6'''
|-
|5
|[[Sacramento Pride]]
|10
|2
|8
|0
|11
|44
| -33
|'''6'''
|-
|6
|[[Monterey Blues]]
|10
|1
|7
|2
|10
|20
| -10
|'''5'''
|}

====South Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|West Coast FC
|10
|7
|2
|1
|19
|12
|7
|'''22'''
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
|[[Ajax America Women]]
|10
|6
|3
|1
|22
|10
|12
|'''19'''
|-
|3
|[[San Diego United (WPSL)|San Diego United]]
|10
|5
|3
|2
|17
|7
|10
|'''17'''
|-
|4
|[[Los Angeles Rampage]]
|10
|4
|5
|1
|11
|16
| -5
|'''13'''
|-
|5
|[[San Diego WFC SeaLions]]
|10
|4
|5
|1
|11
|16
| -5
|'''13'''
|-
|6
|[[Claremont Stars]]
|10
|0
|8
|2
|4
|23
| -19
|'''2'''
|}

===Big Sky Conference===

====North Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[Utah Spiders]]
|12
|9
|3
|0
|39
|14
|25
|'''27'''
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
|[[Arizona Rush]]
|12
|8
|1
|3
|32
|13
|19
|'''27'''
|-
|3
|[[Albuquerque Lady Asylum]]
|12
|8
|2
|2
|40
|14
|26
|'''26'''
|-
|4
|[[Denver Diamonds]]
|12
|5
|5
|2
|25
|25
|0
|'''17'''
|-
|5
|[[Salt Lake City Sparta]]
|12
|4
|7
|1
|19
|27
| -18
|'''13'''
|-
|6
|[[Colorado Springs United]]
|12
|3
|8
|1
|11
|33
| -22
|'''10'''
|}

====South Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[Oklahoma Alliance]]
|8
|7
|0
|1
|22
|6
|16
|'''22'''
|-
|2
|[[Fort Worth FC]]
|8
|2
|3
|3
|12
|14
| -2
|'''9'''
|-
|3
|[[South Select]]
|7
|2
|3
|2
|10
|11
| -1
|'''8'''
|-
|4
|[[Tulsa Spirit]]
|8
|1
|3
|4
|8
|12
| -4
|'''7'''
|-
|5
|[[Vitesse Dallas]]
|7
|1
|5
|1
|5
|15
| -10
|'''4'''
|}
* ''Despite winning their division, Oklahoma Alliance did not take part in the WPSL playoffs.''

===Sunshine Conference===
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[Brevard County Cocoa Expos]]
|12
|11
|0
|1
|32
|4
|28
|'''34'''
|-
|2
|[[Palm Beach United]]
|12
|7
|2
|3
|29
|10
|19
|'''24'''
|-
|3
|[[Florida Surge]]
|12
|7
|3
|2
|24
|15
|9
|'''23'''
|-
|4
|[[Miami Kickers]]
|12
|6
|6
|0
|38
|18
|20
|'''18'''
|-
|5
|[[Puerto Rico Capitals]]
|12
|2
|5
|5
|4
|13
| -9
|'''11'''
|-
|6
|[[Thomasville Dragons]]
|12
|2
|7
|3
|10
|33
| -23
|'''9'''
|}

===Midwest Conference===
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[MYSC Lady Blues]]
|8
|7
|1
|0
|14
|4
|10
|'''21'''
|-
|2
|[[Ohio Premier Women's SC]]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|19
|4
|15
|'''19'''
|-
|3
|[[FC St. Louis]]
|8
|4
|3
|1
|13
|11
|2
|'''13'''
|-
|4
|[[Chicago United Breeze]]
|8
|2
|6
|0
|7
|15
| -8
|'''6'''
|-
|5
|[[FC Twente3 IL]]
|8
|0
|8
|0
|6
|24
| -18
|'''0'''
|}

===East Conference===

====North Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[SoccerPlus Connecticut]]
|12
|12
|0
|0
|53
|2
|51
|'''36'''
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
|[[New England Mutiny]]
|12
|10
|2
|0
|46
|7
|39
|'''30'''
|-
|3
|[[Boston Aztec Women]]
|11
|4
|4
|3
|19
|18
|1
|'''15'''
|-
|4
|[[Maine Tide]]
|12
|4
|6
|2
|17
|20
| -3
|'''14'''
|-
|5
|[[New York Athletic Club (WPSL)|New York Athletic Club]]
|11
|4
|6
|1
|13
|44
| -31
|'''13'''
|-
|6
|[[Adirondack Lynx]]
|12
|2
|8
|2
|17
|37
| -20
|'''8'''
|}

====Mid-Atlantic Division====
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[Long Island Fury]]
|12
|9
|1
|2
|42
|9
|33
|'''29'''
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
|[[Lancaster Inferno (WPSL)|Lancaster Inferno]]
|12
|8
|2
|2
|25
|9
|16
|'''26'''
|-
|3
|[[Atlantic City Diablos (WPSL)|Atlantic City Diablos]]
|12
|7
|3
|2
|27
|9
|18
|'''23'''
|-
|4
|[[Philadelphia Liberty]]
|12
|4
|3
|5
|16
|10
|6
|'''17'''
|-
|5
|[[Millburn Magic]]
|12
|3
|6
|3
|13
|20
| -7
|'''13'''
|-
|6
|[[Northampton Laurels]]
|12
|4
|7
|1
|12
|26
| -14
|'''10'''
|-
|7
|[[Central Delaware SA Future]]
|12
|0
|12
|0
|3
|50
| -47
|'''0'''
|}

==Playoffs==
{{12TeamBracket-Byes
| team-width = 210
| RD1= Conference Semifinals
| RD2= Conference Finals
| RD3= WPSL Semifinals
| RD4= WPSL Championship
| RD1-seed1=PS1
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|California}} '''West Coast FC'''
| RD1-score1='''3'''
| RD1-seed2=PN2
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|California}} [[Sonoma County Sol (WPSL)|Sonoma County Sol]]
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=PN1
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|California}} [[California Storm]]
| RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=PS2
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|California}} '''[[Ajax America Women]]'''
| RD1-score4='''2'''
| RD1-seed5=EN1
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|Connecticut}} '''[[SoccerPlus Connecticut]]'''
| RD1-score5='''2'''
| RD1-seed6=EM2
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} [[Lancaster Inferno (WPSL)|Lancaster Inferno]]
| RD1-score6=1
| RD1-seed7=EM1
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|New York}} [[Long Island Fury]]
| RD1-score7=2
| RD1-seed8=EN2
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[New England Mutiny]]'''
| RD1-score8='''4'''
| RD2-seed1=SU1
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|Florida}} [[Brevard County Cocoa Expos]]
| RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2=MW1
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|Wisconsin}} '''[[MYSC Lady Blues]]'''
| RD2-score2='''1'''
| RD2-seed3=PS1
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|California}} West Coast FC
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4=PS2
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|California}} '''[[Ajax America Women]]'''
| RD2-score4='''2'''
| RD2-seed5=BN1
| RD2-team5={{flagicon|Utah}} [[Utah Starzz (WPSL)|Utah Spiders]]
| RD2-score5=2
| RD2-seed6=BN2
| RD2-team6={{flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Arizona Rush]]'''
| RD2-score6='''6'''
| RD2-seed7=EN1
| RD2-team7={{flagicon|Connecticut}} [[SoccerPlus Connecticut]]
| RD2-score7=0
| RD2-seed8=EN2
| RD2-team8={{flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[New England Mutiny]]'''
| RD2-score8='''1'''
| RD3-seed1=MW1
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|Wisconsin}} [[MYSC Lady Blues]]
| RD3-score1=0
| RD3-seed2=PS2
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|California}} '''[[Ajax America Women]]'''
| RD3-score2='''5'''
| RD3-seed3=BN2
| RD3-team3={{flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Arizona Rush]]'''
| RD3-score3='''2'''
| RD3-seed4=EN2
| RD3-team4={{flagicon|Massachusetts}} [[New England Mutiny]]
| RD3-score4=1
| RD4-seed1=PS2
| RD4-team1={{flagicon|California}} '''[[Ajax America Women]]'''
| RD4-score1='''3'''
| RD4-seed2=BN2
| RD4-team2={{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Arizona Rush]]
| RD4-score2=1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717214645/http://www.wpsl.info/standings/ WPSL Standings]

{{WPSL Seasons}}
{{USSoccer}}

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