The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. Regular season champion FC Gold Pride won the WPS Championship on September 26 with a 4–0 victory over the Philadelphia Independence.
Season | 2010 |
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Champions | FC Gold Pride |
Matches played | 102 |
Goals scored | 224 (2.2 per match) |
Average goals/game | 2.20 |
Top goalscorer | Marta (20) |
Biggest home win | BOS 4-0 NJ |
Biggest away win | ATL 1-6 BAY |
Highest scoring | ATL 1-6 BAY |
Longest winning run | 5 (BAY days 2–6, 12–16) |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 (BAY days 12–24) |
Longest losing run | 5 (ATL days 2–6, WAS days 13–17) |
Highest attendance | 8,261 (WAS v STL) |
Lowest attendance | 2,118 (WAS v PHI) |
Average attendance | 3,601[1] |
← 2009 2011 → |
Abbreviation and Color Key: Atlanta Beat - ATL • Boston Breakers - BOS • Chicago Red Stars - CHI • FC Gold Pride - BAY Philadelphia Independence - PHI • 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |||||||
Atlanta Beat | 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 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||||||
Boston Breakers | WSH | PHI | STL | CHI | WSH | BAY | NJ | NJ | BAY | CHI | PHI | ATL | WSH | BAY | CHI | WAS | ATL | PHI | NJ | ATL | PHI | ATL | BAY | NJ | ||||||
1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |||||||
Chicago Red Stars | NJ | STL | NJ | BOS | BAY | PHI | BAY | ATL | WSH | ATL | BOS | WSH | ATL | NJ | ATL | BOS | PHI | NJ | BAY | PHI | WAS | BAY | PHI | WAS | ||||||
1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | |||||||
FC Gold Pride | STL | NJ | ATL | NJ | CHI | BOS | CHI | WSH | PHI | BOS | NJ | ATL | WAS | PHI | BOS | WSH | ATL | CHI | WSH | CHI | ATL | NJ | BOS | PHI | ||||||
2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||||
Philadelphia Independence | 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 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||||
Saint Louis Athletica | BAY | CHI | BOS | WSH | PHI | NJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | Cancelled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sky Blue FC | CHI | BAY | CHI | BAY | ATL | STL | BOS | PHI | BOS | PHI | BAY | WSH | CHI | ATL | PHI | CHI | ATL | WAS | BOS | PHI | WSH | BAY | ATL | BOS | ||||||
1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||
Washington Freedom | 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 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
2010 schedule
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FC Gold Pride | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 53 | Advance to Championship |
2 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 36 | Advance to Super Semifinal |
3 | Philadelphia Independence | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 34 | Advance to First Round |
4 | Washington Freedom | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 31 | |
5 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 28 | |
6 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 27 | |
7 | Atlanta Beat | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 21 | |
8 | Saint Louis Athletica | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Team withdrawn |
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[1]
Team | GP | Attendance | Average |
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Boston Breakers | 12 | 53,878 | 4,490 |
Chicago Red Stars | 12 | 48,296 | 4,025 |
Washington Freedom | 12 | 45,904 | 3,825 |
Atlanta Beat | 12 | 44,284 | 3,690 |
Sky Blue FC | 11 | 36,521 | 3,320 |
FC Gold Pride | 12 | 36,675 | 3,056 |
Saint Louis Athletica | 4 | 12,109 | 3,027 |
Philadelphia Independence | 12 | 35,605 | 2,967 |
Total | 87 | 313,272 | 3,601 |
First Round | Super Semifinal | WPS Championship | |||||||||||
1 | FC Gold Pride | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Boston Breakers | 1 | 3 | Philadelphia Independence | 0 | ||||||||
3 | Philadelphia Independence | 1 | 3 | Philadelphia Independence | 2 | ||||||||
4 | Washington Freedom | 0 | |||||||||||
FC Gold Pride | 4 - 0 | Philadelphia Independence |
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Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | MINS | SOG | SVS | GA | GAA | W-L-T | SHO |
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1 | Nicole Barnhart | FC Gold Pride | 18 | 1880 | 92 | 73 | 16 | 0.77 | 13-3-5 | 8 |
2 | Jillian Loyden | Chicago Red Stars | 23 | 2070 | 99 | 72 | 27 | 1.17 | 6-11-6 | 6 |
3 | Hope Solo | Saint Louis Athletica/Atlanta Beat | 22 | 1980 | 139 | 104 | 36 | 1.64 | 6-8-8 | 6 |
Week | Player of the Week | Club | Week's Statline |
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1[7] | Eniola Aluko | Saint Louis Athletica | 2 G (40', 62') GWG |
2[8][9] | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 1 G (44'), 2 A (51', 90') GWA |
3[9] | Lori Lindsey | Philadelphia Independence | 3 A (55', 58', 68') GWA |
4[9] | Sonia Bompastor | Washington Freedom | 1 G (20'), 1 A (47') |
5[9] | Karen Bardsley | Sky Blue FC | 13 SVS, SHO |
6[9] | Marta | FC Gold Pride | 2 G (16', 38'), GWG |
7[9] | Kosovare Asllani | Chicago Red Stars | 1 G (56'), GWG |
8[9] | Amy Rodriguez | Philadelphia Independence | 1 A (3') 1 G (29'), GWG |
9[9] | Marta | FC Gold Pride | 1 A (42') 2 G (55', 90'), GWG |
10[9] | Danesha Adams | Philadelphia Independence | 1 G (5') 1 A (18'), GWA |
11[9] | Amy Rodriguez | Philadelphia Independence | 2 G (62', 72') |
12[9] | Marta | FC Gold Pride | 1 A (1') 2 G (30', 86'), GWA |
13[9] | Ella Masar | Chicago Red Stars | 1 G (42'); 3rd in 3 matches |
14[9] | Christine Sinclair | FC Gold Pride | 2 G (45', 80'), GWG |
15[9] | Caroline Seger | Philadelphia Independence | 3 A (7', 8', 52'), GWA |
16[9] | Hope Solo | Atlanta Beat | 5 SVS + 6 SVS, SHO over 2 matches |
17[9] | Kelly Smith | Boston Breakers | 2 G (1', 62') vs. ATL, 1 G (52'), 1 A (25') vs. PHI |
18[9] | Amy Rodriguez | Philadelphia Independence | 1 G (53') vs. CHI, 2 A (60', 81') and GWA vs. ATL |
19[9] | Eniola Aluko | Atlanta Beat | 1 G (73'), GWG |
20[9] | Abby Wambach | Washington Freedom | 2 G (79' PK, 84'), GWG |
21[9] | Veronica Boquete | Chicago Red Stars | 1 G (4'), GWG vs. PHI, 2 A (50', 90+'), GWA vs. WAS |
22[9] | Kelley O'Hara | FC Gold Pride | 2 G (40', 50'), 1 A (41'), GWA |
Month | Player of the Month | Club | Month's Statline |
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April | Lori Lindsey | Philadelphia Independence | 4 A in 3 games; Independence 1-0-2 in April |
May | Karen Bardsley | Sky Blue FC | 31 saves and 2 SO in 4 games; Sky Blue 1-1-2 in May |
June | Amy Rodriguez | Philadelphia Independence | 5 G, 2 A in 5 games; Independence 3-1-1 in June |
July | Jordan Angeli | Boston Breakers | 4 G, 1 A in 6 games; Breakers 5-1-0 in July |
August | Kelly Smith | Boston Breakers | 4 G, 1 A in 5 games; Breakers 3-1-1 in August |
WPS announced its end-of-year awards on September 16.[10]
WPS All-Star 2010 took place on June 30, a midseason date as opposed to the previous year's postseason All-Star game. It was played at the new Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia, home to the Atlanta Beat;.[15] The United States Coast Guard once again presented the game, which aired on Fox Soccer Channel again as well.
The all-star selection process was the same as in the previous year, although twice as many players were selected. The top US vote-getter, Abby Wambach, and the top international vote-getter, Marta, then chose between the remaining 20 voted-on players to create their teams, with the 14 at-large selections being distributed by the league. Marta's XI defeated Abby's XI 5–2.