2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

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The 2009 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2009 Season, that started on August 15 and culminated on August 22 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Contents

1 Format
2 Standings
3 Bracket
4 Results
5 Media coverage
6 Notes and references
7 See also

Format

The top four WPS teams, based on their regular season finishes, qualified for the playoffs. In the First Round, the third-ranked team hosted the fourth-ranked team. The winner of that match advances to the Super Semifinal, where they traveled to the second-ranked team. Finally, the regular season first-ranked team hosted the winner of the Super Semifinal in the WPS Championship match.

This format, fairly unique in the American sports landscape, preserves the knockout-style postseason most American sports fans are familiar with, while also highly favoring the regular season first-ranked team.

Standings

Place	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Los Angeles Sol	20	12	3	5	27	10	+17	41
2	Saint Louis Athletica	20	10	6	4	19	15	+4	33
3	Washington Freedom	20	8	7	5	32	32	0	29
4	Sky Blue FC	20	7	8	5	19	20	-1	26
5	Boston Breakers	20	7	9	4	18	20	-2	25
6	Chicago Red Stars	20	5	10	5	18	25	-7	20
7	FC Gold Pride	20	4	10	6	17	28	-11	18

Bracket

First Round			Super Semifinal			WPS Final

						1	Los Angeles Sol	0
			2	Saint Louis Athletica	0	4	Sky Blue FC	1
3	Washington Freedom	1	4	Sky Blue FC	1
4	Sky Blue FC	2

Results

First round

August 15, 2009 4:00 pm EDT	Washington Freedom	1 – 2	Sky Blue FC	Maryland SoccerPlex, Germantown, Maryland Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
	De Vanna 79'	Report	Kai 56' Francielle 85'

Super Semifinal

August 19, 2009 6:00 PM CDT	Saint Louis Athletica	0 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Soccer Park, Fenton, Missouri Attendance: 5,064 Referee: Ted Unkel
	Logterman 90'	Report	Dowling 30' Schnur 67' Kai 78'

WPS Championship

August 22, 2009 1:00 PM PDT	Los Angeles Sol	0 – 1	Sky Blue FC	The Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Kari Seitz
		Report	O'Reilly 16'

Los Angeles Sol

Sky Blue
FC


LOS ANGELES SOL:
GK	23	Karina LeBlanc
DF	22	Manya Makoski
DF	11	Brittany Bock	52'
DF	3	Allison Falk	27'
DF	14	Stephanie Cox
MF	6	McCall Zerboni		36'
MF	4	Aly Wagner		63'
MF	7	Shannon Boxx (c)
MF	8	Aya Miyama
FW	10	Marta
FW	9	Han Duan		79'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Val Henderson
DF	2	Keri Sanchez
DF	19	Sharolta Nonen		36'
DF	21	Johanna Frisk
MF	17	Liz Bogus
MF	18	Katie Larkin		63'
FW	16	Lyndsey Patterson		79'
Manager:
Abner Rogers


SKY BLUE FC:
GK	23	Jenni Branam
DF	17	Keeley Dowling
DF	4	Jen Buczkowski
DF	3	Christie Rampone (c)
DF	12	Meghan Schnur
MF	20	Kacey White
MF	10	Yael Averbuch
MF	24	Francielle
FW	9	Heather O'Reilly (MVP)	84'
FW	11	Rosana	72'
FW	6	Natasha Kai	68'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Cori Alexander
DF	38	Julianne Sitch
MF	7	Kelly Parker
MF	13	Noelle Keselica	84'
MF	14	Collette McCallum	72'
FW	15	Katie Hooker
FW	16	Kerri Hanks	68'
Manager:
Christie Rampone

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Marlene Duffy
- Veronica Perez
Fourth official: Margaret Domka

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

Media coverage

Both the First Round and the WPS Championship was viewable on Fox Sports Network, while the Super Semifinal was on Fox Soccer Channel. Also, all three matches were webcast on the WPS website.

Notes and references

v · d · eWomen's Professional Soccer

Teams	Atlanta Beat · Boston Breakers · Philadelphia Independence · Sky Blue FC · Western New York

Defunct teams	Chicago Red Stars (2009-2010) · FC Gold Pride (2009-2010) · Los Angeles Sol (2009) · Saint Louis Athletica (2009-2010) · Washington Freedom / magicJack (2009-2011)

Miscellaneous	All-Star · Awards · Drafts · Foreign Players · Hall of Fame · Records and Statistics · Stadiums

Seasons	2009 · 2010 · 2011

v · d · eSoccer in the United States

Overview	United States Soccer Federation League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS)

Men's national teams	Men's team Men's U23 team Men's U20 team Men's U17 team MNT statistics

Outdoor leagues	MLS NASL USL Pro PDL NPSL USASA U.S. Development Academy USCS USL Super-20

Indoor leagues	MISL PASL-Pro PASL-Premier

Cup competitions	Open Cup MLS Cup Southwest Cup George F. Donnelly Cup

Men's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Women's team Women's U23 team Women's U20 team Women's U17 team

Women's leagues	WPS W-League WPSL WLS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Defunct	D2 Pro League USL ;First Division USL Second Division Women's United Soccer Association A-League

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