2010 Women's Professional Soccer season

Women's Professional Soccer
Season 2010
Champions FC Gold Pride
Goals scored 224
Average goals/game 2.20
Top goalscorer Marta (20)
Longest winning run 5 Gold Pride (Days 2–6 & 12–16)
Longest unbeaten run 12 Gold Pride (Days 12–24)
Longest losing run 5 Atlanta Beat (Days 2–6) and Washington Freedom (13–17)
Highest attendance 8,261 Washington Freedom v St. Louis Athletica
Lowest attendance 2,118 Washington Freedom v Philadelphia Independence
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The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. Regular season champion FC Gold Pride won the WPS Championship on September 26 with a 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Independence.

Changes from the 2009 Season

  • Two franchises, based in Philadelphia,[1] and Atlanta,[2] joined the league.
  • A potential Dallas franchise is pending upon finding a site at which to play,[3] and WPS is constantly considering other expansion possibilities as well, such as Seattle.[4]
  • The Los Angeles Sol did not return, as that franchise was terminated January 28, 2010 after Anschutz Entertainment Group returned their franchise rights and a buyer was not found.[5]
  • The number of games in the regular season increased from 20 to 24.
  • On May 27, financial problems caused the Saint Louis Athletica to fold. Players became free agents on June 1.

Competition Format/Schedule

  • The regular season began on April 10 and ended on September 12 with a bye week on May 22 (the date the USWNT hosted Germany's WNT in a friendly); the playoffs began on September 19 and ended on September 26.
  • Each team played a total of 24 games, evenly divided between home and away games. Under the following format, each team played three other teams four times each, two at home and two away, and the remaining four teams three times each, two at home and one away or one at home and two away.
  • The playoff format was identical to that of the 2009 season. The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The third- and fourth-placed regular season finishers played each other in the single-match First Round, with the winner traveling to face the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal midweek. The Super Semifinal winner then traveled to face the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Championship.
  • Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.
Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Beat - ATL • Boston Breakers - BOS • Chicago Red Stars - CHI • FC Gold Pride - BAY
Philadelphia Independence - PHI • Saint Louis Athletica - STL • Sky Blue FC - NJ • Washington Freedom - WSH
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Atlanta BeatPHIWSHBAYPHINJWSHCHICHIPHIBAYCHIBOSNJCHIWSHBAYBOSBOSPHIBOSBAYBOSNJWSH
0-03-12-11-00-10-20-01-02-20-41-13-10-11-03-20-02-01-23-12-31-61-30-01-0
Boston BreakersWSHPHISTLCHIWSHBAYNJNJBAYCHIPHIATLWSHBAYCHIWASATLPHINJATLPHIATLBAYNJ
1-21-11-10-20-01-20-01-21-01-21-23-12-11-21-33-12-02-24-02-31-21-32-00-0
Chicago Red StarsNJSTLNJBOSBAYPHIBAYATLWSHATLBOSWSHATLNJATLBOSPHINJBAYPHIWASBAYPHIWAS
1-01-10-10-22-00-11-00-02-21-01-20-01-12-01-01-33-01-20-01-22-02-32-02-1
FC Gold PrideSTLNJATLNJCHIBOSCHIWSHPHIBOSNJATLWASPHIBOSWSHATLCHIWSHCHIATLNJBOSPHI
2-03-12-10-12-01-21-01-11-31-00-20-43-22-01-21-40-00-00-02-31-61-12-04-1
Philadelphia IndependenceATLBOSWSHATLSTLCHIWSHNJBAYNJATLWSHBOSBAYNJCHIWSHBOSCHIATLNJBOSCHIBAY
0-01-13-11-02-10-12-12-11-31-42-23-21-22-04-13-02-02-21-23-21-01-22-04-1
Saint Louis AthleticaBAYCHIBOSWSHPHINJ
2-01-11-13-12-12-2Cancelled
Sky Blue FCCHIBAYCHIBAYATLSTLBOSPHIBOSPHIBAYWSHCHIATLPHICHIATLWASBOSPHIWSHBAYATLBOS
1-03-10-10-10-12-20-02-11-21-40-20-02-00-14-11-21-21-14-01-02-11-10-00-0
Washington FreedomBOSATLPHISTLBOSATLPHIBAYCHIPHICHINJBAYBOSBAYATLBOSPHINJBAYCHINJCHIATL
1-23-13-13-10-00-22-11-12-23-20-00-03-22-11-43-23-12-01-10-02-02-12-11-0

2010 schedule

Standings

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in Playoffs.

Place Team GP W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Gold Pride 24 16 3 5 46 19 +27 53
2 Boston Breakers 24 10 8 6 36 28 +8 36
3 Philadelphia Independence 24 10 10 4 37 36 +1 34
4 Washington Freedom 24 8 9 7 33 33 0 31
5 Sky Blue FC 24 7 10 7 20 31 -11 28
6 Chicago Red Stars 24 7 11 6 21 27 -6 27
7 Atlanta Beat 24 5 13 6 20 40 -20 21

Playoffs

The Gold Pride pose with the WPS Championship trophy
  First Round Super Semifinal WPS Championship
                           
    1 FC Gold Pride 4
    2 Boston Breakers 1     3 Philadelphia Independence 0
3 Philadelphia Independence 1     3 Philadelphia Independence 2  
4 Washington Freedom 0

WPS Championship

FC Gold Pride 4 - 0 Philadelphia Independence
Sinclair  16'  53'
Wilson  28'
Marta  90'
Attendance: 5,228
FC Gold Pride
Philadelphia Independence
FC Gold Pride:
GK1United States Nicole Barnhart
FW9United States Kandace Wilson
DF5Canada Candace Chapman 80'
DF4United States Rachel Buehler (c)
DF3New Zealand Ali Riley
MF77United States Shannon Boxx 75'
MF20France Camille Abily 66'
DF14United States Becky Edwards
FW15United States Tiffeny Milbrett
FW12Canada Christine Sinclair
FW10Brazil Marta (MVP)
Substitutions:
MF13United States Kristen Graczyk 80'
FW7United States Kelley O'Hara 66'
FW11United States Kiki Bosio 75'
Manager:
United States Albertin Montoya
Philadelphia Independence:
GK1United States Val Henderson
DF15United States Nikki Krzysik
DF3United States Allison Falk
DF24United States Estelle Johnson
MF26Iceland Holmfridur Magnusdottir
MF6United States Lori Lindsey (c) 58'
MF4United States Jen Buczkowski
MF9Sweden Caroline Seger 76'
MF25United States Tina DiMartino
FW8United States Amy Rodriguez
FW10England Lianne Sanderson 64'
Substitutes:
FW19United States Danesha Adams 58'
DF2United States Heather Mitts 64'
MF16United States Lyndsey Patterson 76'
Manager:
England Paul Riley

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Marlene Duffy
    • Veronica Perez
  • Fourth official: Kari Seitz

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Leaders

Scoring

Fouls

Goalkeeping

Minimum 60 minutes played per game average

Rank Goalkeeper Club GP MINS SOG SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO
1 United States Nicole Barnhart FC Gold Pride 18 1880 92 73 16 0.77 13-3-5 8
2 United States Jillian Loyden Chicago Red Stars 23 2070 99 72 27 1.17 6-11-6 6
3 United States Hope Solo Saint Louis Athletica/Atlanta Beat 22 1980 139 104 36 1.64 6-8-8 6

Awards

Player of the Week

Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline
Week 1 England Eniola Aluko Saint Louis Athletica 2 G (40', 62') GWG
Week 2 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 1 G (44'), 2 A (51', 90') GWA
Week 3 United States Lori Lindsey Philadelphia Independence 3 A (55', 58', 68') GWA
Week 4 France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 1 G (20'), 1 A (47')
Week 5 England Karen Bardsley Sky Blue FC 13 SVS, SHO
Week 6 Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride 2 G (16', 38'), GWG
Week 7 Sweden Kosovare Asllani Chicago Red Stars 1 G (56'), GWG
Week 8 United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence 1 A (3') 1 G (29'), GWG
Week 9 Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride 1 A (42') 2 G (55', 90'), GWG
Week 10 United States Danesha Adams Philadelphia Independence 1 G (5') 1 A (18'), GWA
Week 11 United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence 2 G (62', 72')
Week 12 Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride 1 A (1') 2 G (30', 86'), GWA
Week 13 United States Ella Masar Chicago Red Stars
Week 14 Canada Christine Sinclair FC Gold Pride
Week 15 Sweden Caroline Seger Philadelphia Independence
Week 16 United States Hope Solo Atlanta Beat
Week 17 England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers
Week 18 United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence
Week 19 England Eniola Aluko Atlanta Beat
Week 20 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom
Week 21 Spain Veronica Boquete Chicago Red Stars

Player of the Month

Month Player of the Month Club Month's Statline
April United States Lori Lindsey Philadelphia Independence 4 A in 3 games; Independence 1-0-2 in April
May United States Karen Bardsley Sky Blue FC 31 saves and 2 SO in 4 games; Sky Blue 1-1-2 in May
June United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence 5 G, 2 A in 5 games; Independence 3-1-1 in June
July United States Jordan Angeli Boston Breakers 4 G, 1 A in 6 games; Breakers 5-1-0 in July

End-of-year awards

WPS announced its end-of-year awards on September 16.[6]

Award Winner Club
Michelle Akers Player of the Year Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride
MedImmune Defender of the Year United States Amy LePeilbet Boston Breakers
Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year United States Nicole Barnhart FC Gold Pride
Rookie of the Year New Zealand Ali Riley FC Gold Pride
Coach of the Year England Paul Riley Philadelphia Independence
Citi Sportswoman of the Year United States Natalie Spilger Chicago Red Stars
PUMA Golden Boot Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride

Statistics

Scoring

Discipline

All-Star Game

WPS All-Star 2010 took place on June 30, a midseason date as opposed to the previous year's postseason All-Star game. It was played at the new Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia, home to the Atlanta Beat;.[11] The United States Coast Guard once again presented the game, which aired on Fox Soccer Channel again as well.

The all-star selection process was the same as in the previous year, although twice as many players were selected. The top US vote-getter, Abby Wambach, and the top international vote-getter, Marta, then chose between the remaining 20 voted-on players to create their teams, with the 14 at-large selections being distributed by the league. Marta's XI defeated Abby's XI 5–2.

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Professional Soccer Finalizes Philadelphia as Eighth WPS Franchise for 2010". WPS. 2009-03-23. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta Beat Announced as Ninth Team in Women's Professional Soccer". WPS. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Bay Area joins Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for inaugural season". WPS. 2008-09-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  4. ↑ "WPS in Seattle?". bigsoccer.com. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-17. See link in first post
  5. ↑ "WPS Discontinues Operations of Los Angeles Sol, womensprosoccer.com, 28 January 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  6. ↑ "2010 WPS Year-End Awards Announced" (Press release). Women's Professional Soccer. September 16, 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Washington Freedom vs. Boston Breakers". STATS LLC. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Philadelphia Independence vs. Sky Blue FC". STATS LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  9. ↑ "Washington Freedom vs. Atlanta Beat". STATS LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Boston Breakers vs. Philadelphia Independence". STATS LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Ellis, Ralph (2010-04-15). "KSU hopes to raise profile with new soccer stadium". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
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