2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

The Independence (gray) and the Flash (red/white) are recognized after the championship game

The 2011 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2011 Season, which started on August 17 and culminated on August 27 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	Head-to-head
1	Western New York Flash (A)	18	13	3	2	40	18	+22	42	2011 WPS Championship
2	Philadelphia Independence (A)	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13	36	2011 WPS Super Semifinal
3	magicJack (A)	18	9	2	7	29	29	0	028^1	2011 WPS Playoffs
4	Boston Breakers (A)	18	5	4	9	19	24	−5	19		BOS: 7 pts SKY: 4 pt
5	Sky Blue FC	18	5	4	9	24	29	−5	19
6	Atlanta Beat	18	1	4	13	7	32	−25	7

Classification rules: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head to head result. Source: soccerway

• (P) = WPS Premiership (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs
• ¹ - magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.^[1]

Bracket

	First Round					Super Semifinal					WPS Final
											1	Western New York Flash	1(5)
						2	Philadelphia Independence	2			2	Philadelphia Independence	1(4)
	3	magicJack	3			3	magicJack	0
	4	Boston Breakers	1

Results

First round

magicJack v Boston Breakers

August 17, 2011 7:30 pm EDT

magicJack	3 – 1	Boston Breakers
Wambach  6',  57' (pen) Rapinoe  61'		Buehler  17' Winters  31',  81' Hemmings  35'

FAU Soccer Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida Attendance: 2,075 Referee: Christina Ibanez

Super Semifinal

Philadelphia Independence v magicJack

August 20, 2011 4:00 PM EDT

Philadelphia Independence	2 – 0	magicJack
Kai  46' Rodriguez  81'		Rampone  12' Wambach  86'

PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Ted Unkel

WPS Championship

Western New York Flash v Philadelphia Independence

August 27, 2011 4:00 PM EDT

Western New York Flash	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Philadelphia Independence
Edwards  25' Sinclair  64' Goebel  96', 108' Marta  103'		Rodriguez  88',  90+3'
	Penalties
Marta Sinclair Zerboni Seger Averbuch	5 – 4	Sanderson Adams Robinson Boquete del Rio

Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester, New York Attendance: 10,461 Referee: Kari Seitz

Media coverage

The First Round will be viewable on Fox Soccer Channel with the others on Fox Sports Net; all will be simultaneously webcast on the WPS website.

Notes and references

1. "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. 12 May 2011.

See also

• 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season
• Women's Professional Soccer