Editing 2010 PSP season

The '''2010 PSP season''' was the national tournament season organised by [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] in the United States. It comprised four events, beginning with the Phoenix Open in March and concluding with the World Cup in October. Competition included professional RaceTo-7, divisional RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4, and five-player RaceTo-2.[1][2][3]

[[Tampa Bay Damage]] won the professional season championship with 331.08 points, ahead of [[Russian Legion|Boston Red Legion]] and [[Edmonton Impact]]. Boston won the professional World Cup tournament, defeating [[Chicago Aftershock]] in the final.[2][6]

== Calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| 1 || [[2010 PSP Phoenix Open]] || 19–21 March 2010 || Glendale Youth Soccer Complex || Glendale, Arizona
|-
| 2 || [[2010 PSP Chicago Open]] || 24–27 June 2010 || Badlandz || Crete, Illinois
|-
| 3 || [[2010 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]] || 13–15 August 2010 || Paintball Central || Rock Hill, South Carolina
|-
| 4 || [[2010 PSP World Cup]] || 21–24 October 2010 || Fantasy of Flight || Polk City, Florida
|}

Dates follow the PSP event archive, with venues documented in contemporary WARPIG coverage.[1][3][4][5][6]

The Chicago Open returned to Badlandz after several years at other venues. An [[Ultimate Woodsball League]] tournament took place at the same site and weekend.[4]

The Mid-Atlantic Open moved from its April–May position in 2009 to August, becoming the third round. World Cup returned to Fantasy of Flight, which had first hosted the tournament in 2009.[5][6]

== Competition formats ==

The principal divisions were professional RaceTo-7, Division 1 and Division 2 RaceTo-5, and Division 3 and Division 4 RaceTo-4. Separate Division 3 and Division 4 RaceTo-2 competitions were contested throughout the season.[2][3][4]

In the longer RaceTo formats, matches ended when a team reached the division's points target or the game clock expired. RaceTo-2 used a best-of-three five-player format.[3]

Phoenix also included Semi-Pro RaceTo-7, won by Entourage. The published season standings contain only Phoenix results for that division. Entourage and San Diego Aftermath subsequently appear in the professional results at Chicago.[2][3][7]

World Cup added Masters RaceTo-4, Division 2 RaceTo-2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 to the programme.[6][8]

== Professional competition ==

Edmonton Impact won Phoenix, defeating Tampa Bay Damage 7–4 in the final. At Chicago, LA Infamous defeated Damage 7–5. Boston Red Legion then won the Mid-Atlantic Open and World Cup.[3][4][5][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winners !! Final score !! Runners-up
|-
| Phoenix Open || Edmonton Impact || 7–4 || Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| Chicago Open || LA Infamous || 7–5 || Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || Boston Red Legion || 7–2 || Edmonton Impact
|-
| World Cup || Boston Red Legion || 7–0 || Chicago Aftershock
|}

Sources: contemporary WARPIG tournament reports.[3][4][5][6]

Boston completed both the Mid-Atlantic Open and World Cup without losing a match. At World Cup, Damage defeated Infamous 7–2 for third place.[5][6]

Despite winning no individual tournament, Damage finished first in the accumulated season standings. Its results were second at Phoenix, second at Chicago, fifth at the Mid-Atlantic Open and third at World Cup.[2]

=== Leading season standings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1 || Tampa Bay Damage || 331.08
|-
| 2 || Boston Red Legion || 325.45
|-
| 3 || Edmonton Impact || 321.44
|-
| 4 || LA Infamous || 269.36
|}

Source: APPA season rankings, preserved by PBLeagues.[2]

== Divisional event winners ==

=== RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Phoenix Open !! Chicago Open !! Mid-Atlantic Open !! World Cup
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Palm Beach Venom || New Jersey Jesters || Chattanooga CEP || TonTons Flingueurs
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || Boom || upTon 187 cRew || upTon 187 cRew || upTon 187 cRew
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Assault || Assault || D.C. Monstars || Palm Beach Viper Kids
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || MPS Kids || Tampa Bay Vengeance || Annihilators EDGE || Blind Aggression
|}

Sources: WARPIG tournament reports and APPA event placings.[3][4][5][6][8]

upTon 187 cRew won all three Division 2 tournaments it entered, but finished second in the season standings behind Boom. Total Karnage Orlando won the Division 1 season title without winning an individual round.[2]

=== Five-player RaceTo-2 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Division 3 winners !! Division 4 winners
|-
| Phoenix Open || Golden State Pirates || Dallas Lethal
|-
| Chicago Open || Golden State Pirates || Savage Red
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || Golden State Pirates || Atlanta Breakout
|-
| World Cup || Worthless || Seek & Destroy
|}

Sources: contemporary WARPIG coverage.[3][4][5][6]

Golden State Pirates won the first three Division 3 RaceTo-2 tournaments before finishing fifth at World Cup.[2]

At World Cup, Caracas Fusion won Division 2 RaceTo-2, CFP Factory D5 won Division 5 RaceTo-2, and Capital Edge Hitters won Masters RaceTo-4.[6][8]

== Season champions ==

The following teams finished first in the standings for divisions contested across the four-event calendar.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champions !! Points
|-
| Professional RaceTo-7 || Tampa Bay Damage || 331.08
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Total Karnage Orlando || 304.28
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || Boom || 332.80
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Assault || 378.28
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Tampa Bay Vengeance || 276.14
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2 || Golden State Pirates || 388.00
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2 || Atlanta Breakout || 383.26
|}

Masters RaceTo-4, Division 2 RaceTo-2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 each have only World Cup results in the published season standings.[2]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[2009 PSP season]]
* [[2011 PSP season]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues — Paintball Sports Promotions event archive: 2010 calendar.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2010 APPA/PBLeagues — 2010 Season Rankings: PSP Events.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2010/phoenix/ WARPIG — 2010 Phoenix Open, 19–21 March 2010.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2010/chicago/ WARPIG — 2010 Chicago Open, 24–27 June 2010.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2010/mao/index.shtml WARPIG — 2010 Mid Atlantic Open, 13–15 August 2010.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2010/cup/ WARPIG — PSP Paintball World Cup 2010, 21–24 October 2010.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/1448/rankings APPA/PBLeagues — 2010 Chicago Open: event placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/1515 APPA/PBLeagues — 2010 World Cup: event placings.]

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