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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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Season

! scope="col" | Playoff winner

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | Playoff runner-up

! scope="col" | Regular season
winner

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Regular season
runner-up

scope="row" | 2009

| Sky Blue FC || 1–0
Home Depot Center || Los Angeles Sol

| Los Angeles Sol || 41–34 || Saint Louis Athletica

scope="row" | 2010

| FC Gold Pride || 4–0
Pioneer Stadium || Philadelphia Independence

| FC Gold Pride || 53-36 || Boston Breakers

scope="row" | 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

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class="wikitable"

|+ WPS career leading regular-season goalscorers

! scope="col" | Player

! scope="col" | Goals

{{flagicon|BRA}} Marta{{center|39}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Abby Wambach{{center|30}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair{{center|26}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Natasha Kai{{center|20}}
{{flagicon|ENG}} Eniola Aluko{{center|19}}
{{flagicon|ENG}} Kelly Smith{{center|18}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Rodriguez{{center|15}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Ella Masar{{center|12}}
{{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiane

| rowspan=4 | {{center|10}}

{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa De Vanna
{{flagicon|USA}} Tiffany Milbrett
{{flagicon|USA}} Kelley O'Hara

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class="wikitable"

|+ WPS career leading playoff goalscorers

! scope="col" | Player

! scope="col" | Goals

{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Rodriguez

| rowspan=2 | {{center|3}}

{{flagicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair
{{flagicon|USA}} Natasha Kai

| rowspan=2 | {{center|2}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Abby Wambach
{{flagicon|USA}} Danesha Adams

| rowspan=10 | {{center|1}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Cheney
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa De Vanna
{{flagicon|USA}} Keeley Dowling
{{flagicon|BRA}} Francielle
{{flagicon|BRA}} Marta
{{flagicon|USA}} Heather O'Reilly
{{flagicon|USA}} Megan Rapinoe
{{flagicon|SWE}} Caroline Seger
{{flagicon|USA}} Keelin Winters

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All-time table

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ All-time final season positions on WPS regular-season standings

! scope="col" | Club

! scope="col" | 1st

! scope="col" | 2nd

! scope="col" | 3rd

! scope="col" | 4th

scope="row" {{left}}Western New York Flash

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}FC Gold Pride

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Los Angeles Sol

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Philadelphia Independence

| 0||1||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Boston Breakers

| 0||1||0||1

scope="row" {{left}}Saint Louis Athletica

| 0||1||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Washington Freedom

| 0||0||1||1

scope="row" {{left}}magicJack

| 0||0||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Sky Blue FC

| 0||0||0||1

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ All-time final WPS playoff results

! scope="col" | Club

! scope="col" | 1st

! scope="col" | 2nd

! scope="col" | 3rd

! scope="col" | 4th

scope="row" {{left}}Western New York Flash

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}FC Gold Pride

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Sky Blue FC

| 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Philadelphia Independence

| 0||2||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Los Angeles Sol

| 0||1||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Boston Breakers

| 0||0||1||1

scope="row" {{left}}magicJack

| 0||0||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Saint Louis Athletica

| 0||0||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Washington Freedom

| 0||0||0||2

{{small|Sort order: For otherwise identical records, the most recent success is listed first.}}

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{{col-end}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ All-time WPS standings

rowspan=2 scope="col" | Club

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | Seasons

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|W|Games won}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|L|Games lost}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|T|Games tied}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GF|Goals scored (for)}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GA|Goals conceded (against)}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|Pts|Points won}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|PPG|Points won per game}}

! colspan=4 scope="colgroup" | Finishing position

scope="col" | 1st

! scope="col" | 2nd

! scope="col" | 3rd

! scope="col" | 4th

scope="row" {{left}}Boston Breakers

| 3 (2009–2011)

| 62 || 22||26||14 || 73||72 || +1 || 80||1.290 || 0||1||0||1

scope="row" {{left}}Sky Blue FC

| 3 (2009–2011)

| 62 || 19||27||16 || 63||80 || –17 || 73||1.177 || 0||0||0||1

scope="row" {{left}}FC Gold Pride

| 2 (2009–2010)

| 44 || 20||13||11 || 63||47 || +16 || 71||1.614 || 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Philadelphia Independence

| 2 (2010–2011)

| 42 || 21||14|| 7 || 68||54 || +14 || 70||1.667 || 0||1||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Washington Freedom

| 2 (2009–2010)

| 44 || 16||16||12 || 65||65 || 0 || 60||1.354 || 0||0||1||1

scope="row" {{left}}Chicago Red Stars

| 2 (2009–2010)

| 44 || 12||21||11 || 36||52 || –13 || 47||1.068 || 0||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Saint Louis Athletica

| 2 (2009–2010)

| 26 || 12|| 7|| 7 || 28||23 || +5 || 43||1.654 || 0||1||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Western New York Flash

| 1 (2011)

| 18 || 13|| 2|| 3 || 40||18 || +22 || 42||2.333 || 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}Los Angeles Sol

| 1 (2009)

| 20 || 12|| 3|| 5 || 27||10 || +17 || 41||2.050 || 1||0||0||0

scope="row" {{left}}magicJack

| 1 (2011)

| 18 || 9|| 7|| 2 || 29||29 || 0 ||28{{efn|group=ats|Includes point deductions.}}||1.556 || 0||0||1||0

scope="row" {{left}}Atlanta Beat

| 2 (2010–2011)

| 42 || 6||26||10 || 27||72 || –45 || 28||0.667 || 0||0||0||0

{{notelist|group=ats}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
+ All-time WPS playoff records

! Club

! {{Abbr|Seas.|Total seasons played}}

! {{Abbr|Apps.|Playoff appearances}}

! {{Abbr|App%|Percentage of seasons with a playoff appearance}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|W|Games won}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|L|Games lost}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|T|Games tied}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|SOW|Tied games won by penalty shoot-out (shoot-out wins)}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GF|Goals scored (for)}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GA|Goals conceded (against)}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|Pts|Points won}}

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | {{abbr|PPG|Points won per game}}

scope="row" {{left}}Philadelphia Independence

| 2 || 2 || 100.00%

| 5 || 3||1||1||0 || 6||6|| 0 || 10||2.00

scope="row" {{left}}Sky Blue FC

| 1 || 3 || 33.33%

| 3 || 3||0||0||0 || 4||1||+3 || 9||3.00

scope="row" {{left}}magicJack

| 1 || 1 || 100.00%

| 2 || 1||1||0||0 || 3||3|| 0 || 3||1.50

scope="row" {{left}}FC Gold Pride

| 1 || 2 || 50.00%

| 1 || 1||0||0||0 || 4||0||+4 || 3||3.00

scope="row" {{left}}Western New York Flash

| 1 || 1 || 100.00%

| 1 || 0||0||1||1 || 1||1|| 0 || 1||1.00

scope="row" {{left}}Washington Freedom

| 2 || 2 || 100.00%

| 2 || 0||2||0||0 || 1||3||–2 || 0||0.00

scope="row" {{left}}Los Angeles Sol

| 1 || 1 || 100.00%

| 1 || 0||1||0||0 || 0||1||–1 || 0||0.00

scope="row" {{left}}Saint Louis Athletica

| 1 || 1 || 100.00%

| 1 || 0||1||0||0 || 0||1||–1 || 0||0.00

scope="row" {{left}}Boston Breakers

| 2 || 3 || 66.66%

| 2 || 0||2||0||0 || 2||5||–3 || 0||0.00

{{small|Sort order: Points, appearance percentage, total seasons played, finishing position.}}

Average season attendances

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 scope="col" | Season

! rowspan=2 scope="col" | League
average

! colspan=2 scope="colgroup" | Highest

! colspan=2 scope="colgroup" | Lowest

scope="col" | Clubscope="col" | Average

! scope="col" | Club

scope="col" | Average
scope="row" | 2009

| 4,709

| Los Angeles Sol||6,382 || Sky Blue FC||3,651

scope="row" | 2010

| 3,606

| Chicago Red Stars||4,350 || Philadelphia Independence||2,922

scope="row" | 2011

| 3,654

| Western New York Flash||5,438 || magicJack||2,127

{{small|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:
  • Freedom-magicJack, centered on Abby Wambach
  • Sol-Gold Pride-Flash, centered on Marta
  • 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

: {{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/schedule/2010-wps-schedule |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625210211/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/schedule/2010-wps-schedule |archive-date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |title=2010 WPS Schedule |publisher=Women's Professional Soccer}}

: {{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com:80/Home/schedule/2009-wps-schedule.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029101657/http://www.womensprosoccer.com:80/Home/schedule/2009-wps-schedule.aspx |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |title=2009 WPS Schedule |publisher=Women's Professional Soccer}}

: {{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com:80/Home/schedule/2011-wps-schedule.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104145836/http://www.womensprosoccer.com:80/Home/schedule/2011-wps-schedule.aspx |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |title=2011 WPS Schedule |publisher=Women's Professional Soccer}}

: {{cite web |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/l-WPS |title=Women's Professional Soccer Team Rosters and Statistics |work=Stats Crew |access-date=June 21, 2023}}

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