2009 WPS All-Star Game

2009 WPS All-Star Game
EventWomen's Professional Soccer All-Star Game
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DateAugust 30, 2009
VenueSoccer Park
Fenton, Missouri
RefereeSandra Serafini
Attendance4,115
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The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the first WPS All-Star Game. In a format similar to that of recent all-star games in Major League Soccer, the WPS All-Stars played Swedish club powerhouse Umeå IK on August 30, 2009, eight days after the league's championship game. The WPS All-Stars defeated their guests 4–2.

Scoreboard at the Soccer Park in Fenton MO.

Saint Louis Athletica named host

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WPS awarded the 2009 All-Star Game to St. Louis, Missouri in a press release on June 25, 2009. The venue was Anheuser-Busch Center in the suburb of Fenton, home of Saint Louis Athletica.

St. Louis has such a rich soccer tradition and great fans that we thought it would make for a terrific location – right in the heart of America – for our first WPS All-Star Game.

— Tonya Antonucci

Umeå IK

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Founded in 1917, Umeå IK is currently one of the premier women's clubs in Europe. They have won six Damallsvenskan titles, and won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice, appearing in the finals five times in the eight years since the competition's founding. Umeå was also the club that Marta played for before moving to the Los Angeles Sol.

WPS All-Stars

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Voting

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Eleven of the eighteen WPS All-Stars were chosen by vote. 25% of the total vote came from fans voting online, 25% from media, 25% from coaches (who were prohibited from voting for their team's players), and 25% from players. The results of the voting were released on August 4 at 5PM ET.

Over 25,000 fan votes were cast, with the top three fan picks being Hope Solo, Lori Chalupny, and Shannon Boxx. Despite leading the fan voting, Solo did not make the Starting XI. Marta was the overall top vote-getter, being named on the ballots of all eligible coaches, collecting 94% of the media vote, and finishing second in the player vote and fourth in the fan vote.

Multiple players who were selected to the Starting XI were playing for their national teams in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 at the time of the All-Star game. As such, their spots on the field were taken by the next runners-up in the voting for their respective positions.

The starting line-up of the 2009 WPS All-Stars.

At-Large Selections

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The remaining seven players on the All-Star team were selected by Abner Rogers (head coach for the Los Angeles Sol), who was chosen by a vote of all WPS players to be the WPS All-Star coach, and Commissioner Tonya Antonucci.

2009 All-Star Rosters

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Women's Professional Soccer

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF United States USA Christie Rampone
4 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
5 MF United States USA Brittany Klein
6 DF United States USA Amy LePeilbet
7 MF United States USA Shannon Boxx
8 DF United States USA Tina Ellertson
9 MF United States USA Heather O'Reilly
10 FW Brazil BRA Marta
11 FW Brazil BRA Cristiane
12 FW Canada CAN Christine Sinclair
13 FW United States USA Kristine Lilly
15 MF United States USA Megan Rapinoe
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF United States USA Lori Chalupny
18 MF Japan JPN Aya Miyama
20 FW United States USA Abby Wambach
23 GK Canada CAN Karina LeBlanc
25 FW United States USA Tiffeny Milbrett
78 GK United States USA Hope Solo
MF France FRA Camille Abily*
FW England ENG Eniola Aluko*
MF France FRA Sonia Bompastor*
MF Brazil BRA Formiga
DF England ENG Alex Scott*
MF England ENG Kelly Smith*

Bold indicates Starting XI from voting results
* Indicates Starting XI players who were on national team duty in Europe at gametime
Italic indicates runners-up replacing Starting XI players on European national team duty - Tiffeny Milbrett replaced Formiga
Regular typeface indicates "At Large" player selections

Umeå IK

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Sweden SWE Johanna Frisk*
5 DF Sweden SWE Emma Berglund
6 MF Sweden SWE Malin Moström
9 FW Sweden SWE Madeleine Edlund
10 MF Sweden SWE Hanna Ljungberg
11 MF Japan JPN Mami Yamaguchi
15 MF Sweden SWE Emelie Konradsson
18 FW Sweden SWE Sofia Jacobsson
19 FW Switzerland SUI Ramona Bachmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Brazil BRA Elaine
21 GK Sweden SWE Carola Söberg
23 MF Sweden SWE Emma Åberg-Zingmark
24 DF Sweden SWE Emma Kullberg
25 FW Sweden SWE Ida Åberg-Zingmark
26 DF Sweden SWE Elin Landström
91 DF Sweden SWE Frida Ostberg*
92 DF Sweden SWE Karolina Westberg
99 FW Sweden SWE Anna Sjöström

Squad announcement[permanent dead link]
* Due to Umeå also missing players for the European championships, these WPS players played for their former club.

Match details

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WPS All-Stars United States4 - 2Sweden Umeå IK
Lilly 24'
Marta 40'
Cristiane Yellow card 45+'
Sinclair 47' 49'
Boxscore Edlund 2'
Jacobsson 16'
Elaine Yellow card 57'
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Sandra Serafini (USA)

Woman of the Match:
Christie Rampone
Assistant referees:
Teresa Miguel
Stephanie Toth
Fourth official:
Dallas Malhiwsky

Statistics

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WPS Umeå
Goals scored 4 2
Total shots 28 11
Shots on target 16 7
Total Saves 5 11
Fouls 5 8
Offsides 4 4
Corner kicks 9 6
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0
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