The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the second WPS All-Star Game

Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game

The WPS All-Star Game was founded in the league's inaugural season, originally modeled after the MLS All-Star Game, where the WPS All-Star team play against a club team from a level-one league from another country, though this changed as of the second year to feature two teams of WPS All-Star...

, taking place on June 30th, 2010. Thirty-six players were divided into two teams with the top US vote-getter (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...

) and the top international vote-getter (Marta) 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, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 in a press release on March 22, 2010. The venue was KSU Soccer Stadium

Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium

Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium near Kennesaw, Georgia that opened on May 2, 2010, with the first match played on May 9. It is primarily used for soccer, and is the result of a public-private partnership between the university and the Atlanta Beat of Women's...

, home of the Atlanta Beat.

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 9th, 2010. http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100609-asg-starters.aspx

The top three fan picks this year were Wambach, Marta, and Hope Solo

Hope Solo

Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer...

. Three players - Wambach, Marta, and Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

Kelly Jayne Smith, MBE is an English football forward currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the England women's national football team.-Youth and university:...

 - topped out the coach's voting with 100% of coaches voting for them. Likewise, two players - Sonia Bompastor

Sonia Bompastor

Sonia Bompastor is a French football player who currently plays for French club Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side. Bompastor can also play in the left back position...

 and Eniola Aluko

Eniola Aluko

Eniola "Eni" Aluko is a Nigerian-born, English football forward currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer. Aluko moved with her family to Birmingham when she was one year old. Since she grew up in England, she chose to represent England at international level.-Birmingham...

 - got 100% of the media vote. Along with those six players, Shannon Boxx

Shannon Boxx

Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....

, 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...

, Lori Lindsey

Lori Lindsey

Lori Ann Lindsey is an American soccer midfielder and current member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team who played in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany...

, and Amy LePeilbet

Amy LePeilbet

Amy Elizabeth LePeilbet is an American soccer defender currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.-University:...

 rounded out the top ten.

At-Large Selections

The remaining fourteen players on the All-Star rosters were selected by WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci and the two All-Star coaches Albertin Montoya

Albertin Montoya

Albertin Montoya is a retired American soccer midfielder who last played for the San Jose Clash. He is currently the head coach of United States women's national under-17 soccer team....

 and Paul Riley, who were the coaches of the two teams topping the standings at the time, on June 14th. http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100614-asg-reserves.aspx

2010 All-Star Rosters

Bold indicates Starting XI's from pick-'em results
Italic indicates players who missed the All-Star game due to injury
* replacement player

Abby's XI

Marta's XI

Match details

Assistant referees: Amy Mahan Patrick Baker Fourth official: Felisha Mariscal

Statistics

ABY	MRT
Goals scored	2	5
Total shots	15	23
Shots on target	6	8
Total Saves	3	4
Fouls	2	5
Offsides	5	5
Corner kicks	3	3
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

External links

• Official press release

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