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

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. *Due to a change in ownership, the

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were renamed "

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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

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. 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
Source
WPS Announces Best XI of 2011
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Statistics

Scoring

*First Goal of the season: Jordan Angeli for Boston Breakers against Atlanta Beat, 18th minute (April 9) *Earliest Goal in a match: 14 seconds by Lauren Cheney for Boston Breakers 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 - Western New York Flash *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: Katherine Reynolds for Atlanta Beat against Boston Breakers (April 9) *First Red Card:

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for Atlanta Beat against Boston Breakers (April 9) *Most Yellow Cards: 4 ** Carli Lloyd ( Atlanta Beat)

Streaks

*Longest Winning Streak: 6 games **

Games 8-13 *Longest Unbeaten Streak: 8 games ** Western New York Flash Games 1-8 ** Western New York Flash 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 Valerie Henderson 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
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