Women's Professional Soccer 2010

Women's Professional Soccer 2009
master	FC Gold Pride
Teams	8th
Games	87
Gates	222  (ø 2.55 per game)
spectator	313,272  (ø 3601 per game)
Top scorer	Marta (20)
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The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season of the US women's soccer league Women's Professional Soccer . The regular season began on April 10 and ended on September 12, 2010. The play-off rounds were played in the period from September 19 to 26, 2010. The champions of the league were FC Gold Pride from Santa Clara , California , who beat Philadelphia Independence 4-0 in the final . Marta from FC Gold Pride was the top scorer with 20 goals.

Participating franchises

Changes compared to the previous year

• With Philadelphia Independence and Atlanta Beat two new teams have been added to the league.
• A potential franchise from Dallas was initially discarded because no suitable stadium could be found.
• Defending champion Los Angeles Sol was dissolved on January 28, 2010 after the owner could not find a successor.
• On May 27, 2010, Saint Louis Athletica stopped gaming for financial reasons.

Franchises and venues

franchise place Stadion capacity Atlanta beat Atlanta , Georgia Kennesaw State University Stadium 8,300 Boston Breakers Somerville , Massachusetts Harvard Stadium 30,323 Chicago Red Stars Bridgeview , Illinois Toyota Park 20,000 FC Gold Pride Santa Clara , California Pioneer Stadium 5,000 Philadelphia Independence Chester , Pennsylvania John A. Farrell Stadium 7,500 St. Louis Athletica St. Louis , Missouri Anheuser-Busch Center 5,500 Sky Blue FC Piscataway Township , New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000 Washington Freedom Germantown , Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex 5.126

Beat Breakers Red stars Gold pride Independence Athletica Sky blue Freedom Women's Professional Soccer 2010

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Gold Pride	24	16	5	3	046:190	+27	53
2.	Boston Breakers	24	10	6th	8th	036:280	+8	36
3.	Philadelphia Independence	24	10	4th	10	037:360	+1	34
4th	Washington Freedom	24	8th	7th	9	033:330	± 0	31
5.	Sky Blue FC	24	7th	7th	10	020:310	−11	28
6th	Chicago Red Stars	24	7th	6th	11	021:270	−6	27
7th	Atlanta beat	24	5	6th	13	020:400	−20	21st
8th.	Saint Louis Athletica 1	6th	2	3	1	009: 800	+1	09

¹ The six games of Saint Louis Athletica remained in the table after the withdrawal of the franchise.

Regular Season Master and participant in the WPS Championship

Participants in the Super Semifinal

for the play-offs qualify

Results

team	game
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
Atlanta Beat (ATL)	PHI	WSH	BAY	PHI	NJ	WSH	CHI	CHI	PHI	BAY	CHI	BOS	NJ	CHI	WSH	BAY	BOS	BOS	PHI	BOS	BAY	BOS	NJ	WSH
	0-0	1: 3	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	2: 2	0: 4	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	1-0	3: 2	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	2: 3	3: 2	1: 6	1: 3	0-0	0: 1
Boston Breakers (BOS)	WSH	PHI	STL	CHI	WSH	BAY	NJ	NJ	BAY	CHI	PHI	ATL	WSH	BAY	CHI	WHAT	ATL	PHI	NJ	ATL	PHI	ATL	BAY	NJ
	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 2	4-0	2: 3	2: 1	3: 1	0: 2	0-0
Chicago Red Stars (CHI)	NJ	STL	NJ	BOS	BAY	PHI	BAY	ATL	WSH	ATL	BOS	WSH	ATL	NJ	ATL	BOS	PHI	NJ	BAY	PHI	WHAT	BAY	PHI	WHAT
	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 3	0: 3	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 2	2: 3	2-0	2: 1
FC Gold Pride (BAY)	STL	NJ	ATL	NJ	CHI	BOS	CHI	WSH	PHI	BOS	NJ	ATL	WHAT	PHI	BOS	WSH	ATL	CHI	WSH	CHI	ATL	NJ	BOS	PHI
	0: 2	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	4-0	3: 2	2-0	2: 1	4: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	3: 2	6: 1	1: 1	2-0	4: 1
Philadelphia Independence (PHI)	ATL	BOS	WSH	ATL	STL	CHI	WSH	NJ	BAY	NJ	ATL	WSH	BOS	BAY	NJ	CHI	WSH	BOS	CHI	ATL	NJ	BOS	CHI	BAY
	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 3	4: 1	2: 2	3: 2	1: 2	0: 2	4: 1	3-0	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 4
Saint Louis Athletica (STL)	BAY	CHI	BOS	WSH	PHI	NJ
	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2
Sky Blue FC (NJ)	CHI	BAY	CHI	BAY	ATL	STL	BOS	PHI	BOS	PHI	BAY	WSH	CHI	ATL	PHI	CHI	ATL	WHAT	BOS	PHI	WSH	BAY	ATL	BOS
	1-0	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 4	2-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 4	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 4	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0
Washington Freedom (WSH)	BOS	ATL	PHI	STL	BOS	ATL	PHI	BAY	CHI	PHI	CHI	NJ	BAY	BOS	BAY	ATL	BOS	PHI	NJ	BAY	CHI	NJ	CHI	ATL
	1: 2	3: 1	1: 3	3: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 3	0-0	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	1: 4	2: 3	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1-0

Legend
Home game	Away game

List of goalscorers

space	Player	society	number
1	Marta	FC Gold Pride	19th
2	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	13
3	Amy Rodriguez	Philadelphia Independence	12
4th	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	11
5	Christine Sinclair	FC Gold Pride	10
6th	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica , Atlanta Beat	9
7th	Ella Masar	Chicago Red Stars	8th
8th	Jordan Angeli	Boston Breakers	7th
9	Tiffeny Milbrett	FC Gold Pride	6th
	Kelley O'Hara	FC Gold Pride	6th

Spectator table

	society	spectator	Home games	per game	workload
1.	Boston Breakers 1	53,878	12	4,490	017.7%
2.	Chicago Red Stars	48,296	12	4.025	020.1%
3.	Washington Freedom 2	45.904	12	3,825	062.7%
4th	Atlanta beat	44,284	12	3,690	044.5%
5.	Sky Blue FC	36,521	11	3,320	066.4%
6th	FC Gold Pride 3	36,675	12	3,056	064.7%
7th	Saint Louis Athletica	12,109	4th	3,027	055%
8th.	Philadelphia Independence	35,605	12	2,967	039.6%

¹The home game against Atlanta Beat took place at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain , Connecticut .

²The home game against Saint Louis Athletica was played at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, DC .

³The home games against Sky Blue FC, Atlanta Beat, Chicago Red Stars and Washington Freedom took place at the Castro Valley Athletic Stadium in Castro Valley , California .

Play-off round

Overview

	First round					Super semifinal					WPS Championship
											1	FC Gold Pride	4th
						2	Boston Breakers	1			3	Philadelphia Independence	0
	3	Philadelphia Independence	1			3	Philadelphia Independence	2
	4th	Washington Freedom	0

First round

In the first play-off round, the third in the preliminary round received the fourth in the preliminary round.

date		Result
September 19, 2010	Philadelphia Independence	1: 0 a.d.	Washington Freedom

Super semifinal

In the second play-off round, the second in the preliminary round received the winner of the first round.

date		Result
September 23, 2010	Boston Breakers	1: 2 a.d.	Philadelphia Independence

WPS Championship

The FC Gold Pride was set as champions of the regular season for the championship final. The game was played at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward .

FC Gold Pride		Philadelphia Independence
	final September 26, 2010 in Hayward , California Result: 4: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 5,228 Referee: Jennifer Bennett
	Nicole Barnhart - Candace Chapman (80th Kristen Graczyk ), Rachel Buehler , Ali Riley , Becky Edwards - Shannon Boxx (75th Kiki Bosio ), Camille Abily (66th Kelley O'Hara ), Tiffeny Milbrett , Christine Sinclair - Kandace Wilson , Marta Trainer: Albertin Montoya	Valerie Henderson - Nikki Krzysik , Allison Falk , Estelle Johnson - Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir , Lori Lindsey (58th Danesha Adams ), Jen Buczkowski , Caroline Seger (76th Lyndsey Patterson ), Tina DiMartino - Amy Rodriguez , Lianne Sanderson (64th Heather Mitts ) Trainer: Paul Riley
	1-0 Christine Sinclair (16th) 2-0 Kandace Wilson (28th) 3-0 Christine Sinclair (53rd) 4-0 Marta (90th)
	Player of the Match: Marta

Awards

At the end of the season, the league awarded seven awards.

price	Honor for	Award winners
Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award	Most valuable player	Marta (FC Gold Pride)
Defender of the Year Award	Best defender	Amy LePeilbet (Boston Breakers)
Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Best goalkeeper	Nicole Barnhart (FC Gold Pride)
Rookie of the Year Award	Best new player	Ali Riley (FC Gold Pride)
Golden boot	Top scorer	Marta (FC Gold Pride, 20 goals)
Sportswomen of the Year Award	Footballer of the year	Natalie Spilger (Chicago Red Stars)
Coach of the Year Award	Coach of the year	Paul Riley (Philadelphia Independence)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's Professional Soccer Finalizes Philadelphia as Eighth WPS Franchise for 2010 , WPS. March 23, 2009. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 17, 2009.  
2. ^ Atlanta Beat Announced as Ninth Team in Women's Professional Soccer , WPS. June 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 4, 2009.  
3. ↑ Bay Area joins Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for inaugural season , WPS. September 3, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 17, 2009.  
4. ↑ womensprosoccer.com: WPS Discontinues Operations of Los Angeles Sol ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ womensoccer.de: US professional league WPS loses next team
6. ↑ womensprosoccer.com: 2010 WPS Year-End Awards Announced  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Official homepage of the league