The 2009

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on March 29 and ended on August 9, with the postseason being held between August 15 and 21.

Competition format

* The season began on March 29 and ended on August 9. * Each team played a total of 20 games evenly divided between home and away games. Each team played every other team three times, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 18 games. The remaining two games were played against two other teams, one at home and one away. * 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. The winner of the First Round then faced the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal, and the winner faced the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Final.

Results table

Standings

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Playoffs

Leaders

Last updated: August 4, 2009

Offense

Fouls

Goalkeeping

''270+ MINS only''

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Statistics

Scoring

*First Goal of the Season: Allison Falk for

Los Angeles Sol The Los Angeles Sol was an American professional soccer club that was based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The team was co-owned and operated by Blue Star, LLC and AEG, a subsidia ...

against Washington Freedom, 6th minute (March 29) *Earliest Goal in a Match: 2 minutes **

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for

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

against

(2 May) **

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for Saint Louis Athletica against

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(June 28) *Latest Goal in a Match: 93+ minutes ** Jennifer Nobis for

against

(July 12) *Widest Winning Margin: 4 goals **

Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...

4–0

(April 25) **

4–0

(June 27) *Most Goals Scored in a Match: 8 **

4–4 Washington Freedom (April 26) *First Hat-Trick: Cristiane for

against

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(July 12)) *Fastest Hat-Trick: 35 minutes ** Cristiane for

against

: 31' 46+' 65' (July 12) *First Own Goal:

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for Saint Louis Athletica (23 May) *Average Goals per match: 2.086

Discipline

*First Yellow Card: Nikki Krzysik for

against Saint Louis Athletica, 90th minute (April 4) *First Red Card: Frida Östberg for

against Washington Freedom, 63rd minute (April 11) *Most Yellow Cards: 4 ** Chioma Igwe (

) ** Kia McNeill ( Saint Louis Athletica) *Most Yellow Cards in a Match: 4 **

2–0 Saint Louis Athletica – 3 for Boston ( Kasey Moore, Alex Scott, &

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) and 1 for St. Louis ( Melissa Tancredi) (April 11) ** Saint Louis Athletica 0–0

– 2 for St. Louis ( Kia McNeill & Daniela) and 2 for Los Angeles (

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& Shannon Boxx) (April 25) **

0–0

– 2 for Los Angeles ( Shannon Boxx & Camille Abily) and 2 for Boston ( Angela Hucles & Nancy Augustyniak) ** Washington Freedom 0–0

– 2 for Washington ( Abby Wambach &

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) and 2 for Chicago ( Brittany Klein &

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) (June 13) **

3–1

– 3 for Chicago ( Lindsay Tarpley, Karen Carney, & Carli Lloyd) and 1 for Bay Area ( Formiga) (July 12)

Streaks

*Longest Winning Streak: 4 Games **

Games 13–16 *Longest Unbeaten Streak: 11 games **Los Angeles Sol Games 6–16 *Longest Winless Streak: 10 games **

Games 8–17 *Longest Losing Streak: 4 Games **FC Gold Pride Games 12–15 *Longest Shutout: 361 minutes by

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for

*Longest Drought: 451 minutes for

Other Firsts

*First player to score twice in a match: Marta for

against

(April 5) *First come-from-behind victory:

2–1 Washington Freedom (July 1) *First team to lose to all opponents:

with loss to Washington Freedom on July 26 **The only other team to accomplish this was

with loss to

on August 5 *First team to beat all opponents:

with win against

on August 9 **The only other team to accomplish this was

with win against

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*First goalkeeper assist:

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(to

Christie Welsh Christie Renee Welsh (born February 27, 1981) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. She previously played for the New York Power of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) as well as the Los Angeles Sol, Saint Louis ...

) for Saint Louis Athletica against

on August 9

Home Team Record

(Regular season only) * 33 wins, 20 losses, 17 ties – 1.657 PPG * 87 goals for, 59 goals against – +28 GD

Related Competitions

All-Star Game

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suburb of Fenton, Missouri, with the WPS All-Stars defeating Swedish powerhouse

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of Damallsvenskan 4–2. The match was televised in the US on

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References

External links

Official Site
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Competition format

Results table

Standings

Attendance

Average home attendances

Playoffs

Leaders

Offense

Fouls

Goalkeeping

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Streaks

Other Firsts

Home Team Record

Related Competitions

All-Star Game

See also

References

External links