Changes from the 2010 Season

2010 Women's Professional Soccer season

The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States...

• Defending champions FC Gold Pride
  FC Gold Pride
  FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in Santa Clara, California which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-level women's soccer team in the San Francisco Bay Area...
  
   will not return for the 2011 season.
• Also not returning for the 2011 season are Chicago Red Stars
  Chicago Red Stars
  The Chicago Red Stars are a American professional soccer club that is based in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Illinois that participates in the Women's Premier Soccer League. From 2009-2010, the Red Stars played their home games at Toyota Park in the Womens Professional Soccer...
  
  , 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
  Women's Premier Soccer League
  The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....
  
  .
• New to the league are the Western New York Flash, who are playing in Rochester, New York
  Rochester, New York
  Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
  
  .
• Due to a change in ownership, the Washington Freedom
  Washington Freedom
  The Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Germantown, Maryland that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was originally founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. Since 2004, the...
  
   were renamed "magicJack
  MagicJack (WPS)
  MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...
  
  ", and also moved from the Washington area to Boca Raton
  Boca Raton, Florida
  Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...
  
   in South Florida
  South Florida metropolitan area
  The South Florida metropolitan area, also known as the Miami metropolitan area, and designated the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U.S...
  
  .

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 Citi
  Citigroup
  Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
  
   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.

  Abbreviation and Color Key: Atlanta Beat - ATL • Boston Breakers - BOS • magicJack MagicJack (WPS) MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...  - mJ Philadelphia Independence - PHI • Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....  - NJ • Western New York Flash - WNY Win Loss Tie Home
  Club	Match
  	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
  Atlanta Beat	BOS	NJ	WNY	WNY	mJ	PHI	NJ	mJ	PHI	mJ	BOS	NJ	BOS	PHI	mJ	PHI	WNY	WNY
  	1-4	1-0	2-2	3-0	2-0	1-2	3-0	4-0	0-0	2-3	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-2	2-0
  Boston Breakers	ATL	WNY	mJ	NJ	PHI	WNY	PHI	NJ	mJ	NJ	ATL	ATL	WNY	PHI	mJ	WNY	mJ	NJ
  	1-4	1-2	1-0	1-0	2-0	3-2	1-1	2-1	2-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-2	0-1	4-0	2-1	0-2	2-0
  magicJack MagicJack (WPS) MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...	BOS	PHI	ATL	WNY	ATL	BOS	ATL	PHI	PHI	NJ	WNY	ATL	NJ	BOS	NJ	BOS	WNY	PHI
  	1-0	2-1	2-0	3-0	4-0	2-1	2-3	6-0	3-1	2-2	3-1	0-0	0-2	4-0	3-2	0-2	1-2	2-1
  Philadelphia Independence	NJ	mJ	BOS	ATL	BOS	WNY	ATL	WNY	mJ	mJ	NJ	WNY	ATL	NJ	BOS	ATL	NJ	mJ
  	2-2	2-1	2-0	1-2	1-1	1-2	0-0	0-1	6-0	3-1	4-3	2-1	0-1	2-0	0-1	1-0	2-1	2-1
  Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....	PHI	ATL	BOS	WNY	ATL	BOS	WNY	BOS	ATL	PHI	mJ	WNY	PHI	mJ	WNY	mJ	PHI	BOS
  	2-2	1-0	1-0	3-1	3-0	2-1	2-2	0-0	1-0	4-3	2-2	0-2	2-0	0-2	1-4	3-2	2-1	2-0
  Western New York Flash	BOS	ATL	ATL	NJ	BOS	mJ	PHI	NJ	PHI	PHI	NJ	mJ	BOS	NJ	BOS	ATL	mJ	ATL
  	1-2	2-2	3-0	3-1	3-2	3-0	1-2	2-2	0-1	2-1	0-2	3-1	2-2	1-4	2-1	0-2	1-2	2-0

Playoffs

Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Club	Week's Statline
Week 1	Allie Long Allie Long Alexandra "Allie" Linsley Long is an American soccer forward currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer. She played for the Washington Freedom in 2009 and 2010.-External links:* * *...	Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....	NJ 2-2 PHI
Week 2	Allison Lipsher Allison Lipsher Allison Shelby Lipsher is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for Sydney FC of the Australian W-League. Lipsher graduated from Duke University.-External links:* *...	Atlanta Beat	11 SVS, SHO
Week 3	Allison Lipsher Allison Lipsher Allison Shelby Lipsher is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for Sydney FC of the Australian W-League. Lipsher graduated from Duke University.-External links:* *...	Atlanta Beat	10 SVS
Week 4	Christine Sinclair Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian soccer forward who plays professional soccer for the Western New York Flash and is the captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair has spent ten years with the Canadian national team participating in two World Cups in 2007 and 2003 and the 2008 Summer...	Western New York Flash	2 G, GWG
Week 5	Marta	Western New York Flash	2 A, 1 G, GWA
Week 6	McCall Zerboni McCall Zerboni McCall RaNae Zerboni is an American soccer midfielder who plays for the Western New York Flash in the Women's Professional Soccer league. Zebroni was chosen as the 47th pick overall in the 2009 WPS Draft by the Los Angeles Sol...	Western New York Flash	1 A, 2 G, GWG
Week 7	Caroline Seger Caroline Seger Sara Caroline Seger , is a Swedish football player from Helsingborg. She plays for the Swedish Women's National Team. From 2005 to 2009, she played for Linköpings FC. In 2011, she signed with LdB FC Malmö from 2011 onwards. She also signed a 2-year contract with Tyresö FF for the 2012 season...	Western New York Flash	2 G
Week 8	Abby Wambach Abby Wambach Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...	magicJack MagicJack (WPS) MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...	3 G, GWG
Week 9	Meghan Klingenberg Meghan Klingenberg Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for the Boston Breakers and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team and former member of magicJack...	Boston Breakers	1 A, 1 G, GWG
Week 10	Alyssa Naeher Alyssa Naeher Alyssa Michele Naeher is an American soccer player from Seymour, Connecticut. She is a goalkeeper for the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.-High School:...	Boston Breakers	6 SVS, SHO
Week 11	Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Giadans is a Spanish football player currently playing as a striker for Energiya Voronezh. She came to international attention after signing for Philadelphia Independence in the WPS...	Philadelphia Independence	3 A, 1 G
Week 12	Casey Nogueira Casey Nogueira Casey Nicole Nogueira is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for the professional Sky Blue FC. She has earned one cap with the United States women's national soccer team in 2007 and was a member of the U.S. U-20 women's team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007...	Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....	1 G, GWG
Week 13	Natasha Kai Natasha Kai Natasha Kanani Janine Kai is an American soccer forward currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer.-University of Hawaiʻi:Kai played for the University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine from 2002-2005...	Philadelphia Independence	3 G
			1 G
Week 14	Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Giadans is a Spanish football player currently playing as a striker for Energiya Voronezh. She came to international attention after signing for Philadelphia Independence in the WPS...	Philadelphia Independence	1 G
Week 15	Christine Sinclair Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian soccer forward who plays professional soccer for the Western New York Flash and is the captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair has spent ten years with the Canadian national team participating in two World Cups in 2007 and 2003 and the 2008 Summer...	Western New York Flash	1 A, 2 G, GWG
			BOS 2-2 WNY
Week 16	Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Giadans is a Spanish football player currently playing as a striker for Energiya Voronezh. She came to international attention after signing for Philadelphia Independence in the WPS...	Philadelphia Independence	1 G, GWG
			1 G, GWG
Week 17	Abby Wambach Abby Wambach Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...	magicJack MagicJack (WPS) MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...	2 G
			2 G, GWG
Week 18	Lauren Cheney Lauren Cheney Lauren Nicole Cheney is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently a forward for Women's Professional Soccer's Boston Breakers.-Career:...	Boston Breakers	2 G, GWG

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Month's Statline
May	McCall Zerboni McCall Zerboni McCall RaNae Zerboni is an American soccer midfielder who plays for the Western New York Flash in the Women's Professional Soccer league. Zebroni was chosen as the 47th pick overall in the 2009 WPS Draft by the Los Angeles Sol...	Western New York Flash	2 G, 2 A in 5 games; Flash 5-0 in May
June
July

WPS Year End Awards

Award	Player	Club	Notes
Michelle Akers Player of the Year	Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Verónica Boquete Giadans is a Spanish football player currently playing as a striker for Energiya Voronezh. She came to international attention after signing for Philadelphia Independence in the WPS...	Philadelphia Independence	Also earned league’s top honor as MVP
WPS Defender of the Year	Whitney Engen Whitney Engen Whitney Elizabeth Engen is an American soccer player. On January 15, she was drafted 4th overall to the Chicago Red Stars in the 2010 WPS Draft...	Western New York Flash	Started and played the full 90 in all but one game
US Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year	Ashlyn Harris Ashlyn Harris Ashlyn Michelle Harris is an American soccer goalkeeper for the Western New York Flash of Women's Professional Soccer. During her collegiate career, she served as the starting goalkeeper for the University of North Carolina women's soccer team...	Western New York Flash	Led the league in regular season goals per game average (1.00)
US Soccer Federation Rookie of the Year	Christen Press Christen Press Christen Press is an American soccer player from Palos Verdes Estates, California. She is currently a forward for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. She was drafted with the 4th overall pick of the 2011 WPS Draft...	magicJack MagicJack (WPS) MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...	First-ever hat trick scored by a rookie on July 30, 2011
WPS Coach of the Year	Paul Riley	Philadelphia Independence	Led his team to a seven-game unbeaten streak and playoff final
Citi Sportswoman of the Year	Nikki Krzysik Nikki Krzysik Nicole Marie Krzysik is an American soccer defender and midfielder currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team....	Philadelphia Independence	Team captain selected by her peers for exemplary leadership
PUMA Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Marta	Western New York Flash	Scored ten goals, earning her third consecutive award

2011 WPS Best XI

Scoring

• First Goal of the season: Jordan Angeli
  Jordan Angeli
  Jordan Leigh Angeli is an American soccer player from Lakewood, Colorado. She is a defender for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer.-Career:...
  
   for Boston Breakers against Atlanta Beat, 18th minute (9 April)
• Earliest Goal in a match: 14 seconds by Lauren Cheney
  Lauren Cheney
  Lauren Nicole Cheney is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently a forward for Women's Professional Soccer's Boston Breakers.-Career:...
  
   for Boston Breakers against Sky Blue FC
  Sky Blue FC
  Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
  
   (14 August)
• Widest Winning Margin: 6 goals
  • Philadelphia Independence 6-0 magicJack
    MagicJack (WPS)
    MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...
    
     (18 June)
• Most Goals Scored in a Match: 7
  • Philadelphia Independence 4-3 Sky Blue FC
    Sky Blue FC
    Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
    
     (6 July)
• Fewest Scoreless Games: 1 - Western New York Flash
• Most Scoreless Games: 13 - Atlanta Beat
• Average Goals per Match: 2.778

Hat-tricks

Player	Result !! Date !! Minutes
	magicJack	Atlanta	4–0		9', 67', 89'
	Philadelphia	Sky Blue	4–3		3', 38', 58'
	magicJack	Boston	4–0		36', 76', 83'

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Discipline

• First Yellow Card: Katherine Reynolds
  Katherine Reynolds
  Katherine Reynolds is an American soccer player from Medina, Washington. She is a defender for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's Professional Soccer league and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.-External links:**...
  
   for Atlanta Beat against Boston Breakers (9 April)
• First Red Card: Allison Whitworth
  Allison Whitworth
  Allison Leigh Whitworth is an American football goalkeeper who currently plays for Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer.-Professional career:...
  
   for Atlanta Beat against Boston Breakers (9 April)
• Most Yellow Cards: 4
  • Carli Lloyd
    Carli Lloyd
    Carli Anne Lloyd is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.-Early life:...
    
     (Atlanta Beat)

Streaks

• Longest Winning Streak: 6 games
  • Philadelphia Independence 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
    Valerie Henderson
    Valerie Kay "Val" Henderson is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer....
    
     for Philadelphia Independence
  • Team:: 392 minutes for Philadelphia Independence
• Longest Drought: 757 minutes for Atlanta Beat

Home Team Record

• 30 wins, 14 losses, 10 ties - 1.852 PPG
• 92 goals for, 58 against - +34 GD

External links

• Official Site
• women.soccerway.com; standings, results, fixtures, topscorers