2010 USL W-League season

USL W-League
Season	2010
Champions	Buffalo Flash (1st Title)
Regular Season title	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues (2nd Title)
Matches	163
Goals	487 (2.99 per match)
	← 2009 2011 →

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.

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	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 or left the league after the 2009 season:

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

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

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

Atlantic Division

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

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

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:

↑ 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

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

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