2002 Philadelphia Charge season

Philadelphia Charge
2002 season
General manager	Tim Murphy
Head coach	Mark Krikorian
Stadium	Villanova Stadium
WUSA	2nd
WUSA playoffs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Marinette Pichon (14)
Highest home attendance	9,650 (June 8 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance	5,402 (Aug 7 vs. San Jose)
Average home league attendance	6,880
Biggest win	4–2; (May 4 vs. Boston)
Biggest defeat	2–0; (two matches)
	← 2001 2003 →

Last updated November 20, 2025

The 2002 season was the Philadelphia Charge's second season competing in the Women's United Soccer Association league, the top division of women's soccer in the United States, and second competitive season. The team was coached by Mark Krikorian.^[1]

Review

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Philadelphia Charge.^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CHN	Liu Ailing
—	MF	USA	Andrea Alfiler
—	DF	USA	Jenny Benson
—	FW	USA	Mandy Clemens
—	MF	USA	Kerry Connors
—	MF	USA	Michelle Demko
—	MF	USA	Lorrie Fair
—	DF	USA	Karyn Hall
—	DF	USA	Erica Iverson
—	FW	USA	Rakel Karvelsson
—	FW	USA	Tara Koleski
—	MF	CHN	Zhao Lihong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	USA	Erin Martin
—	MF	USA	Rebekah McDowell
—	DF	USA	Heather Mitts
—	MF	USA	Mary-Frances Monroe
—	GK	USA	Melissa Moore
—	FW	FRA	Marinette Pichon
—	GK	USA	Janel Schillig
—	MF	ENG	Kelly Smith
—	DF	USA	Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo
—	DF	ENG	Stacey Tullock
—	GK	USA	Maite Zabala

Team management

Position	Staff Member
Head coach	Mark Krikorian
Assistant coach	Pia Sundhage
Assistant coach	John Natale
Goalkeeping coach	Paul Royal

Last updated: April 4, 2020
Source:

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Competition

Regular season

April 131	Atlanta Beat	0–2	Philadelphia Charge	Atlanta, GA
		Box Score	Smith 60' Lihong 72'	Stadium: Herndon Stadium Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 272	New York Power	1–2	Philadelphia Charge	Uniondale, NY
	Janss 17'	Box Score	Monroe 32' Smith 89'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Kim Oberle

May 43	Philadelphia Charge	4–2	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
	Tietjen-Prozzo 45' Pichon 48' Rooney 52' (o.g.) Clemens 82'	Box Score	Meinert 20' Lilly 51'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,629 Referee: Faith Rossi

May 114	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
	Martin 27', 39' Smith 88'	Box Score	Wambach 88'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 8,185 Referee: Sandra Hunt

May 195	San Diego Spirit	1–0	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego, CA
	Foudy 43'	Box Score		Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,779 Referee: Jesse Johnson

May 256	Carolina Courage	1–3	Philadelphia Charge	Cary, NC
	Slaton 56'	Box Score	Pichon 29', 82' Smith 71'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,281 Referee: Kari Seitz Sarah Kraus

June 17	Philadelphia Charge	0–0	San Jose CyberRays	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,903 Referee: Misail Tsapos

June 88	Philadelphia Charge	1–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 87'	Box Score	Grubb 40'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Erich Simmons

June 159	Philadelphia Charge	1–0	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 5'	Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Arnold Baldeaux

June 1910	Carolina Courage	1–3	Philadelphia Charge	Cary, NC
	Pichon 5', 67' Connors 39'	Box Score	Fotopoulos 27'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,244 Referee: Sandra Hunt

June 2311	San Diego Spirit	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego, CA
	Yunjie 45' (o.g.)	Box Score	Ouying 49'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,545 Referee: Jesse Johnson

June 2912	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	Atlanta Beat	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 32', 73' Iverson 47'	Box Score	Wen 80'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,844 Referee: Rachel Woo

July 713	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	New York Power	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 77', 79', 90'	Box Score	Davey 86'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,303 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

July 1414	Washington Freedom	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	Washington, DC
	Wambach 75'	Box Score	Lihong 85'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 5,968 Referee: Misail Tsapos

July 2015	Philadelphia Charge	2–0	Carolina Courage	Villanova, PA
	Connors 21' Pichon 25'	Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,946 Referee: Mark Arblaster

July 2416	Philadelphia Charge	2–3	New York Power	Villanova, PA
	Clemens 61' Ailing 79'	Box Score	Milbrett 83', 87' Janss 84'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 7,469 Referee: Todd Perry

July 2717	Boston Breakers	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	Boston, MA
	Kemp 90'	Box Score	Ailing 84'	Stadium: Nickerson Field Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Misail Tsapos

July 3118	San Jose CyberRays	2–0	Philadelphia Charge	San Jose, CA
	Venturini-Hoch 54' Kátia 84'	Box Score		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 6,653 Referee: Sandra Hunt

August 319	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	San Diego Spirit	Villanova, PA
	Tullock 56' Iverson 65' Pichon 71'	Box Score	Mascaro 58'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,889 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 720	Philadelphia Charge	1–1	San Jose CyberRays	Villanova, PA
	Tullock 73'	Box Score	Chastain 34'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,402 Referee: Rachel Woo

August 1021	Atlanta Beat	2–0	Philadelphia Charge	Atlanta, GA
	Serlenga 4' Cagle 63'	Box Score		Stadium: Herndon Stadium Attendance: 7,590 Referee: Erich Simmons

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L

Source: WUSA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Home/away results


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	7	3	1	23	11	+12	4	3	3	13	11	+2

Last updated: complete.
Source: WUSA

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carolina Courage	21	12	4	5	40	30	+10	40	Regular Season Championship
2	Philadelphia Charge	21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	Qualification to play-offs
3	Washington Freedom	21	11	5	5	40	29	+11	38
4	Atlanta Beat	21	11	1	9	34	29	+5	34
5	San Jose CyberRays	21	8	5	8	34	30	+4	29

Updated to match(es) played on August 2002. Source: statscrew.com and wusa.com^[4]

Playoffs

August 17Semi-Finals	Philadelphia Charge	0–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
		Box Score	Gerardo 80'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,547 Referee: Sandra Hunt

Statistics

As of April 5, 2020

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WUSA		WUSA playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
	GK	USA	Melissa Moore	21	0	20	0	1	0
	GK	USA	Maite Zabala	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders:
	DF	USA	Andrea Alfiler	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
	DF	USA	Jenny Benson	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
	DF	USA	Karyn Hall	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
	DF	USA	Erica Iverson	20	2	19	2	1	0
	DF	USA	Heather Mitts	17	0	16	0	1	0
	MF	USA	Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo	21	1	20	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Stacey Tullock	15	2	11+3	2	0+1	0
Midfielders:
	MF	CHN	Liu Ailing	20	2	11+8	2	1	0
	MF	USA	Kerry Connors	19	2	15+3	2	1	0
	MF	USA	Michelle Demko	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
	MF	USA	Lorrie Fair	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
	MF	CHN	Zhao Lihong	18	2	16+1	2	1	0
	MF	USA	Rebekah McDowell	13	0	7+5	0	0+1	0
	MF	USA	Mary-Frances Monroe	16	1	11+4	1	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Kelly Smith	7	4	7	4	0	0
Forwards:
	FW	USA	Mandy Clemens	18	2	11+7	2	0	0
	FW	USA	Erin Martin	11	2	5+6	2	0	0
	FW	USA	Tara Koleski	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
	FW	FRA	Marinette Pichon	19	14	14+4	14	1	0

Source: https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/t-WPHC/y-2002 StatsCrew.com

Goalkeepers

As of April 5, 2020

Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO
	Melissa Moore	20	20	11–3–6	20	1.00	4
	Maite Zabala	1	1	0–1–0	2	2.00	0
Total				11-4-6	22	1.05	4

Record = W-L-D

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes
December 5, 2001	Tracy Arkenberg	FW	San Diego Spirit	2001 WUSA waiver draft ^[5]
December 5, 2001	Maite Zabala	GK	Atlanta Beat	2001 WUSA waiver draft ^[5]
January 30, 2002	Zhao Lihong	MF	China women's national football team	Signed^[6]
January 30, 2002	Marinette Pichon	FW	Saint-Memmie Olympique [ fr ]	Signed^[6]
February 11, 2002	Stacey Tullock	DF	Arizona State	2002 WUSA draft, Round 1, Pick 5, 5th Overall^[7]
	Mary-Frances Monroe	MF	UCLA	2002 WUSA draft, Round 2, Pick 5, 13th Overall^[7]
	Andrea Alfiler	MF	Azusa Pacific	2002 WUSA draft, Round 2, Pick 8, 16th Overall^[7]
	Katie Carson	GK	Clemson University	2002 WUSA draft, Round 3, Pick 5, 21st Overall^[7]
	Kayrn Hall	DF	University of Florida	2002 WUSA draft, Round 4, Pick 5, 29th Overall^[7]
April 3, 2002	Janel Schillig	GK	Villanova University	Signed^[8]
July 9, 2002	Tara Kolesk	FW	San Diego Spirit	Signed^[9]
	Kerry Connors	MF	New York Power	Signed^[10]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes
December 3, 2001	Laurie Pells	GK		Waived^[11]
	Rakel Karvelsson	FW
	Vanessa Rubio	DF
	Courtney Saunders	FW
December 5, 2001	Saskia Webber	GK	New York Power	Trade^[12]
April 1, 2002	Laurie Schwoy	MF		Released^[13]
	Katie Carson	GK		Released^[13]
	Michelle Demko	MF		Released^[13]
May 16, 2002	Andrea Alfiler	DF	San Diego Spirit	Released^[14]
	Deidre Enos	FW	N/A	Retired^[15]
	Doris Fitschen	DF	N/A	Retired^[15]
	Jennifer Soileau	MF	N/A	Retired^[16]

Honors

2002 WUSA Most Valuable Player of the Year: Marinette Pichon ^[17]
2002 WUSA Offensive Player of the Year: Marinette Pichon ^[17]
2002 All-WUSA Team: Marinette Pichon, Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo, Erica Iverson,^[17]
2002 WUSA Coach of the Year: Mark Krikorian

References

↑ Drew Crossley (May 24, 2016). "2001-2003 Philadelphia Charge". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
↑ "2002 Philadelphia Charge Roster". statscrew.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
↑ "Paul Royal | La Salle University Profile". goexplorers.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
↑ "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on December 9, 2002. Retrieved May 20, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Transactions". The Harford Courant. December 6, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
1 2 "Transactions". The Harford Courant. January 30, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 "WUSA: 2002 Draft". SoccerAmerica. February 11, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ Greg Wiley (April 3, 2002). "Charge Sign Villanova's Schillig Goalkeeper Signed to Reserve Roster; Charge Trade for Freedom Draft Pick". South Jersey Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "Koleski Agrees to Terms With Charge". OurSportsCentral. July 9, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "WUSA waiver draft has 41 players available". XtraTime.org. December 3, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "WUSA trade news : New York Power signs Saskia Webber". XtraTime.org. December 5, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
1 2 3 "Philadelphia cuts roster to 18; Scrimmage vs. Power moved to Sunday". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "Charge Sign Hall to Reserve Roster". OurSportsCentral. May 16, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
1 2 "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
↑ "COLLEGE WOMEN: Former WUSA player is Louisiana Tech #39s first coach". SoccerAmerica. April 29, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
1 2 3 "Philadelphia's Pichon takes top honor in WUSA awards". usatoday.com. August 22, 2002. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

External links

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[Chargehistory-1] Drew Crossley (May 24, 2016). "2001-2003 Philadelphia Charge". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[2] "2002 Philadelphia Charge Roster". statscrew.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[3] "Paul Royal | La Salle University Profile". goexplorers.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[4] "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on December 9, 2002. Retrieved May 20, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[waiverdraft-5] "Transactions". The Harford Courant. December 6, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[LihongPichon-sign-6] 1 2 "Transactions". The Harford Courant. January 30, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[draft-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "WUSA: 2002 Draft". SoccerAmerica. February 11, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[8] Greg Wiley (April 3, 2002). "Charge Sign Villanova's Schillig Goalkeeper Signed to Reserve Roster; Charge Trade for Freedom Draft Pick". South Jersey Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[9] "Koleski Agrees to Terms With Charge". OurSportsCentral. July 9, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[10] "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[waived-11] "WUSA waiver draft has 41 players available". XtraTime.org. December 3, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[12] "WUSA trade news : New York Power signs Saskia Webber". XtraTime.org. December 5, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[preseasoncuts-13] 1 2 3 "Philadelphia cuts roster to 18; Scrimmage vs. Power moved to Sunday". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[14] "Charge Sign Hall to Reserve Roster". OurSportsCentral. May 16, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[retired-15] 1 2 "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[16] "COLLEGE WOMEN: Former WUSA player is Louisiana Tech #39s first coach". SoccerAmerica. April 29, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[awards-17] 1 2 3 "Philadelphia's Pichon takes top honor in WUSA awards". usatoday.com. August 22, 2002. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

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Miscellaneous	Player allocation Foreign player allocation Drafts Records and statistics Stadiums Television coverage
Seasons	2001 2002 2003

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	7	3	1	23	11	+12	4	3	3	13	11	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	7	3	1	23	11	+12	4	3	3	13	11	+2