The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the second
WPS All-Star Game, taking place on June 30, 2010. Thirty-six players were divided into two teams with the top US vote-getter (
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's natio ...
) and the top international vote-getter (
Marta
Marta may refer to:
People
* Marta (given name), a feminine given name
* Märta, a feminine given name
* Marta (surname)
:István Márta composer
* Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer
Places
* Marta (river), an ...
) as captains. Marta's XI defeated Abby's XI by five to two.
Atlanta Beat named host
WPS awarded the 2010 All-Star Game to
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
in a press release on March 22, 2010. The venue was
KSU Soccer Stadium, home of the
Atlanta Beat.
WPS All-Stars
Voting
Twenty-two of the thirty-six 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 June 9, 2010
The top three fan picks this year were Wambach, Marta, and
Hope Solo
Hope Amelia Stevens (; born July 30, 1981) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Aft ...
. Three players - Wambach, Marta, and
Kelly Smith
Kelly Jayne Smith (born 29 October 1978) is an English former football forward who spent three spells with FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies. After moving to the United States, Smith broke records with Seton Hall University then played professionally ...
- topped out the coach's voting with 100% of coaches voting for them. Likewise, two players -
Sonia Bompastor
Sonia Bompastor (born 8 June 1980) is a French football manager and former player who currently manages Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine. She is the first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager.
Bo ...
and
Eniola Aluko
Eniola Aluko (born 21 February 1987) is a football executive, commentator, and former professional player. She is the first Sporting Director for Angel City FC of the American National women's soccer league and formerly held the position of Spor ...
- got 100% of the media vote. Along with those six players,
Shannon Boxx
Shannon Leigh Boxx Spearman (; born June 29, 1977) is an American retired soccer player and former member of the United States women's national soccer team, playing the defensive midfielder position. She last played club soccer for the Chicago Re ...
,
Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...
,
Lori Lindsey
Lori Ann Lindsey (born March 19, 1980) is a retired American soccer midfielder who last played for Canberra United in the Australian W-League and was also a member of the United States women's national soccer team player pool. She played one ...
, and
Amy LePeilbet
Amy Elizabeth LePeilbet (born March 12, 1982) is an American soccer coach and former player who was most recently the interim head coach of defunct team Utah Royals FC, formerly of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
As a player, LePeilbe ...
rounded out the top ten.
At-Large Selections
The remaining fourteen players on the All-Star rosters were selected by WPS Commissioner
Tonya Antonucci
Tonya may refer to:
* Tonya (name), the given name, and people by that name
* Tonya, Turkey, a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey
* Tonya, Uganda
* Ton'ya (問屋) trade brokers of ancient Japan
See also
* I, ...
and the two All-Star coaches
Albertin Montoya
Albertin Montoya (born February 19, 1975) is a Cuban-born American soccer coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the interim head coach of Washington Spirit.
As a player, Montoya spent two seasons with the San Jose ...
and
Paul Riley, who were the coaches of the two teams topping the standings at the time, on June 14
2010 All-Star Rosters
Bold indicates Starting XI's fro
pick-'em resultsbr>''Italic'' indicates players who missed the All-Star game due to injury
* replacement player
Abby's XI
Marta's XI
Match details
Statistics
See also
External links
Official press release
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2010 Women's Professional Soccer season
Soccer in Georgia (U.S. state)
All-star games
2010 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)