2006 USL W-League season

USL W-League

Season	2006
Champions	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 W-League Season was the league's 12th.

Changes from 2005 season

Name changes

• Denver Lady Cougars became Real Colorado Cougars.
• Detroit Jaguars became Michigan Hawks.
• Mile High Mustangs became the Mile High Edge.

New teams

Five teams were added for the season:

Team Name	Metro Area	Location	Previous Affiliation
Central Florida Krush	Central Florida Area	Winter Park, FL	expansion
Cocoa Expos Women	Space Coast area	Cocoa, FL	expansion
Hamilton Avalanche	Golden Horseshoe area	Hamilton, ON	expansion
Laval Comets	Greater Montreal area	Laval, QC	expansion
Minnesota Lightning	Twin Cities area	Falcon Heights, MN	expansion

Teams Leaving

One team folded after the 2005 season:

• Arizona Heatwave

Standings

Blue indicates division title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Orange indicates bye into the W-League semifinals as hosts.

Central Conference

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Charlotte Lady Eagles	14	10	4	0	32	14	+18	30
2	Richmond Kickers Destiny	14	9	4	1	31	13	+18	28
3	Cocoa Expos Women	14	9	4	1	17	16	+1	28
4	Central Florida Krush	14	7	5	2	25	21	+4	23
5	Atlanta Silverbacks Women	14	6	7	1	23	17	+6	19
6	Hampton Roads Piranhas	14	5	8	1	18	28	−10	16
7	Bradenton Athletics	14	2	7	5	12	27	−15	11
8	Carolina Dynamo Women	14	1	10	3	7	29	−22	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Midwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Michigan Hawks	14	10	2	2	41	13	+28	32
2	Minnesota Lightning	14	9	3	2	34	19	+15	29
3	Cleveland Internationals Women	14	9	4	1	36	22	+14	28
4	Chicago Gaels	14	7	4	3	29	19	+10	24
5	Cincinnati Ladyhawks	14	5	6	3	33	33	0	18
6	London Gryphons	14	4	9	1	28	45	−17	13
7	Fort Wayne Fever	14	3	9	2	16	37	−21	11
8	West Michigan Firewomen	14	2	12	0	9	38	−29	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Jersey Wildcats	14	14	0	0	61	3	+58	42
2	Western Mass Lady Pioneers	14	10	3	1	43	10	+33	31
3	Boston Renegades	14	9	3	2	52	16	+36	29
4	Long Island Lady Riders	14	7	5	2	28	17	+11	23
5	Northern Virginia Majestics	14	5	9	0	28	28	0	15
6	New York Magic	14	4	8	2	20	26	−6	14
7	South Jersey Banshees	14	2	11	1	10	50	−40	7
8	New Hampshire Lady Phantoms	14	0	12	2	14	96	−82	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ottawa Fury Women	12	10	1	1	38	7	+31	31
2	Toronto Lady Lynx	12	7	1	4	37	4	+33	25
3	Laval Comets	12	6	3	3	30	13	+17	21
4	Hamilton Avalanche	12	6	5	1	20	25	−5	19
5	Vermont Lady Voltage	12	4	7	1	12	24	−12	13
6	Rochester Rhinos Women	12	4	8	0	22	30	−8	12
7	Sudbury Canadians	12	0	12	0	2	58	−56	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	12	11	0	1	38	7	+31	34
2	Seattle Sounders Women	12	5	4	3	21	18	+3	18
3	Mile High Edge	12	4	6	2	22	23	−1	14
4	Real Colorado Cougars	12	3	4	5	25	27	−2	14
5	Fort Collins Force	12	3	7	2	15	25	−10	11
6	San Diego Lady Gauchos	12	2	7	3	14	35	−21	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Format

Conference Brackets

Central Conference

	Central Semifinals					Central Championship
	MW1	Michigan Hawks	0
	AT2	Richmond Kickers Destiny	2
						AT1	Richmond Kickers Destiny	0
						AT1	Charlotte Lady Eagles	1
	AT1	Charlotte Lady Eagles (p)	1 (4)
	MW2	Minnesota Lightning	1 (3)

Eastern Conference

Eastern Divisional

Eastern Semifinals

Eastern Championship

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats (AET)

3

NE4

Long Island Lady Riders

2

NE3

Boston Renegades

0

NE4

Long Island Lady Riders

1

NE1

New Jersey Wildcats

2

NO1

Ottawa Fury Women

3

NO1

Ottawa Fury Women

3

NO2

Toronto Lady Lynx

2

NO1

Ottawa Fury Women

3

NE2

Western Mass Lady Pioneers

0

NE2

Western Mass Lady Pioneers

1

NE5

Northern Virginia Majestics

0

Western Conference

	Western Finals
	W2	Seattle Sounders Women	1
	W3	Mile High Edge	0

W-League Championship Bracket

	Semifinals					Championship
	H	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	5
	W2	Seattle Sounders Women	0
						H	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	3
						AT1	Ottawa Fury Women	0
	NO1	Ottawa Fury Women	2
	AT1	Charlotte Lady Eagles	1			Consolation
						W1	Seattle Sounders Women	1
						At1	Charlotte Lady Eagles	0

Divisional Round

July 26, 2006
6:00 PM EDT

Long Island Lady Riders	1 – 0	Boston Renegades
DeCristoforo  49' Roebriy 66'	(Report)

Bowditch Stadium
Framingham, Massachusetts

Attendance: 50

Referee: Rachael Woo (USA)

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July 26, 2006
6:00 PM EDT

Toronto Lady Lynx	2 – 3	Ottawa Fury Women
Riverso 8' Maroszeky 84'	(Report)	Vermeulen 41' 62' (PK) Parker 49'

Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 400

Referee: Dan Popescu (CAN)

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July 26, 2006
7:30 PM EDT

Northern Virginia Majestics	0 – 1	Western Mass Lady Pioneers
	(Report)	D'Agostino 70'

Lusitano Stadium
Ludlow, Massachusetts

Referee: Scott Kachmarik (USA)

Conference semifinals

July 28, 2006
5:30 PM EDT

Richmond Kickers Destiny	2 – 0	Michigan Hawks
Parsons 2' 68'	(Report)	Konheim  87'

Livonia-Stevenson HS Stadium
Livonia, Michigan

Attendance: 506

Referee: Rob Ellyson (USA)

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July 28, 2006
8:00 PM EDT

Minnesota Lightning	1 – 1 (AET)	Charlotte Lady Eagles
Smith 49' Preiss  58' Gault  79'	(Report)	Timbers-Rife 18'
Penalties
Gault Schneeman Smith McNallan Almanzo Schwartz	3 – 4	Ledford Woody Vandenbergh Drummond Birdswell Hollenbeck

Livonia-Stevenson HS Stadium
Livonia, Michigan

Attendance: 506

Referee: Carlos Aragano (USA)

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July 29, 2006
5:00 PM EDT

Western Mass Lady Pioneers	0 – 3	Ottawa Fury Women
Schoepfer  22'	(Report)	Vermeulen 63' (PK) Robinson 72' Wilkinson 73'

Robbinsville HS Stadium
Robbinsville, New Jersey

Referee: Mike Deering (USA)

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July 29, 2006
7:30 PM EDT

Long Island Lady Riders	2 – 3 (AET)	New Jersey Wildcats
Shulman 27'  120' C. Arikian 90' Cali  108'	(Report)	Fletcher 22' Formiga 56' Tomecka 120'

Robbinsville HS Stadium
Robbinsville, New Jersey

Attendance: 445

Referee: Hossam Saad (USA)

Conference finals

July 29, 2006
5:00 PM EDT

Richmond Kickers Destiny	0 – 1	Charlotte Lady Eagles
Raveia  24' Jones  79' Sauerbrunn  85' Anger  89' Woodie  90'	(Report)	Mollon  33' Drummond 70' (PK)

Livonia-Stevenson HS Stadium
Livonia, Michigan

Attendance: 353

Referee: Ronnie Canales (USA)

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July 30, 2006
5:00 PM EDT

Ottawa Fury Women	3 – 2	New Jersey Wildcats
Avner  8' Vermeulen 21' 30' 36'	(Report)	Formiga 20' Yamaguchi 61'

Robbinsville HS Stadium
Robbinsville, New Jersey

Attendance: 444

Referee: Bill Guarini (USA)

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July 30, 2006
7:00 PM PDT

Mile High Edge	0 – 1	Seattle Sounders Women
	(Report)	Pulse 76'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 355

Referee: Will Niccolls (USA)

W-League Semifinals

August 4, 2006
5:00 PM EDT

Charlotte Lady Eagles	1 – 2	Ottawa Fury Women
Deason  79' Swinehart 90'	(Report)	Vermeulen 6' Robinson 80'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 3234

Referee: Michelle Pye (CAN)

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August 4, 2006
7:30 PM PDT

Seattle Sounders Women	0 – 5	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
	(Report)	Sinclair 8' 81' Smith 48' Franko 53' Milbrett 57'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 3234

Referee: Darcy Konowalchuck (CAN)

W-League Third-Place Game

August 6, 2006
2:00 PM PDT

Seattle Sounders Women	1 – 0	Charlotte Lady Eagles
Patterson 36' Arrant  81'	[ (Report)]	Deason  90'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 4218

Referee: Jill Proctor (CAN)

W-League Finals

August 6, 2006
5:00 PM PDT

Ottawa Fury Women	0 – 3	Vancouver Whitecaps Women
Alcia  56'	(Report)	Sinclair 33' Franko 45' Andrews 74'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 4218

Referee: Carol-Anne Chenard (CAN)

References