2010 USL W-League season

The 2010 W-League Season was the league's 16th. The regular season began in May and ended in July. The playoffs began in late July and ended in August.

Name Changes
Two teams changed their name in the off-season:

Expansion Teams
Three teams were added for the season:

Teams Leaving
10 teams folded or left the league after the 2009 season:
 * Boston Renegades
 * Cary Lady Clarets
 * Connecticut Passion
 * FC Indiana
 * Fort Wayne Fever
 * Los Angeles Legends
 * Minnesota Lightning
 * Real Colorado Cougars
 * Richmond Kickers Destiny
 * Western Mass Lady Pioneers

Standings
Orange indicates W-League title and bye into W-League semifinals. Purple indicates division title clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched Yellow indicates team would qualify for playoffs in current position Red indicates team is eliminated from playoffs

Format
The W-League champion will earn an automatic bye into the W-League Semifinals, with the highest-placed team in the division not making the playoffs will earn a playoff berth.

The Central Conference will have 5 playoff spots. The second and third place teams from the Great Lakes Division will play each other. The winner will play the Midwest Division champions, while the Great Lakes Division champion will play the second place team of the Midwest Division. The winners of those games will play to determine the conference champion. The Eastern Conference division champions will play the second place team of the opposite division, the winners facing off to determine who goes to the W-League Semifinals. The Western Conference will have their top two teams facing off to determine their conference champion.

The W-League Semifinals will put the regular season champion against the lowest seeded conference champion, and the higher-ranked conference champions against each other. The winners of these games will play in the championship.

Conference Brackets
Central Conference

Eastern Conference

Western Conference