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 26 & 1216)
Longest unbeaten run 12 Gold Pride (Days 1224)
Longest losing run 5 Atlanta Beat (Days 26) and Washington Freedom (1317)
Highest attendance 8,261 Washington Freedom v St. Louis Athletica
Lowest attendance 2,118 Washington Freedom v Philadelphia Independence
2009
2011

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

Competition Format/Schedule

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 Beat PHIWSHBAYPHINJWSHCHICHIPHIBAYCHIBOSNJCHIWSHBAYBOSBOSPHIBOSBAYBOSNJWSH
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 Breakers WSHPHISTLCHIWSHBAYNJNJBAYCHIPHIATLWSHBAYCHIWASATLPHINJATLPHIATLBAYNJ
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 Stars NJSTLNJBOSBAYPHIBAYATLWSHATLBOSWSHATLNJATLBOSPHINJBAYPHIWASBAYPHIWAS
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 Pride STLNJATLNJCHIBOSCHIWSHPHIBOSNJATLWASPHIBOSWSHATLCHIWSHCHIATLNJBOSPHI
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 Independence ATLBOSWSHATLSTLCHIWSHNJBAYNJATLWSHBOSBAYNJCHIWSHBOSCHIATLNJBOSCHIBAY
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 Athletica BAYCHIBOSWSHPHINJ
2-01-11-13-12-12-2
Sky Blue FC CHIBAYCHIBAYATLSTLBOSPHIBOSPHIBAYWSHCHIATLPHICHIATLWASBOSPHIWSHBAYATLBOS
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 Freedom BOSATLPHISTLBOSATLPHIBAYCHIPHICHINJBAYBOSBAYATLBOSPHINJBAYCHINJCHIATL
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

26 September 2010
19:30 GMT
FC Gold Pride 4 - 0 Philadelphia Independence
Sinclair  16'  53'
Wilson  28'
Marta  90'
Pioneer Stadium, Hayward, California
Attendance: 5,228
Referee: Jennifer Bennett
FC Gold Pride
Philadelphia Independence
FC Gold Pride:
GK 1 United States Nicole Barnhart
FW 9 United States Kandace Wilson
DF 5 Canada Candace Chapman  80'
DF 4 United States Rachel Buehler (c)
DF 3 New Zealand Ali Riley
MF 77 United States Shannon Boxx  75'
MF 20 France Camille Abily  66'
DF 14 United States Becky Edwards
FW 15 United States Tiffeny Milbrett
FW 12 Canada Christine Sinclair
FW 10 Brazil Marta (MVP)
Substitutions:
MF 13 United States Kristen Graczyk  80'
FW 7 United States Kelley O'Hara  66'
FW 11 United States Kiki Bosio  75'
Manager:
United States Albertin Montoya
Philadelphia Independence:
GK 1 United States Val Henderson
DF 15 United States Nikki Krzysik
DF 3 United States Allison Falk
DF 24 United States Estelle Johnson
MF 26 Iceland Holmfridur Magnusdottir
MF 6 United States Lori Lindsey (c)  58'
MF 4 United States Jen Buczkowski
MF 9 Sweden Caroline Seger  76'
MF 25 United States Tina DiMartino
FW 8 United States Amy Rodriguez
FW 10 England Lianne Sanderson  64'
Substitutes:
FW 19 United States Danesha Adams  58'
DF 2 United States Heather Mitts  64'
MF 16 United 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

Leading Goalscorers
Rank Player Club G Min
1 Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride 19 2160
2 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 13 1979
3 United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence 12 2001
4 England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 11 1711
5 Canada Christine Sinclair FC Gold Pride 10 2054
6 England Eniola Aluko Saint Louis Athletica/Atlanta Beat 9 1608
7 United States Ella Masar Chicago Red Stars 8 1146
8 United States Jordan Angeli Boston Breakers 7 1457
9 United States Tiffeny Milbrett FC Gold Pride 6 1237
United States Kelley O'Hara FC Gold Pride 6 1445

Assist Leaders
Rank Player Club A Min
1 Canada Christine Sinclair FC Gold Pride 9 2054
2 United States Lori Lindsey Philadelphia Independence 8 1948
United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 8 1979
4 France Camille Abily FC Gold Pride 6 1103
United States Amy Rodriguez Philadelphia Independence 6 2001
6 Sweden Caroline Seger Philadelphia Independence 5 1515
United States Shannon Boxx Saint Louis Athletica/FC Gold Pride 5 1705
England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 5 1711
France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 5 1877
United States Heather O'Reilly Sky Blue FC 5 1980
Brazil Marta FC Gold Pride 5 2160

Fouls

Fouls Committed
Rank Player Club FC Min
1 Brazil Formiga Chicago Red Stars 42 1887
2 United States Jen Buczkowski Philadelphia Independence 35 1808
3 United States Megan Rapinoe Chicago Red Stars 34 1477
4 Iceland Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir Philadelphia Independence 31 1593
5 Sweden Caroline Seger Philadelphia Independence 30 1515
6 England Katie Chapman Chicago Red Stars 29 1874
7 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 27 1979
8 United States Shannon Boxx Saint Louis Athletica/FC Gold Pride 25 1705
France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 25 1877
10 England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 24 1711

Fouls Suffered
Rank Player Club FS Min
1 France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 44 1877
2 England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 43 1711
3 United States Lori Chalupny Saint Louis Athletica/Atlanta Beat 38 1737
4 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 37 1979
5 Brazil Formiga Chicago Red Stars 31 1887
6 Japan Aya Miyama Saint Louis Athletica/Atlanta Beat 23 1952
7 United States Leslie Osborne Boston Breakers 22 1440
England Karen Carney Chicago Red Stars 22 1449
9 United States Allie Long Washington Freedom 21 1847
Brazil Cristiane Chicago Red Stars 21 1886

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

Related Competitions

All-Star Game

Main article: WPS All-Star 2010

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

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  2. "Atlanta Beat Announced as Ninth Team in Women’s Professional Soccer". WPS. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  3. "Bay Area joins Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for inaugural season". WPS. 2008-09-03. 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
  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. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  9. "Washington Freedom vs. Atlanta Beat". STATS LLC. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. 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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