Women's Professional Soccer

defunct United States first-division league

preceded by WUSA · followed by NWSL

recorded 2009–2011 attendance 3,939 avg data coverage

seasons
3
games
212
clubs
11

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season champion golden boot goals/game avg. attendance
2011 Christine Sinclair 2.78 3,531
2010 Marta 2.55 3,600
2009 Marta 2.14 4,685 (99%)

The percentage after an attendance average is the share of that season's games with a crowd on record. Seasons without one have a crowd for every game.

Clubs, season by season

2009 2010 2011 rank by 2009rank by 2010rank by 2011 Boston BreakersBoston Breakers: 3 seasons, 2009-2011 Sky Blue FCSky Blue FC: 3 seasons, 2009-2011 Atlanta BeatAtlanta Beat: 2 seasons, 2010-2011 Philadelphia IndependencePhiladelphia Independence: 2 seasons, 2010-2011 Western New York FlashWestern New York Flash: 1 season, 2011 magicJackmagicJack: 1 season, 2011 Chicago Red StarsChicago Red Stars: 2 seasons, 2009-2010 FC Gold PrideFC Gold Pride: 2 seasons, 2009-2010 Saint Louis AthleticaSaint Louis Athletica: 2 seasons, 2009-2010 Saint Louis Athletica, 2009Saint Louis Athletica, 2010 Washington FreedomWashington Freedom: 2 seasons, 2009-2010 Los Angeles SolLos Angeles Sol: 1 season, 2009
Clubs by season. Ordered by last season, then by seasons played. A block marks a season the club played; a row with gaps is a club that left and came back. Where a final table is on record the block is shaded by the finish, bright green at the top of the table, dulling towards the middle, then deepening red at the bottom, and shows the record on hover; an outlined block is a season with no final table on file. Select a season at the top to rank the clubs by how they finished it, and again to restore the order.

Clubs by season

0 2 4 6 8 10 2009: 7 clubs 2009 2010: 8 clubs 2010 2011: 6 clubs 2011
Clubs by season. Counts every club that played at least one recorded game in the season.

League positions

2009 2010 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Western New York Flash, 2011: 1st of 6; 1.0 over 2011 Western New York Flash Philadelphia Independence, 2010: 3rd of 8; 3.0 over 2010Philadelphia Independence, 2011: 2nd of 6; 2.5 over 2010-2011 Philadelphia Independence magicJack, 2011: 3rd of 6; 3.0 over 2011 magicJack Boston Breakers, 2009: 5th of 7; 5.0 over 2009Boston Breakers, 2010: 2nd of 8; 3.5 over 2009-2010Boston Breakers, 2011: 4th of 6; 3.7 over 2009-2011 Boston Breakers Sky Blue FC, 2009: 4th of 7; 4.0 over 2009Sky Blue FC, 2010: 5th of 8; 4.5 over 2009-2010Sky Blue FC, 2011: 5th of 6; 4.7 over 2009-2011 Sky Blue FC Atlanta Beat, 2010: 7th of 8; 7.0 over 2010Atlanta Beat, 2011: 6th of 6; 6.5 over 2010-2011 Atlanta Beat FC Gold Pride, 2009: 7th of 7; 7.0 over 2009FC Gold Pride, 2010: 1st of 8; 4.0 over 2009-2010 FC Gold Pride 2010 Washington Freedom, 2009: 3rd of 7; 3.0 over 2009Washington Freedom, 2010: 4th of 8; 3.5 over 2009-2010 Washington Freedom 2010 Chicago Red Stars, 2009: 6th of 7; 6.0 over 2009Chicago Red Stars, 2010: 6th of 8; 6.0 over 2009-2010 Chicago Red Stars 2010 St. Louis Athletica, 2009: 2nd of 7; 2.0 over 2009St. Louis Athletica, 2010: 8th of 8; 5.0 over 2009-2010 St. Louis Athletica 2010 Los Angeles Sol, 2009: 1st of 7; 1.0 over 2009 Los Angeles Sol 2009
League position by season, averaged over three seasons, 2009 to 2011. Each point is the club's mean finish over that season and the two before it, in the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league, and the count starts again after it; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record.

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Marta 38
  2. Abby Wambach 30
  3. Christine Sinclair 25
  4. Eniola Aluko 19
  5. Kelly Smith 18
  6. Amy Rodriguez 15
  7. Tasha Kai 14
  8. Ella Masar 12
  9. Own Goal 11
  10. Cristiane 10

Assists

  1. Christine Sinclair 18
  2. Abby Wambach 15
  3. Kelly Smith 11
  4. Sonia Bompastor 11
  5. Aya Miyama 10
  6. Marta 10
  7. Heather O'Reilly 9
  8. Marian Dalmy 9
  9. Lindsay Tarpley 8
  10. Lori Lindsey 8

Appearances

  1. Cat Whitehill 59
  2. Leigh Ann Robinson 59
  3. Rebecca Moros 59
  4. Tina Ellertson 59
  5. Marian Dalmy 58
  6. Allie Long 57
  7. Becky Sauerbrunn 57
  8. Tina DiMartino 57
  9. Jen Buczkowski 56
  10. Lori Chalupny 56

All-time club records

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Boston Breakers 62 22 14 26 80 73 72 1.29 1.01
Philadelphia Independence 42 21 7 14 70 68 54 1.67 1.26
FC Gold Pride 44 20 11 13 71 63 47 1.61 1.34
Sky Blue FC 62 19 16 27 73 63 80 1.18 0.79
Washington Freedom 44 16 12 16 60 65 65 1.36 1.00
Western New York Flash 18 13 3 2 42 40 18 2.33 2.22
Los Angeles Sol 20 12 5 3 41 27 10 2.05 2.70
St. Louis Athletica 26 12 7 7 43 28 23 1.65 1.22
Chicago Red Stars 44 12 11 21 47 39 52 1.07 0.75
magicJack 18 9 2 7 28 29 29 1.56 1.00
Atlanta Beat 42 6 10 26 28 27 72 0.67 0.38

Final games

date season team score team venue sources
Aug. 14, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 2 - 0 Sky Blue FC Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2
Aug. 14, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 1 - 2 magicJack FAU Soccer Stadium 2
Aug. 14, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 2 Western New York Flash Sahlen's Stadium 2
Aug. 10, 2011 2011 Western New York Flash 2 - 1 magicJack FAU Soccer Stadium 2
Aug. 7, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 2 - 1 Sky Blue FC Widener University, Chester, PA 2
Aug. 6, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 0 - 2 magicJack Harvard University 2
Aug. 6, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 2 Western New York Flash Kennesaw State University Stadium 2
Aug. 3, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 1 - 2 Western New York Flash Sahlen's Stadium 2
Aug. 3, 2011 2011 Sky Blue FC 2 - 3 magicJack FAU Soccer Stadium 2
July 31, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 1 Philadelphia Independence Widener University, Chester, PA 2
July 30, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 0 - 4 magicJack FAU Soccer Stadium 2
July 30, 2011 2011 Sky Blue FC 1 - 4 Western New York Flash Yurcak Field 2
July 27, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 0 - 1 Philadelphia Independence Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2
July 27, 2011 2011 Sky Blue FC 2 - 0 magicJack FAU Soccer Stadium 2
July 24, 2011 2011 Boston Breakers 2 - 2 Western New York Flash Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2
July 23, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 0 magicJack Kennesaw State University Stadium 2
July 23, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 0 - 2 Sky Blue FC Yurcak Field 2
July 20, 2011 2011 Western New York Flash 3 - 1 magicJack Sahlen's Stadium 2
July 17, 2011 2011 Sky Blue FC 0 - 2 Western New York Flash Yurcak Field 2
July 16, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 1 Philadelphia Independence Kennesaw State University Stadium 2
July 10, 2011 2011 Atlanta Beat 0 - 2 Boston Breakers Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2
July 9, 2011 2011 Sky Blue FC 2 - 2 magicJack Yurcak Field 2
July 9, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 2 - 1 Western New York Flash Widener University, Chester, PA 2
July 6, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 4 - 3 Sky Blue FC Widener University, Chester, PA 2
June 25, 2011 2011 Philadelphia Independence 3 - 1 magicJack Widener University, Chester, PA 2

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Awards

award seasons winners most recent
Champion 2009–2011 3 Western New York Flash 2011
Coach of the Year 2009–2011 3 Paul Riley 2011
Defender of the Year 2009–2011 3 Whitney Engen 2011
Player of the Year 2009–2011 3 Verónica Boquete 2011
Sportswoman of the Year 2009–2011 3 Nikki Krzysik 2011
Rookie of the Year 2010–2011 2 Christen Press 2011