Overview of the 2005 WPSL Championships

Semi-finals 2005 WPSL Championship

Agawam High School, Agawam, Massachusetts
July 30, 2005

California Storm 3 Steel City Sparks 0
Scoring
California Hunt, 43
California Osborne, 54
California Hunt, 82
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New England Mutiny 0 FC Indiana 4
Scoring
FC Indiana Perez, 23
FC Indiana St. Louis, 70
FC Indiana Perez, 84
FC Indiana St. Louis, 90

2005 WPSL Championship Final

Agawam High School, Agawam, Massachusetts
July 31, 2005

Attendance 3,203

FC Indiana 3 California Storm 3( 4-4 after two overtime periods- FC Indiana won 4-3 on penalty kicks)
Scoring
FC Indiana Perez, 20
California Magliulo, 31
California Chastain, 36
FC Indiana St. Louis, 42
FC Indiana Gault, 51
California Hunt, 90
FC Indiana Smith, 95
California Magliulo, 102

Penalty kicks
FC Indiana 4 (Levya, Smith, Perez, Luik)
California Storm 3 (Sissi, Yokers, Schmidt)

Post match comments

University of Connecticut Head Coach Len Tsantiris who watched all final games

"The Championship match was better than a WUSA game. Both teams played with skill, speed and passion. This was fantastic.”

Brandy Chastain who along with Sissi and Lesley Osbourne played for California Storm
“This is the kind of game that sustains women’s soccer.”

Other
It was the first time that an expansion team has won the National Championship in its first year.

With four members of CONCACAF national teams and the Augustyniak twins, they were already on a roll that started in July, 2004 when they defeated the Australian National Team in an exhibition match.