Ok from the USL site, here some information about the playoffs. At the bottom there is a link to the site. Ok lets start with the simple ones to describe. W-League Championship host New Jersey Wildcats Western Conference (2) Vancouver Arizona Central Conference - playoff to be hosted by Cincinnati (not sure if this means they get to play or not) Atlantic Division (2) Charlotte Central Florida Midwest Division (2) Detroit - only team for sure Eastern Conference Conference playoff host Ottawa Northeast Division playoffs (these 4 teams playoff to determine the 2 teams to be in conference playoff) Boston Long Island Western Mass New York Magic Northern Division (2) Toronto Vermont http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/2005playoffs/index_E.html
Re: W-League Playoffs Here's what I could glean from the W-League website: East quarterfinals (Wednesday; winners advance to final four at Ottawa (qualified as hosts) this weekend): Vermont at Toronto NY Magic at Boston Western Mass at Long Island Central Semifinals (Saturday-Sunday at Cincinnati) Charlotte vs. Cleveland Central Florida vs. Detroit West Final (Saturday) Arizona at Vancouver The Wildcats have an automatic spot in the W-League Championship semis as the hosts of the event.
Re: W-League Playoffs Just a year or two ago a Boston, Toronto, Long Island and Ottawa final four would have been a dream playoff for the W-League. If I were a betting cat, look for Ottawa, Vancouver and Central Florida to meet up with NJ from the final four. And because of Ottawa's win over NJ last weekend, that would most likely give a Ottawa (1) vs. C. Fla (4) matchup and a NJ (2) vs Vancouver (3). NJ/Vancouver as a semi-final matchup is what most people picked as the final at the beginning of the year.
Re: W-League Playoffs My Bet is on the Krush being there, they, too, have suffered from USWNTitis, and are now getting over it.
Re: W-League Playoffs Toronto 6 - Vermont 0 ... Lady Lynx will be in Ottawa this weekend. Goals (IIRC): Marosszeky, Everrett (2), MacDougall (2) and Warner.
Re: W-League Playoffs Other scores: Boston 4 - New York 0 Long Island 3 - Western Mass 1 So, semi finals for Eastern Conference is: Saturday July 30th 2 PM Toronto Lady Lynx (#2) v Boston Renegades (#3) 5 PM Ottawa Fury (#1) v Long Island Lady Riders (#4) Winners play each other on Sunday July 31st @ 2pm for a berth to Championship Weekend.
Re: W-League Playoffs Toronto finished the regular season 11-3-0 (33 pts) while Long Island finished 8-6-0 (24 pts).
Re: W-League Playoffs Of the 11 teams that are left, how are they seeded 1 to 11, and what's the tiebreakers for all those teams that wound up 11-3? Seedings based on goal differential from 4th on down: 1. Ottawa (13-1, regular season winner) 2. New Jersey (13-1, +55 goal diff) 3. Vancouver (13-1, +43) 4. Charlotte (11-2-1) 5. Toronto (11-3, +28) 6. Detroit (11-3, +25) 7. Central Florida (11-3, +19) 8. Arizona (10-3-1) 9. Boston (9-5, +20) 10. Cleveland (9-5, +16) 11. Long Island (8-6)
Re: W-League Playoffs The Central conference final four game times have been announced. Central Florida (with Mitts and Fotop confirmed to be there) will play Detroit in the first game (5:30PM local, 6:30 Eastern), and the Charlotte-Cleveland game will follow at 8 local, 9 Eastern. The conference championship will be Sunday at 6PM local, 7PM Eastern. Tickets are $10/day, $15 weekend, $35 family weekend pass. A side note: the Arizona-Vancouver West final will kick off at 10PM Eastern in Vancouver.
Re: W-League Playoffs Charge, I think you are right on the seedings, but you never know with the W-League. Sometimes it seems they make up the rules as they go to get the best matchups. Has there been a block of seasons where the play-off format has been the same?
Re: W-League Playoffs Thanks for the update. I'm hoping Ottawa wins to set up an all Canadian game tomorrow.
Re: W-League Playoffs Ottawa beat Long Island 5-1 to set up the Eastern Conference final versus Toronto tomorrow afternoon.
Re: W-League Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinal - Boston 1 :: 2 Toronto BOS: Marisa Brown (Megan Welcome) 14 TOR: Holly Linoln (Melanie Booth) 39 TOR: Kim Warner (Holly Lincoln) 44 Semifinal - Long Island 1 :: 5 Ottawa OTT: Amy Vermeulen (Annie Hamel) 17 OTT: Diana Matheson (Rhian Wilkinson) 29 OTT: Amy Vermeulen (Rhian Wilkinson) 48 LI: Paivi Kivisto 53 OTT: Kelly Parker 55 OTT: Annie Hamel (Kelly Parker) 60
Re: W-League Playoffs Scores from today's Central Conference Semi-Finals: Central Florida 3 - Detroit 2 Cleveland 2 - Charlotte 6 Central Florida vs. Charlotte tomorrow to determine Central Conf berth
Re: W-League Playoffs Fotopolous had a hat trick in the first game, w/2 goals from penalties (!!). Amber Allen's hat trick was the straw that stirred the drink for Vancouver, who punched their ticket to Mercerville, NJ with a 4-0 waxing of Arizona to win the West final.
Re: W-League Playoffs So here's how it'll play out today (times eastern daylight): Toronto-Ottawa will be at 2PM. Ottawa won both games this year (5-0, June 29 at Keith Harris and 3-1 @ Toronto 2 weeks ago today). If Ottawa wins, as expected, the Wildcats *likely will* play Vancouver next Saturday night no matter who the Central winner is, as they should face the Fury in the other semi. Central Florida-Charlotte will be at 7PM. The teams split their season series, each winning at home (3-2 CF on May 21 and 2-1 CHA a week ago yesterday - asterisk city on that one, perhaps, as CF had neither Mitts nor Fotop due to NT duty). The less likely outcomes, should Ottawa be upset today: NJ, Vancouver, Charlotte, Toronto (NJ-TOR, VAN-CHA) NJ, Vancouver, CF, Toronto (NJ-CF, VAN-TOR)
Re: W-League Playoffs So NJ-Vancouver will be the second game next Friday (7:30PM) as Ottawa meets the Central winner at 5PM that day. Not unexpected. Go CF! We wanna see Mitts and Fotop in our neck of the woods next weekend!
Re: W-League Playoffs Ottawa dominated much of the play this afternoon. Toronto only had one good chance, late in the game (hit the crossbar on a 20 yard shot).
Re: W-League Playoffs Does anyone know if there is a web cast for the CF vs Charlotte match? Here's rooting for Lady Eagles.
Re: W-League Playoffs I haven't found anything to track the Lady Eagles. I'm waiting on a phone call.