2009 Women's Professional Soccer season

The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on March 29 and ended on August 9, with the postseason being held between August 15 and 21.

Women's Professional Soccer
Season2009
ChampionsSky Blue FC
Goals scored153
Average goals/game2.10
Top goalscorerMarta (10)
Longest winning run4 (LA rounds 13–16)
Longest unbeaten run11 (LA rounds 6–16)
Longest losing run4 (BAY rounds 12–15)
Highest attendance16,089 (WAS v NJ)
Lowest attendance1,878 (NJ v BOS)
Average attendance4,684[1]
2010 →

Competition format
  • The season began on March 29 and ended on August 9.
  • Each team played a total of 20 games evenly divided between home and away games. Each team played every other team three times, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 18 games. The remaining two games were played against two other teams, one at home and one away.
  • 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. The winner of the First Round then faced the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal, and the winner faced the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Final.

Results table
Abbreviation and Color Key:
Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • FC Gold Pride – BAY • Los Angeles Sol – LA
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
Boston BreakersBAYSTLWSHCHILALAWSHNJSTLBAYCHIWSHNJNJCHIBAYNJWSHSTLLA
2–12–01–34–02–10–01–12–10–11–10–21–01–01–21–00–10–00–10–12–1
Chicago Red StarsSTLWSHNJBOSNJBAYSTLLABAYWSHNJBOSLAWSHBAYBOSNJWSHLASTL
0–11–10–04–00–20–10–21–11–10–01–00–24–02–13–11–01–02–33–12–0
FC Gold PrideBOSNJLAWSHNJSTLCHILAWSHCHIBOSLASTLCHIBOSLASTLWSHNJSTL
2–11–11–03–41–01–00–10–23–11–11–12–00–13–10–10–01–12–32–01–1
Los Angeles SolWSHNJBAYSTLBOSBOSNJBAYSTLCHIWSHNJBAYSTLCHIWSHSTLBAYCHIBOS
2–00–21–00–02–10–01–00–22–01–13–10–02–01–24–00–10–10–03–12–1
Saint Louis AthleticaCHIBOSLAWSHBAYCHILANJBOSWSHLANJBAYLAWSHNJBAYBOSCHIBAY
0–12–00–03–31–00–22–01–00–10–11–21–20–10–11–01–01–11–02–01–1
Sky Blue FCLABAYCHIBAYCHILAWSHBOSSTLLACHISTLBOSBOSWSHCHISTLBOSBAYWSH
0–21–10–01–00–21–02–12–11–00–01–01–21–01–24–41–01–00–02–03–1
Washington FreedomLACHIBOSBAYSTLBOSNJBAYLACHISTLBOSCHILANJSTLCHIBOSBAYNJ
2–01–11–33–43–31–12–13–13–10–00–11–02–10–14–41–02–31–03–23–1

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Los Angeles Sol 20 12 5 3 27 10 +17 41 Advance to Championship
2 Saint Louis Athletica 20 10 4 6 19 15 +4 34 Advance to Super Semifinal
3 Washington Freedom 20 8 5 7 32 32 0 29 Advance to First Round
4 Sky Blue FC 20 7 5 8 19 20 −1 26
5 Boston Breakers 20 7 4 9 18 20 −2 25
6 Chicago Red Stars 20 5 5 10 18 25 −7 20
7 FC Gold Pride 20 4 6 10 17 28 −11 18
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[1]

Team GP Attendance Average
Los Angeles Sol1062,9806,298
Washington Freedom1057,4665,747
Chicago Red Stars1049,2764,928
Boston Breakers1046,6514,665
Saint Louis Athletica1038,3263,833
FC Gold Pride1036,6663,667
Sky Blue FC1036,5133,651
Total70327,8784,684

Playoffs
Main article: 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

Leaders

[2] Last updated: August 4, 2009

Offense

Fouls

Goalkeeping

270+ MINS only

Rank Goalkeeper Club GP MINS SOG SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO
1 United States Jillian Loyden Saint Louis Athletica 3 270 18 16 1 0.33 2–1–0 2
2 Canada Karina LeBlanc Los Angeles Sol 18 1620 87 73 9 0.50 10–3–5 12
3 United States Ali Lipsher Boston Breakers 11 928 46 37 6 0.58 4–4–2 5
4 United States Hope Solo Saint Louis Athletica 15 1350 86 71 13 0.87 7–5–3 7
5 United States Jenni Branam Sky Blue FC 16 1395 82 62 15 0.97 6–6–3 6
6 Sweden Caroline Jönsson Chicago Red Stars 19 1710 109 87 23 1.21 5–9–5 4
7 United States Alison Whitworth FC Gold Pride 4 360 22 17 5 1.25 1–2–1 1
8 United States Kristin Luckenbill Boston Breakers 9 782 41 24 12 1.38 3–4–2 2
9 United States Nicole Barnhart FC Gold Pride 12 1260 83 61 20 1.43 3–7–4 2
10 Canada Erin McLeod Washington Freedom 13 1170 69 46 19 1.46 5–5–3 3
11 United States Briana Scurry Washington Freedom 3 270 17 11 6 2.00 0–2–1 0

Awards

Player of the Week
Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline
Week 1 Japan Aya Miyama Los Angeles Sol 1 A (6') GWA
Week 2 Brazil Marta Los Angeles Sol 2 G (42', 45') GWG
Week 3 England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 1 G (53') GWG, 1 A (87')
Week 4 United States Aly Wagner Los Angeles Sol 1 A (47') GWA
Week 5 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 2 G (18', 90') GWG, 1 A (51')
Week 6 France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 2 G (29', 90')
Week 7 United States Lori Chalupny Saint Louis Athletica 1 G (16') GWG
Week 8 Canada Christine Sinclair FC Gold Pride 1 G (30') GWG
Week 9 United States Jillian Loyden Saint Louis Athletica 6 SVS, SHO
Week 10 United States Shannon Boxx Los Angeles Sol 1 G (50')
Week 11 France Camille Abily Los Angeles Sol 1 G (90'), 2 G (14', 60')
Week 12 England Eniola Aluko Saint Louis Athletica 1 G (43') GWG
Week 13 Canada Erin McLeod Washington Freedom 7 SVS, SHO
Week 14 Brazil Marta Los Angeles Sol 1 G (73') GWG, 2 G (62', 92')
Week 15 United States Lindsay Tarpley Chicago Red Stars 1 A (48'), 1 G (61') GWG
Week 16 Brazil Cristiane Chicago Red Stars 3 G (31', 46+', 65') GWG
Week 17 United States Natasha Kai Sky Blue FC 2 G (5', 86'); 6 shots
Week 18 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 2 G (35', 56')
Week 19 United States Lindsay Tarpley Chicago Red Stars 1 A (24'), 1 G (47') GWG
Week 20 United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 1 A (58'), 2 G (20', 49')

Player of the Month
Month Player of the Month Club Month's Statline
April England Kelly Smith Boston Breakers 3 G, 1 A in 3 games; Breakers 2–2–0 in April
May France Sonia Bompastor Washington Freedom 2 G, 3 A in 4 games; Freedom 2–0–2 in May
June France Camille Abily Los Angeles Sol 5 G in 6 games; Sol 4–0–2 in June
July United States Abby Wambach Washington Freedom 4 G, 1 A in 5 games; Freedom 3–2–1 in July

Statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Streaks

Other Firsts

Home Team Record

(Regular season only)

  • 33 wins, 20 losses, 17 ties – 1.657 PPG
  • 87 goals for, 59 goals against – +28 GD

All-Star Game
Main article: WPS All-Star 2009

WPS All-Star 2009 was played on August 30 at Soccer Park in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri, with the WPS All-Stars defeating Swedish powerhouse Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan 4–2. The match was televised in the US on Fox Soccer Channel.

See also

References
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