WPS records and statistics

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Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was an American professional women's soccer league that operated as the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The league was formed in 2008 and dissolved in 2012. Below are notable records and statistics for WPS teams, players, and seasons, all as of the end of the league's final season in 2011.

WPS champions and runners-up

Season Playoff winner Result Playoff runner-up Regular season
winner 		Points Regular season
runner-up
2009 Sky Blue FC 1–0
Home Depot Center		 Los Angeles Sol Los Angeles Sol 41–34 Saint Louis Athletica
2010 FC Gold Pride 4–0
Pioneer Stadium		 Philadelphia Independence FC Gold Pride 53-36 Boston Breakers
2011 Western New York Flash 1–1 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (pen.)
Sahlen's Stadium		 Philadelphia Independence Western New York Flash 42–36 Philadelphia Independence

Career leaders

All-time table

All-time WPS standings
Club Seasons GP W L T GF GA GD Pts PPG Finishing position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Boston Breakers 3 (2009–2011) 62 22 26 14 73 72 +1 80 1.290 0 1 0 1
Sky Blue FC 3 (2009–2011) 62 19 27 16 63 80 –17 73 1.177 0 0 0 1
FC Gold Pride 2 (2009–2010) 44 20 13 11 63 47 +16 71 1.614 1 0 0 0
Philadelphia Independence 2 (2010–2011) 42 21 14 7 68 54 +14 70 1.667 0 1 1 0
Washington Freedom 2 (2009–2010) 44 16 16 12 65 65 0 60 1.354 0 0 1 1
Chicago Red Stars 2 (2009–2010) 44 12 21 11 36 52 –13 47 1.068 0 0 0 0
Saint Louis Athletica 2 (2009–2010) 26 12 7 7 28 23 +5 43 1.654 0 1 0 0
Western New York Flash 1 (2011) 18 13 2 3 40 18 +22 42 2.333 1 0 0 0
Los Angeles Sol 1 (2009) 20 12 3 5 27 10 +17 41 2.050 1 0 0 0
magicJack 1 (2011) 18 9 7 2 29 29 0 28[a] 1.556 0 0 1 0
Atlanta Beat 2 (2010–2011) 42 6 26 10 27 72 –45 28 0.667 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Includes point deductions.
All-time WPS playoff records
Club Seas. Apps. App% GP W L T SOW GF GA GD Pts PPG
Philadelphia Independence 2 2 100.00% 5 3 1 1 0 6 6 0 10 2.00
Sky Blue FC 1 3 33.33% 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 +3 9 3.00
magicJack 1 1 100.00% 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 1.50
FC Gold Pride 1 2 50.00% 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 +4 3 3.00
Western New York Flash 1 1 100.00% 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.00
Washington Freedom 2 2 100.00% 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 –2 0 0.00
Los Angeles Sol 1 1 100.00% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 –1 0 0.00
Saint Louis Athletica 1 1 100.00% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 –1 0 0.00
Boston Breakers 2 3 66.66% 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 –3 0 0.00

Sort order: Points, appearance percentage, total seasons played, finishing position.

Average season attendances

Season League
average 		Highest Lowest
Club Average Club Average
2009 4,709 Los Angeles Sol 6,382 Sky Blue FC 3,651
2010 3,606 Chicago Red Stars 4,350 Philadelphia Independence 2,922
2011 3,654 Western New York Flash 5,438 magicJack 2,127

Criteria: Includes regular-season, playoff, and All-Star games, but does not include friendlies.

Records

Trivia

  • No team played in every playoff series.
    • If magicJack is considered to be the continuation of the Washington Freedom, that team qualified for every playoff series.
    • Two core groups of players have played together in all three seasons and qualified for the playoffs:
  • The team to win the regular season in each of the league's first two seasons, which were also the league's attendance leaders, folded during the following offseason.

See also

References

General
"2010 WPS Schedule". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
"2009 WPS Schedule". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
"2011 WPS Schedule". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
"Women's Professional Soccer Team Rosters and Statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 21, 2023.