2001 Women's United Soccer Association season

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Women's United Soccer Association
Season2001
Champions Bay Area CyberRays
Goals scored235
Average goals/game2.80
Top goalscorer Tiffeny Milbrett (16)
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The 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season served as the inaugural season for WUSA, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 14 and ended on August 12, with the postseason games being held on August 18 and August 25.

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Attendance figures were high for the first season, particularly early in the season, though not near the levels organizers were expecting based on the attendance for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The league spent its initial $40m budget, intended to last five years, in just this first season.

Competition format

Results table

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Beat - ATL • Bay Area CyberRays - BAY • Boston Breakers - BOS • Carolina Courage - CAR
New York Power - NYP • Philadelphia Charge - PHI • San Diego Spirit - SDS • Washington Freedom - WSH
Win •Loss •Tie •Home
ClubMatch
123456789101112131415161718192021
Atlanta Beat [1] NYPPHIBOSSDSPHIBAYCARBOSWSHSDSCARPHIWSHNYPBAYNYPCARSDSBOSWSHBAY
0-00-00-11-10-20-10-21-12-13-21-11-13-20-31-12-13-23-10-11-24-0
Bay Area CyberRays [2] WSHBOSPHICARBOSATLSDSNYPCARPHISDSNYPWSHBOSATLWSHSDSCARPHINYPATL
1-01-13-22-12-40-13-10-02-03-00-01-02-30-21-11-00-21-23-20-14-0
Boston Breakers [3] CARBAYATLWSHBAYPHINYPATLSDSWSHNYPSDSCARBAYPHICARNYPWSHATLSDSPHI
0-11-10-12-22-42-32-31-13-11-03-13-12-10-21-21-24-22-10-10-12-1
Carolina Courage [4] BOSWSHNYPBAYWSHSDSATLNYPPHIBAYATLWSHPHIBOSSDSBOSATLBAYNYPPHISDS
0-11-23-12-12-24-30-22-43-02-01-12-02-02-12-01-23-21-20-15-12-2
New York Power [5] ATLSDSCARPHISDSWSHBOSCARBAYPHIBOSSDSBAYATLWSHATLBOSPHICARBAYWSH
0-00-03-12-20-11-22-32-40-02-13-11-11-00-32-12-14-22-10-10-10-2
Philadelphia Charge [6] SDSATLBAYNYPATLBOSWSHWSHCARNYPBAYATLCARSDSBOSWSHNYPBAYCARSDSBOS
0-20-03-22-20-22-30-21-23-02-13-01-12-03-01-20-22-13-25-11-12-1
San Diego Spirit [7] PHINYPWSHATLNYPCARBAYBOSATLWSHBAYNYPBOSPHICARBAYATLWSHBOSPHICAR
0-20-02-01-10-14-30-13-13-22-30-01-13-13-02-00-23-12-20-11-12-2
Washington Freedom [8] BAYCARSDSBOSCARNYPPHIPHIATLBOSSDSCARWSHBAYNYPBAYPHIBOSSDSATLNYP
1-01-22-02-22-21-20-21-22-11-02-32-03-22-32-11-00-22-12-21-20-2

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Atlanta Beat 2110743121+1037Regular Season Championship
2 Bay Area CyberRays 2111462723+437Qualification to play-offs
3 New York Power 219573025+532
4 Philadelphia Charge 219483528+731
5 San Diego Spirit 217772928+128
6 Boston Breakers 2183102935−627
7 Washington Freedom 2163122635−921
8 Carolina Courage 2163122840−1221
Updated to match(es) played on August 2001. Source:

Playoffs

Home teams listed second

Semi-Finals Founders Cup
      
3 New York Power 2
2 Bay Area CyberRays 3
2 Bay Area CyberRays 3 (4)
1 Atlanta Beat 3 (2)
4 Philadelphia Charge 2
1 Atlanta Beat 3

Semi-finals

New York Power v Bay Area CyberRays
August 18, 2001Semi-Finals New York Power 2–3 Bay Area CyberRays San Jose, California
1:30 pm PDT Janss Soccerball shade.svg5'
Lalor Soccerball shade.svg45'		 Report Murray Soccerball shade.svg4', 82'
Chastain Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.)		Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,756
Referee: Kari Seitz
August 18, 2001Semi-Finals Philadelphia Charge 2–3 (a.e.t.) Atlanta Beat Atlanta, Georgia
6:45 pm EDT Smith Soccerball shade.svg33'
Clemens Soccerball shade.svg36'		 Report Sun Soccerball shade.svg67' (pen.)
Parlow Soccerball shade.svg79', Soccerball shade gold.svg101'		Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium
Attendance: 12,138
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Founders Cup

Awards

AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable Player Flag of the United States.svg Tiffeny Milbrett New York Power
Offensive Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tiffeny Milbrett New York Power
Defensive Player of the Year Flag of Germany.svg Doris Fitschen Philadelphia Charge
Goalkeeper of the Year Flag of the United States.svg LaKeysia Beene Bay Area CyberRays
Coach of the Year Flag of England.svg Ian Sawyers Bay Area CyberRays
Humanitarian Award Flag of the United States.svg Kate Sobrero Boston Breakers
Team Community Service Award Washington Freedom
Team Fair Play Award New York Power

Source: [9]

Statistical leaders

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  2. ↑ "BAY schedule & results". WUSA. Archived from the original on October 7, 2001. Retrieved December 22, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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