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.
Season | 2009 |
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Champions | Sky Blue FC |
Goals scored | 153 |
Average goals/game | 2.10 |
Top goalscorer | Marta (10) |
Longest winning run | 4 (LA rounds 13–16) |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 (LA rounds 6–16) |
Longest losing run | 4 (BAY rounds 12–15) |
Highest attendance | 16,089 (WAS v NJ) |
Lowest attendance | 1,878 (NJ v BOS) |
Average attendance | 4,684[1] |
2010 → |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||||||||||
Boston Breakers | BAY | STL | WSH | CHI | LA | LA | WSH | NJ | STL | BAY | CHI | WSH | NJ | NJ | CHI | BAY | NJ | WSH | STL | LA | ||||||||||
2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||
Chicago Red Stars | STL | WSH | NJ | BOS | NJ | BAY | STL | LA | BAY | WSH | NJ | BOS | LA | WSH | BAY | BOS | NJ | WSH | LA | STL | ||||||||||
0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||||
FC Gold Pride | BOS | NJ | LA | WSH | NJ | STL | CHI | LA | WSH | CHI | BOS | LA | STL | CHI | BOS | LA | STL | WSH | NJ | STL | ||||||||||
2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Los Angeles Sol | WSH | NJ | BAY | STL | BOS | BOS | NJ | BAY | STL | CHI | WSH | NJ | BAY | STL | CHI | WSH | STL | BAY | CHI | BOS | ||||||||||
2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||
Saint Louis Athletica | CHI | BOS | LA | WSH | BAY | CHI | LA | NJ | BOS | WSH | LA | NJ | BAY | LA | WSH | NJ | BAY | BOS | CHI | BAY | ||||||||||
0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Sky Blue FC | LA | BAY | CHI | BAY | CHI | LA | WSH | BOS | STL | LA | CHI | STL | BOS | BOS | WSH | CHI | STL | BOS | BAY | WSH | ||||||||||
0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
Washington Freedom | LA | CHI | BOS | BAY | STL | BOS | NJ | BAY | LA | CHI | STL | BOS | CHI | LA | NJ | STL | CHI | BOS | BAY | NJ | ||||||||||
2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[1]
Team | GP | Attendance | Average |
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Los Angeles Sol | 10 | 62,980 | 6,298 |
Washington Freedom | 10 | 57,466 | 5,747 |
Chicago Red Stars | 10 | 49,276 | 4,928 |
Boston Breakers | 10 | 46,651 | 4,665 |
Saint Louis Athletica | 10 | 38,326 | 3,833 |
FC Gold Pride | 10 | 36,666 | 3,667 |
Sky Blue FC | 10 | 36,513 | 3,651 |
Total | 70 | 327,878 | 4,684 |
First Round | Super Semifinal | WPS Final | |||||||||||
1 | Los Angeles Sol | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Saint Louis Athletica | 0 | 4 | Sky Blue FC | 1 | ||||||||
3 | Washington Freedom | 1 | 4 | Sky Blue FC | 1 | ||||||||
4 | Sky Blue FC | 2 | |||||||||||
[2] Last updated: August 4, 2009
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Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | MINS | SOG | SVS | GA | GAA | W-L-T | SHO |
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1 | Jillian Loyden | Saint Louis Athletica | 3 | 270 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0.33 | 2–1–0 | 2 |
2 | Karina LeBlanc | Los Angeles Sol | 18 | 1620 | 87 | 73 | 9 | 0.50 | 10–3–5 | 12 |
3 | Ali Lipsher | Boston Breakers | 11 | 928 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 0.58 | 4–4–2 | 5 |
4 | Hope Solo | Saint Louis Athletica | 15 | 1350 | 86 | 71 | 13 | 0.87 | 7–5–3 | 7 |
5 | Jenni Branam | Sky Blue FC | 16 | 1395 | 82 | 62 | 15 | 0.97 | 6–6–3 | 6 |
6 | Caroline Jönsson | Chicago Red Stars | 19 | 1710 | 109 | 87 | 23 | 1.21 | 5–9–5 | 4 |
7 | Alison Whitworth | FC Gold Pride | 4 | 360 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1.25 | 1–2–1 | 1 |
8 | Kristin Luckenbill | Boston Breakers | 9 | 782 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 1.38 | 3–4–2 | 2 |
9 | Nicole Barnhart | FC Gold Pride | 12 | 1260 | 83 | 61 | 20 | 1.43 | 3–7–4 | 2 |
10 | Erin McLeod | Washington Freedom | 13 | 1170 | 69 | 46 | 19 | 1.46 | 5–5–3 | 3 |
11 | Briana Scurry | Washington Freedom | 3 | 270 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2.00 | 0–2–1 | 0 |
Week | Player of the Week | Club | Week's Statline |
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Week 1 | Aya Miyama | Los Angeles Sol | 1 A (6') GWA |
Week 2 | Marta | Los Angeles Sol | 2 G (42', 45') GWG |
Week 3 | Kelly Smith | Boston Breakers | 1 G (53') GWG, 1 A (87') |
Week 4 | Aly Wagner | Los Angeles Sol | 1 A (47') GWA |
Week 5 | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 2 G (18', 90') GWG, 1 A (51') |
Week 6 | Sonia Bompastor | Washington Freedom | 2 G (29', 90') |
Week 7 | Lori Chalupny | Saint Louis Athletica | 1 G (16') GWG |
Week 8 | Christine Sinclair | FC Gold Pride | 1 G (30') GWG |
Week 9 | Jillian Loyden | Saint Louis Athletica | 6 SVS, SHO |
Week 10 | Shannon Boxx | Los Angeles Sol | 1 G (50') |
Week 11 | Camille Abily | Los Angeles Sol | 1 G (90'), 2 G (14', 60') |
Week 12 | Eniola Aluko | Saint Louis Athletica | 1 G (43') GWG |
Week 13 | Erin McLeod | Washington Freedom | 7 SVS, SHO |
Week 14 | Marta | Los Angeles Sol | 1 G (73') GWG, 2 G (62', 92') |
Week 15 | Lindsay Tarpley | Chicago Red Stars | 1 A (48'), 1 G (61') GWG |
Week 16 | Cristiane | Chicago Red Stars | 3 G (31', 46+', 65') GWG |
Week 17 | Natasha Kai | Sky Blue FC | 2 G (5', 86'); 6 shots |
Week 18 | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 2 G (35', 56') |
Week 19 | Lindsay Tarpley | Chicago Red Stars | 1 A (24'), 1 G (47') GWG |
Week 20[permanent dead link] | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 1 A (58'), 2 G (20', 49') |
Month | Player of the Month | Club | Month's Statline |
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April | Kelly Smith | Boston Breakers | 3 G, 1 A in 3 games; Breakers 2–2–0 in April |
May | Sonia Bompastor | Washington Freedom | 2 G, 3 A in 4 games; Freedom 2–0–2 in May |
June | Camille Abily | Los Angeles Sol | 5 G in 6 games; Sol 4–0–2 in June |
July | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 4 G, 1 A in 5 games; Freedom 3–2–1 in July |
(Regular season only)
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.