The 2011

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league in the United States. The season started with the opening match on April 9, with the 2011 WPS Championship scheduled for the weekend of August 27–28.

Changes from the 2010 Season

*Defending champions

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will not return for the 2011 season. *Also not returning for the 2011 season are

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, which were given a month's deadline to find investors after the original announcement of the teams, but failed to achieve so. The Red Stars will spend 2011 regrouping in the WPSL. *New to the league are the

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, who are playing in

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. *Due to a change in ownership, the

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were renamed "

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to Boca Raton in

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Competition Format/Schedule

*The regular season will begin on April 9 and end on August 14, with most teams playing few games during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The playoffs will be held during the last two weeks of August and end with the WPS Championship presented by

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on either August 27 or 28. *Each team will play a total of eighteen games, two at home and two away against every other team minus one home game for one opponent and one away game for a different opponent. *The playoff format was identical to that of the 2010 season. 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, with the winner traveling to face the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal midweek. The Super Semifinal winner then traveled to face the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Championship.

Standings

Playoffs

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

WPS Year End Awards

Source
2011 WPS Year End Awards
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2011 WPS Best XI

* – unanimous selection
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WPS Announces Best XI of 2011
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Statistics

Scoring

*First Goal of the season:

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for

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against Atlanta Beat, 18th minute (April 9) *Earliest Goal in a match: 14 seconds by

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for

against

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(August 14) *Widest Winning Margin: 6 goals **

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6-0

(June 18) *Most Goals Scored in a Match: 7 **

4-3

(July 6) *Fewest Scoreless Games: 1 -

*Most Scoreless Games: 13 - Atlanta Beat *Average Goals per Match: 2.778

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals * ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Discipline

*First Yellow Card:

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for Atlanta Beat against

(April 9) *First Red Card: Allison Whitworth for Atlanta Beat against

(April 9) *Most Yellow Cards: 4 **

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( Atlanta Beat)

Streaks

*Longest Winning Streak: 6 games **

Games 8-13 *Longest Unbeaten Streak: 8 games **

Games 1-8 **

Games 11-18 *Longest Winless Streak: 16 games ** Atlanta Beat Games 3-18 *Longest Losing Streak: 5 games ** Atlanta Beat Games 4-8 *Longest Shutouts: **Individual: 325 minutes by

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for

**Team:: 392 minutes for

*Longest Drought: 757 minutes for Atlanta Beat

Home Team Record

(Regular season only) *30 wins, 14 losses, 10 ties - 1.852 PPG *92 goals for, 58 against - +34 GD

References

External links

Official Site

women.soccerway.com
standings, results, fixtures, topscorers {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Professional Soccer Season 2011

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