Women's Professional Soccer
Season |
2009 |
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
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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.
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
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Club
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Match
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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Boston Breakers |
BAY |
STL |
WSH |
CHI |
LA |
LA |
WSH |
NJ |
STL |
BAY |
CHI |
WSH |
NJ |
NJ |
CHI |
BAY |
NJ |
WSH |
STL |
LA
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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
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Chicago Red Stars |
STL |
WSH |
NJ |
BOS |
NJ |
BAY |
STL |
LA |
BAY |
WSH |
NJ |
BOS |
LA |
WSH |
BAY |
BOS |
NJ |
WSH |
LA |
STL
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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
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FC Gold Pride |
BOS |
NJ |
LA |
WSH |
NJ |
STL |
CHI |
LA |
WSH |
CHI |
BOS |
LA |
STL |
CHI |
BOS |
LA |
STL |
WSH |
NJ |
STL
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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
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Los Angeles Sol |
WSH |
NJ |
BAY |
STL |
BOS |
BOS |
NJ |
BAY |
STL |
CHI |
WSH |
NJ |
BAY |
STL |
CHI |
WSH |
STL |
BAY |
CHI |
BOS
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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
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Saint Louis Athletica |
CHI |
BOS |
LA |
WSH |
BAY |
CHI |
LA |
NJ |
BOS |
WSH |
LA |
NJ |
BAY |
LA |
WSH |
NJ |
BAY |
BOS |
CHI |
BAY
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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
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Sky Blue FC |
LA |
BAY |
CHI |
BAY |
CHI |
LA |
WSH |
BOS |
STL |
LA |
CHI |
STL |
BOS |
BOS |
WSH |
CHI |
STL |
BOS |
BAY |
WSH
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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
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Washington Freedom |
LA |
CHI |
BOS |
BAY |
STL |
BOS |
NJ |
BAY |
LA |
CHI |
STL |
BOS |
CHI |
LA |
NJ |
STL |
CHI |
BOS |
BAY |
NJ
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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
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Standings
Attendance
Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Team
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Los Angeles Sol |
10 |
62,980 |
6,298
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Washington Freedom |
10 |
57,466 |
5,747
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Chicago Red Stars |
10 |
49,276 |
4,928
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Boston Breakers |
10 |
46,651 |
4,665
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Saint Louis Athletica |
10 |
38,326 |
3,833
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FC Gold Pride |
10 |
36,666 |
3,667
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Sky Blue FC |
10 |
36,513 |
3,651
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Total |
70 |
327,878 |
4,684
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Playoffs
Leaders
Last updated: August 4, 2009
Offense
Fouls
Goalkeeping
270+ MINS only
Awards
Player of the Week
Week
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Player of the Week
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Club
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Week's Statline
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Week 1
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Aya Miyama
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Los Angeles Sol
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1 A (6') GWA
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Week 2
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Marta
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Los Angeles Sol
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2 G (42', 45') GWG
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Week 3
|
Kelly Smith
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Boston Breakers
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1 G (53') GWG, 1 A (87')
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Week 4
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Aly Wagner
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Los Angeles Sol
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1 A (47') GWA
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Week 5
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Abby Wambach
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Washington Freedom
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2 G (18', 90') GWG, 1 A (51')
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Week 6
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Sonia Bompastor
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Washington Freedom
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2 G (29', 90')
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Week 7
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Lori Chalupny
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Saint Louis Athletica
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1 G (16') GWG
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Week 8
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Christine Sinclair
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FC Gold Pride
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1 G (30') GWG
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Week 9
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Jillian Loyden
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Saint Louis Athletica
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6 SVS, SHO
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Week 10
|
Shannon Boxx
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Los Angeles Sol
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1 G (50')
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Week 11
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Camille Abily
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Los Angeles Sol
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1 G (90'), 2 G (14', 60')
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Week 12
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Eniola Aluko
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Saint Louis Athletica
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1 G (43') GWG
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Week 13
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Erin McLeod
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Washington Freedom
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7 SVS, SHO
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Week 14
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Marta
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Los Angeles Sol
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1 G (73') GWG, 2 G (62', 92')
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Week 15
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Lindsay Tarpley
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Chicago Red Stars
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1 A (48'), 1 G (61') GWG
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Week 16
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Cristiane
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Chicago Red Stars
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3 G (31', 46+', 65') GWG
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Week 17
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Natasha Kai
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Sky Blue FC
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2 G (5', 86'); 6 shots
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Week 18
|
Abby Wambach
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Washington Freedom
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2 G (35', 56')
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Week 19
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Lindsay Tarpley
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Chicago Red Stars
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1 A (24'), 1 G (47') GWG
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Week 20
|
Abby Wambach
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Washington Freedom
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1 A (58'), 2 G (20', 49')
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Player of the Month
Statistics
Scoring
Discipline
Streaks
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Longest Winning Streak: 4 Games
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Longest Unbeaten Streak: 11 games
- Los Angeles Sol Games 6–16
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Longest Winless Streak: 10 games
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Longest Losing Streak: 4 Games
- FC Gold Pride Games 12–15
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Longest Shutout: 361 minutes by Karina LeBlanc for Los Angeles Sol
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Longest Drought: 451 minutes for Chicago Red Stars
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
Related Competitions
All-Star Game
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