2014 WPSL season explained
Competition: | Women's Premier Soccer League |
Season: | 2014 |
Winners: | Beach Futbol Club |
Biggest Home Win: | Motor City FC 9-0 FC Indiana (May 31st) OKC FC 10-1 FC Tulsa Spirit (June 21st) |
Biggest Away Win: | Seacoast United Mariners 1-9 Boston Breakers Reserves (June 28th) Primero de Mayo 0-8 North Bay FC Wave (July 6th) |
Longest Wins: | 16 games, Beach Futbol Club |
Longest Losses: | 10 games, Seacoast United Mariners |
Prevseason: | 2013 |
Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 18th season of the WPSL. A total of 72 clubs across 7 conferences and 12 divisions participated in the season. The Houston Aces made it to their second consecutive WPSL final, but again lost by one goal to a Pac-South team, this time Beach Futbol Club. Beach FC's 16-0 season in a WPSL record, surpassing the 14-0 record set by Ajax America Women in 2007.[1]
Changes from 2013
Conference/division shifts
- The Big Sky North division was dissolved, teams transferring to either the Pacific or new Big Sky conference
- The two divisions of the Northwest conference were consolidated together
- The Midwest conference split into two divisions, "Central" and "Great Lakes"
New/returning teams
Team name | Metro area | Location | Previous affiliation |
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Boston Breakers Reserves | Greater Boston | Hanover, Massachusetts | expansion (NWSL reserves) |
Chicago Red Stars Reserves | Chicago market | | expansion (NWSL reserves) |
Chattanooga FC | | Chattanooga, Tennessee | expansion |
Cincinnati Lady Saints | | Cincinnati, Ohio | WLS |
Columbus Eagles FC | | Columbus, Ohio | expansion |
Fuerza FC | | Bothell, Washington | expansion |
FC Indiana | | South Bend, Indiana | WPSL, WLS |
FC Nashville Wolves | Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee | expansion |
FC Pride | | Indianapolis, Indiana | expansion |
FC Westchester | | White Plains, New York | expansion |
Florida Krush | | | expansion |
Jersey Blues FC | | Morris Plains, New Jersey | WPSL (as Millburn Magic) |
KC Courage | Kansas City | Olathe, Kansas | expansion |
L.A. Hotspur F.C. | Greater Los Angeles Area | Los Angeles, California | expansion |
Legends FC | Inland Empire | Chino, California | expansion |
Liverpool Lady Warriors | | The Colony, Texas | expansion |
Minnesota TwinStars | | Maple Grove, Minnesota | expansion |
Motor City FC | | Warren, Michigan | expansion |
NTC Rush | Greater Orlando | Clermont, Florida | expansion |
Primero de Mayo | Greater Sacramento | Sacramento, California | expansion |
Rhode Island Reds FC | Rhode Island | | expansion |
Tampa Bay Hellenic | Tampa Bay Area | Tampa, Florida | WPSL, W-League (as VSI Tampa Bay FC) |
Treasure Coast Dynamites | | Port St. Lucie, Florida | expansion | |
Folded/moved teams
- Merged:
- Moved to W-League:
- Provisional status:
- Removed midseason:
Notes and References
- Web site: WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE - THE LARGEST NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE IN THE WORLD . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085839/http://wpsl.info/news/index.php?cat=1&id=2262 . 2014-08-19 . dead .