2009 Women's Professional Soccer season

Competition format

• The season began on March 29 and will end on August 9.
• Each team played a total of 20 games that are evenly divided between home and away games. Under the following format, each team will play 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 will be 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-placed 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, with the winner facing the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Final.

  Results table

Standings

Playoffs

Leaders

Offense

Rank	Player	Club	G	Min
1	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	9	1440
2	Camille Abily	Los Angeles Sol	8	1314
3	Cristiane	Chicago Red Stars	6	920
4	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	6	977
4	Christine Sinclair	FC Gold Pride	6	1052
4	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica	6	1123
7	Lisa De Vanna	Washington Freedom	5	629
7	Natasha Kai	Sky Blue FC	5	954
7	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	5	974
10	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom	4	793
10	Tiffany Milbrett	FC Gold Pride	4
10	Lindsay Tarpley	Chicago Red Stars	4

Rank	Player	Club	A	Min
1	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom	6	1170
1	Aya Miyama	Los Angeles Sol	6	1620
3	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica	4	1123
3	Lisa De Vanna	Washington Freedom	4	767
5	Keeley Dowling	Sky Blue FC	3	529
5	Kendall Fletcher	Saint Louis Athletica	3	695
5	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	3	1440
5	Megan Rapinoe	Chicago Red Stars	3	1096
5	Lindsay Tarpley	Chicago Red Stars	3	1117
5	Aly Wagner	Los Angeles Sol	3	695
5	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	3	977
5	Tiffany Weimer	FC Gold Pride	3	644

Rank	Player	Club	Shts	Min
1	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	64	977
2	Christine Sinclair	FC Gold Pride	52	1052
3	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	51	1440
4	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica	49	1123
5	Megan Rapinoe	Chicago Red Stars	45	1096
5	Kristine Lilly	Boston Breakers	45	1260
7	Natasha Kai	Sky Blue FC	42	974
7	Aya Miyama	Los Angeles Sol	42	1620
9	Cristiane	Chicago Red Stars	41	920
9	Lisa De Vanna	Washington Freedom	41	920
9	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	41	974
9	Lindsay Tarpley	Chicago Red Stars	41

Rank	Player	Club	Crs	Min
1	Karen Carney	Chicago Red Stars	51	1201
2	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	36	1440
3	Megan Rapinoe	Chicago Red Stars	34	1096
4	Aya Miyama	Los Angeles Sol	33	1530
5	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom	30	1170
6	Kristine Lilly	Boston Breakers	25	1260
7	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica	24	1123
8	Amy Rodriguez	Boston Breakers	21	920
8	Heather O'Reilly	Sky Blue FC	21	1170
8	Heather Mitts	Boston Breakers	21	1203

Fouls

Rank	Player	Club	FC	Min
1	Megan Rapinoe	Chicago Red Stars	35	1096
2	Carli Lloyd	Chicago Red Stars	33	953
3	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	30	974
3	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	30	977
3	Shannon Boxx	Los Angeles Sol	30	1440
6	Formiga	FC Gold Pride	27	1093
6	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom	27	1170
8	Rosana	Sky Blue FC	23
9	Brittany Klein	Chicago Red Stars	22	1228
9	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	22	1440

Rank	Player	Club	FS	Min
1	Lori Chalupny	Saint Louis Athletica	44	1170
2	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	43	974
3	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom	38	977
3	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom	38	1170
5	Kristine Lilly	Boston Breakers	32	1260
6	Brittany Klein	Chicago Red Stars	26	1228
6	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	26	1440
6	Aya Miyama	Los Angeles Sol	26	1530
9	Formiga	FC Gold Pride	25	1093
10	Tina DiMartino	FC Gold Pride	20
10	Leslie Osborne	FC Gold Pride	20	1217

Goalkeeping

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	MINS	SOG	SVS	GA	GAA	W-L-T	SHO
1	Jillian Loyden	Saint Louis Athletica	3	270	18	16	1	0.33	2–1–0	2
2	Karina LeBlanc	Los Angeles Sol	18	1620	87	73	9	0.50	10–3–5	12
3	Ali Lipsher	Boston Breakers	11	928	46	37	6	0.58	4–4–2	5
4	Hope Solo	Saint Louis Athletica	15	1350	86	71	13	0.87	7–5–3	7
5	Jenni Branam	Sky Blue FC	16	1395	82	62	15	0.97	6–6–3	6
6	Caroline Jönsson	Chicago Red Stars	19	1710	109	87	23	1.21	5–9–5	4
7	Alison Whitworth	FC Gold Pride	4	360	22	17	5	1.25	1–2–1	1
8	Kristin Luckenbill	Boston Breakers	9	782	41	24	12	1.38	3–4–2	2
9	Nicole Barnhart	FC Gold Pride	12	1260	83	61	20	1.43	3–7–4	2
10	Erin McLeod	Washington Freedom	13	1170	69	46	19	1.46	5–5–3	3
11	Briana Scurry	Washington Freedom	3	270	17	11	6	2.00	0–2–1	0

Awards

Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Club	Week's Statline
	Aya Miyama	Los Angeles Sol
	Marta	Los Angeles Sol
	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers
	Aly Wagner	Los Angeles Sol
	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom
	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom
	Lori Chalupny	Saint Louis Athletica
	Christine Sinclair	FC Gold Pride
	Jillian Loyden	Saint Louis Athletica
	Shannon Boxx	Los Angeles Sol
	Camille Abily	Los Angeles Sol	,
	Eniola Aluko	Saint Louis Athletica
	Erin McLeod	Washington Freedom
	Marta	Los Angeles Sol	,
	Lindsay Tarpley	Chicago Red Stars
	Cristiane	Chicago Red Stars
	Natasha Kai	Sky Blue FC	;
	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom
	Lindsay Tarpley	Chicago Red Stars
	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Month's Statline
April	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers
May	Sonia Bompastor	Washington Freedom
June	Camille Abily	Los Angeles Sol
July	Abby Wambach	Washington Freedom

Statistics

Scoring

• First Goal of the Season: Allison Falk for Los Angeles Sol against Washington Freedom, 6th minute
• Earliest Goal in a Match: 2 minutes
• *Kelly Smith for Boston Breakers against Los Angeles Sol
• *Eniola Aluko for Saint Louis Athletica against Sky Blue FC
• Latest Goal in a Match: 93+ minutes
• *Jennifer Nobis for Boston Breakers against Sky Blue FC
• Widest Winning Margin: 4 goals
• *Chicago Red Stars 4–0 Boston Breakers
• *Los Angeles Sol 4–0 Chicago Red Stars
• Most Goals Scored in a Match: 8
• *Sky Blue FC 4–4 Washington Freedom
• First Hat-Trick: Cristiane for Chicago Red Stars against FC Gold Pride )
• Fastest Hat-Trick: 35 minutes
• *Cristiane for Chicago Red Stars against FC Gold Pride: 31' 46+' 65'
• First Own Goal: Ifeoma Dieke of Chicago Red Stars for Saint Louis Athletica
• Average Goals per match: 2.086

  Discipline

• First Yellow Card: Nikki Krzysik for Chicago Red Stars against Saint Louis Athletica, 90th minute
• First Red Card: Frida Östberg for Chicago Red Stars against Washington Freedom, 63rd minute
• Most Yellow Cards: 4
• *Chioma Igwe
• *Kia McNeill
• Most Yellow Cards in a Match: 4
• *Boston Breakers 2–0 Saint Louis Athletica – 3 for Boston and 1 for St. Louis
• *Saint Louis Athletica 0–0 Los Angeles Sol – 2 for St. Louis and 2 for Los Angeles
• *Los Angeles Sol 0–0 Boston Breakers – 2 for Los Angeles and 2 for Boston
• *Washington Freedom 0–0 Chicago Red Stars – 2 for Washington and 2 for Chicago
• *Chicago Red Stars 3–1 FC Gold Pride – 3 for Chicago and 1 for Bay Area

  Streaks

• Longest Winning Streak: 4 Games
• *Los Angeles Sol Games 13–16
• Longest Unbeaten Streak: 11 games
• *Los Angeles Sol Games 6–16
• Longest Winless Streak: 10 games
• *FC Gold Pride Games 8–17
• Longest Losing Streak: 4 Games
• *FC Gold Pride Games 12–15
• Longest Shutout: 361 minutes by Karina LeBlanc for Los Angeles Sol
• Longest Drought: 451 minutes for Chicago Red Stars

  Other Firsts

• First player to score twice in a match: Marta for Los Angeles Sol against Sky Blue FC
• First come-from-behind victory: Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Washington Freedom
• First team to lose to all opponents: Chicago Red Stars with loss to Washington Freedom on July 26
• *The only other team to accomplish this was FC Gold Pride with loss to Sky Blue FC on August 5
• First team to beat all opponents: Los Angeles Sol with win against Boston Breakers on August 9
• *The only other team to accomplish this was Sky Blue FC with win against Los Angeles Sol on August 22
• First goalkeeper assist: Hope Solo for Saint Louis Athletica against FC Gold Pride on August 9

  Home Team Record

• 33 wins, 20 losses, 17 ties – 1.657 PPG
• 87 goals for, 59 goals against – +28 GD

  Related Competitions

All-Star Game