2001 WUSA season

The 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season served as the inaugural season for WUSA, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 14 and ended on August 12, with the postseason games being held on August 18 and August 25.

Women's United Soccer Association
Season2001
ChampionsBay Area CyberRays
Goals scored235
Average goals/game2.80
Top goalscorerTiffeny Milbrett (16)
2002 →

Attendance figures were high for the first season, particularly early in the season, though not near the levels organizers were expecting based on the attendance for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The league spent its initial $40m budget, intended to last five years, in just this first season.

Competition format
  • The season began on April 14 and ended on August 12.
  • Each team played a total of 21 games, three against each opponent (either twice at home and once away or vice versa). This caused an uneven schedule with teams hosting either 10 or 11 home games each.
  • The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The regular season champions and runners-up hosted the fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, in the single-game semifinals on August 18. The winners of the semifinals met at Foxboro Stadium for the final on August 25.

Results table
Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Beat - ATL • Bay Area CyberRays - BAY • Boston Breakers - BOS • Carolina Courage - CAR
New York Power - NYP • Philadelphia Charge - PHI • San Diego Spirit - SDS • Washington Freedom - WSH
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Atlanta Beat [1]NYPPHIBOSSDSPHIBAYCARBOSWSHSDSCARPHIWSHNYPBAYNYPCARSDSBOSWSHBAY
0-00-00-11-10-20-10-21-12-13-21-11-13-20-31-12-13-23-10-11-24-0
Bay Area CyberRays [2]WSHBOSPHICARBOSATLSDSNYPCARPHISDSNYPWSHBOSATLWSHSDSCARPHINYPATL
1-01-13-22-12-40-13-10-02-03-00-01-02-30-21-11-00-21-23-20-14-0
Boston Breakers [3]CARBAYATLWSHBAYPHINYPATLSDSWSHNYPSDSCARBAYPHICARNYPWSHATLSDSPHI
0-11-10-12-22-42-32-31-13-11-03-13-12-10-21-21-24-22-10-10-12-1
Carolina Courage [4]BOSWSHNYPBAYWSHSDSATLNYPPHIBAYATLWSHPHIBOSSDSBOSATLBAYNYPPHISDS
0-11-23-12-12-24-30-22-43-02-01-12-02-02-12-01-23-21-20-15-12-2
New York Power [5]ATLSDSCARPHISDSWSHBOSCARBAYPHIBOSSDSBAYATLWSHATLBOSPHICARBAYWSH
0-00-03-12-20-11-22-32-40-02-13-11-11-00-32-12-14-22-10-10-10-2
Philadelphia Charge [6]SDSATLBAYNYPATLBOSWSHWSHCARNYPBAYATLCARSDSBOSWSHNYPBAYCARSDSBOS
0-20-03-22-20-22-30-21-23-02-13-01-12-03-01-20-22-13-25-11-12-1
San Diego Spirit [7]PHINYPWSHATLNYPCARBAYBOSATLWSHBAYNYPBOSPHICARBAYATLWSHBOSPHICAR
0-20-02-01-10-14-30-13-13-22-30-01-13-13-02-00-23-12-20-11-12-2
Washington Freedom [8]BAYCARSDSBOSCARNYPPHIPHIATLBOSSDSCARWSHBAYNYPBAYPHIBOSSDSATLNYP
1-01-22-02-22-21-20-21-22-11-02-32-03-22-32-11-00-22-12-21-20-2

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlanta Beat 21 10 7 4 31 21 +10 37 Regular Season Championship
2 Bay Area CyberRays 21 11 4 6 27 23 +4 37 Qualification to play-offs
3 New York Power 21 9 5 7 30 25 +5 32
4 Philadelphia Charge 21 9 4 8 35 28 +7 31
5 San Diego Spirit 21 7 7 7 29 28 +1 28
6 Boston Breakers 21 8 3 10 29 35 −6 27
7 Washington Freedom 21 6 3 12 26 35 −9 21
8 Carolina Courage 21 6 3 12 28 40 −12 21
Updated to match(es) played on August 2001. Source:

Playoffs

Home teams listed second

Semi-Finals Founders Cup
      
3 New York Power 3
2 Bay Area CyberRays 3
2 Bay Area CyberRays 3 (4)
1 Atlanta Beat 3 (2)
4 Philadelphia Charge 2
1 Atlanta Beat 3

Semi-Finals
August 18, 2001 Semi-FinalsNew York Power2–3Bay Area CyberRaysSan Jose, California
1:30 pm PDT Janss  5'
Lalor  45'		 Report Murray  4', 82'
Chastain  40' (pen.)		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,756
Referee: Kari Seitz
August 18, 2001 Semi-FinalsPhiladelphia Charge2–3 (a.e.t.)Atlanta BeatAtlanta, Georgia
6:45 pm EDT Smith  33'
Clemens  36'		 Report Sun  67' (pen.)
Parlow  79',  101' 		Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium
Attendance: 12,138
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Founders Cup
Main article: 2001 WUSA Founders Cup
August 25, 2001 Founders CupBay Area CyberRays3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		Atlanta BeatBoston, Massachusetts
2:00 pm EDT Chastain  6'
Murray  43'
Venturini  86'		 Report Bivens  11'
Hooper  14'
Sun Wen  83'		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 21,078
Referee: Sandra Hunt
Penalties
Venturini
Dorn
Kátia
Murray 		Sun Wen
Serlenga
Hooper
Blalack

Awards
AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable Player Tiffeny MilbrettNew York Power
Offensive Player of the Year Tiffeny MilbrettNew York Power
Defensive Player of the Year Doris FitschenPhiladelphia Charge
Goalkeeper of the Year LaKeysia BeeneBay Area CyberRays
Coach of the Year Ian SawyersBay Area CyberRays
Humanitarian Award Kate SobreroBoston Breakers
Team Community Service AwardWashington Freedom
Team Fair Play AwardNew York Power

Source:[9]

Statistical leaders

See also

References

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