The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the first WPS All-Star Game. In a format similar to that of recent all-star games in

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, the WPS All-Stars played

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club powerhouse

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on August 30, 2009, eight days after the league's

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. The WPS All-Stars defeated their guests 4–2. Scoreboard WPS All-Star 2009

Saint Louis Athletica named host

WPS awarded the 2009 All-Star Game to

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in a press release on June 25, 2009. The venue was

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in the suburb of Fenton, home of

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Umeå IK

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titles, and won the

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twice, appearing in the finals five times in the eight years since the competition's founding. Umeå was also the club that Marta played for before moving to the

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WPS All-Stars

Voting

Eleven of the eighteen WPS All-Stars were chosen by vote. 25% of the total vote came from fans voting online, 25% from media, 25% from coaches (who were prohibited from voting for their team's players), and 25% from players. The results of the voting were released on August 4 at 5PM ET. Over 25,000 fan votes were cast, with the top three fan picks being

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, Lori Chalupny, and

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. Despite leading the fan voting, Solo did not make the Starting XI. Marta was the overall top vote-getter, being named on the ballots of all eligible coaches, collecting 94% of the media vote, and finishing second in the player vote and fourth in the fan vote. Multiple players who were selected to the Starting XI were playing for their national teams in the

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at the time of the All-Star game. As such, their spots on the field were taken by the next runners-up in the voting for their respective positions.

At-Large Selections

The remaining seven players on the All-Star team were selected by Abner Rogers (head coach for the

), who was chosen by a vote of all WPS players to be the WPS All-Star coach, and Commissioner Tonya Antonucci.

2009 All-Star Rosters

Women's Professional Soccer

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voting results
br>* Indicates Starting XI players who were on national team duty in Europe at gametime
''Italic'' indicates runners-u
replacing
Starting XI players on European national team duty - Tiffeny Milbrett replaced Formiga
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selections
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Umeå IK

Squad announcement
br>* Due to Umeå also missing players for the European championships, these WPS players played for their former club.

Match details

Statistics

External links

Official Press Release
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