2003 WUSA season

The 2003 Women's United Soccer Association season was the third and final season for WUSA, the first top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 5 and ended on August 10. The playoffs began on August 16, with the championship match between played on August 24 between the Washington Freedom and the Atlanta Beat.

Women's United Soccer Association
Season2003
ChampionsWashington Freedom
← 2002

Competition format
  • The regular season began on April 5 and ended on August 10.
  • 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 17. The winners of the semifinals met at Torero Stadium in San Diego, California for the final on August 24.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boston Breakers 21 10 7 4 33 29 +4 37 Regular season winners
2 Atlanta Beat 21 9 8 4 34 19 +15 35 Qualification to playoffs
3 San Diego Spirit 21 8 7 6 27 26 +1 31
4 Washington Freedom (C) 21 9 4 8 40 31 +9 31
5 New York Power 21 7 5 9 33 43 −10 26
6 San Jose CyberRays 21 7 4 10 23 30 −7 25
7 Carolina Courage 21 7 4 10 31 33 −2 25
8 Philadelphia Charge 21 5 5 11 30 40 −10 20
Source: WUSA[1][2]
(C) Champion.

Playoffs
Semi-Finals Founders Cup
      
1 Boston Breakers 0 (1)
4 Washington Freedom 0 (3)
4 Washington Freedom 2
2 Atlanta Beat 1
2 Atlanta Beat 2
3 San Diego Spirit 1

Semi-Finals
August 16, 2003 Semi-FinalsBoston Breakers0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		Washington FreedomBoston, Massachusetts
Report Stadium: Nickerson Field
Attendance: 9,070
Referee: Misail Tsapos
Penalties
Meinert
Lilly
Mellgren 		Meier
Little
Hamm
August 17, 2003 Semi-FinalsAtlanta Beat2–1 (a.e.t.)San Diego SpiritAtlanta, Georgia
Pohlers  90+2'
Hooper  94' 		Report Wagner  38' Stadium: Herndon Stadium
Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Erich Simmons

Founders Cup III
Main article: 2003 WUSA Founders Cup
August 24, 2003 Founders CupWashington Freedom2–1 (a.e.t.)Atlanta BeatSan Diego, California
Wambach  7',  96' Report Hooper  46' (pen.) Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Terry Vaughn

Awards
AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable Player Maren MeinertBoston Breakers
Defensive Player of the Year Joy FawcettSan Diego Spirit
Goalkeeper of the Year Briana ScurryWashington Freedom
Rookie of the Year Christine LathamSan Diego Spirit
Coach of the Year Pia SundhageBoston Breakers
Humanitarian Award Jenny BensonPhiladelphia Charge
Team Community Service AwardSan Jose CyberRays
Team Fair Play AwardPhiladelphia Charge
Referee of the Year Terry Vaughn
Executive of the Year Joe CummingsBoston Breakers
Goal of the Year Abby WambachWashington Freedom

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See also

References
  1. "2003 WUSA Regular Season Standings". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on 8 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2014.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "Meinert wins most valuable player". USA Today. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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