2012 D.C. United Women season

The 2012 D.C. United Women season was the club's second season of existence, and their second in the USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States at the time.[1] United went undefeated in the Atlantic Division of the W-League's Eastern Conference and were division champions.[2]

D.C. United Women
2012 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachMichael Jorden
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
USL W-LeagueDivision: 1st
Conference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
U.S. National Women's CupDid not enter
W-League PlayoffsDivisional semifinals

The regular season was the strongest showing by the squad in their existence, accumulating 11 wins and one draw in their 12-match season.[3] The undefeated record resulted in United having the best regular season record in both the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division, as well as the second best overall record of the 30 W-League clubs. United finished the season thirteen points clear of the Virginia Beach Piranhas, the Division runners-up.[4][5][6]

The team played the W-League Playoffs for the first time ever.[7][2]

It was the final season with the club using the "D.C. United Women" moniker. In 2013, the club was rebranded as the Washington Spirit for the newly created National Women's Soccer League. The reserve team continued to play in the W-League.[8]

Review
Main article: 2011 D.C. United Women season

Preseason
April 21, 2012 D.C. United Women 1–0 Maryland Terrapins Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Sample  60' Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
May 12, 2012 D.C. United Women 0–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
18:00 EST Report Simon  56' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,022

W-League
Main article: 2012 W-League season

Standings
Eastern Conference standings
Atlantic Division standings
Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
D.C. United Women 121101378+2934
Fredericksburg Impact 116322718+920
Virginia Beach Piranhas 11523168+818
Northern Virginia Majestics 12291728−217
Dayton Dutch Lions 120931032−223

Match reports
May 19, 2012 1 D.C. United Women 2–0 Virginia Beach Piranhas Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Howell  36', 60' Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 664
Referee: Rebekah Friedrich
May 27, 2012 2 D.C. United Women 3–0 Northern Virginia Majestics Germantown, Maryland
19:45 EST Baker  71'
Howell  74' (pen.)
King  83'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 421
Referee: Mathew Richardson
May 31, 2012 3 Dayton Dutch Lions 2–3 D.C. United Women Bellbrook, Ohio
19:30 EST Agueci  45'
Fillion  56'		 Report Sample  28'
Baker  29'
Malagari  77'
Cooper  88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Miami Valley South Stadium
Attendance: 278
Referee: Brrandon Artis
June 2, 2012 4 Dayton Dutch Lions 0–2 D.C. United Women Bellbrook, Ohio
17:30 EST Stadium: Miami Valley South Stadium
June 9, 2012 5 Fredericksburg Impact 2–3 D.C. United Women Fredericksburg, Virginia
17:30 EST Stadium: UMW Battleground Stadium
June 16, 2012 6 Northern Virginia Majestics 1–5 D.C. United Women Manassas, Virginia
19:00 EST Stadium: Hellwig Memorial Field Stadium
June 20, 2012 7 D.C. United Women 5–0 Fredericksburg Impact Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EST Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
June 23, 2012 8 D.C. United Women 1–1 Virginia Beach Piranhas Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EST Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
June 26, 2012 9 Northern Virginia Majestics 0–2 D.C. United Women Manassas, Virginia
19:00 EST Stadium: Hellwig Memorial Field Stadium
July 1, 2012 10 D.C. United Women 4–1 Fredericksburg Impact Boyds, Maryland
17:00 EST Brown  7'
Sanderson  9', 53'
Howell  26'		 Report Lybert  10'
Blocker  67'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 421
Referee: Adrian Krell
July 7, 2012 11 D.C. United Women 4–1 Dayton Dutch Lions Boyds, Maryland
17:00 EST Sanderson  34'
Sauerbrunn  53'
Sullivan  56'
Herndon  59'		 Report Agueci  45' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 703
Referee: Rebekah Friedrich
July 14, 2012 12 Virginia Beach Piranhas 0–3 D.C. United Women Virginia Beach, Virginia
20:00 EST Report Baker  7'
Sanderson  40'
Howell  47'		 Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Referee: Michael Samaan

W-League Playoffs
July 21, 2012 Divisional semifinals D.C. United Women 3 - 0 Virginia Beach Piranhas Boyds, Maryland
18:00 EST Hayley Siegel  23'
Lohman  32'  80'
Sanderson  45'		 Summary Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 628
Referee: Michael Piercey
July 22, 2012 Divisional Finals Charlotte Lady Eagles 0 - 3 D.C. United Women Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EST Amanda Naeher  65' Summary Sanderson  28', 52'
Hayley Siegel  42'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 688
Referee: Rebekah Friedrich
July 27, 2012 Championship Semi-finals Ottawa Fury Women 1 - 0 D.C. United Women Ottawa, Ontario
19:30 EST Lydia Hastings  44'
Katrina-Lee Gorry  77'		 Summary Stadium: Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Attendance: 585
Referee: Sheena Dickson

See also

References
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  2. Goff, Steven (2012-07-16). "D.C. United Women complete undefeated regular season, will host conference tournament". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. "Perfect seasons for Pali Blues and D.C. United snapped". Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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  6. "2012 W-League Standings". W-League. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
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