2011 season | |||
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Owner | Team Dynamics, LLC | ||
Head coach | Paul Riley | ||
Stadium | Leslie Quick Stadium Chester, Pennsylvania (Capacity: 4,500) | ||
Women's Professional Soccer | 2nd | ||
WPS Playoffs | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | Tasha Kai (9) | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,162 (Aug. 7 vs. Sky Blue FC) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,996 (July 6 vs. Sky Blue FC) | ||
Average home league attendance | 2,774 | ||
Biggest win | 6-0 (June 19 vs. magicJack) | ||
Biggest defeat | 0-2 (July 23 at Sky Blue FC) | ||
All statistics correct as of June 15, 2017. |
The 2011 Philadelphia Independence season was the team's second and final season in the Women's Professional Soccer league, and its final season as a team.
The Independence traded Karina LeBlanc to the Chicago Red Stars to move up to the second overall pick in the 2011 WPS Draft and midfielder Caroline Seger to the expansion Western New York Flash for their first pick in the draft's second round. The Independence selected University of Virginia midfielder Sinead Farrelly with the acquired first-round pick. [1] [2] The Independence would select seven players in the draft, more than any other team in the 6-team league. It also signed goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart on February 24, 2011, after the dissolution of FC Gold Pride. [3]
The team also changed home venues, moving from West Chester University to Widener University. [2]
The Independence finished second in league play, won the WPS Super Semifinal 2–0 over magicJack, then drew the Western New York Flash in the 2011 WPS championship after extra time, losing in penalties 5–4. Head coach Paul Riley was named WPS Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, and Verónica Boquete was named Player of the Year.
This was the team's final season, as it dissolved in 2012 along with the Women's Professional Soccer league itself. Many of its players and staff would go on to other teams that moved to different leagues, while others appeared in the next fully professional women's soccer league, the National Women's Soccer League, after it launched in 2013. [4]
As of September 26, 2011 [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Paul Riley |
Assistant coach | Paul Royal |
Assistant coach | Skip Thorp |
Strength and conditioning coach | Mike Demakis |
Last updated: November 10, 2011
Source: WPS
April 10, 20111 | Sky Blue FC | 2-2 | Philadelphia Independence | Piscataway, NJ |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,910 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Emilie Buse, Robert Sibiga Fourth official: Katja Koroleva |
April 16, 20112 | Philadelphia Independence | v | magicJack | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium | |||
Note: Postponed to June 25 due to rain and lightning. [6] |
May 1, 20113 | magicJack | 2-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Boca Raton, FL |
Report | Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,008 |
May 8, 20114 | Philadelphia Independence | 2-0 | Boston Breakers | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Patrick Baker Assistant referees: Emilie Buse, Katja Koroleva Fourth official: Eric Weisbrod |
May 15, 20115 | Atlanta Beat | 1-2 | Philadelphia Independence | Kennesaw, GA |
Report | Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Ted Unkel Assistant referees: Amy Mahan, Justin Brown Fourth official: Veronica Brito |
May 22, 20116 | Boston Breakers | 1-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Cambridge, MA |
Report | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 6,128 |
May 29, 20117 | Philadelphia Independence | 1-2 | Western New York Flash | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Christina Ibanez Assistant referees: Tori Hancock, Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Darth Newman |
June 4, 20118 | Philadelphia Independence | 0-0 | Atlanta Beat | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Margaret Domka Assistant referees: Angela Ianni, Eric Weisbrod Fourth official: Kevin Klinger |
June 12, 20119 | Western New York Flash | 0-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Rochester, NY |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Kristen Schiereck, Ashley Cedro Fourth official: Amanda Ross |
June 18, 201110 | Philadelphia Independence | 6-0 | magicJack | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Ted Unkel Assistant referees: Mark Buda, Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Darth Newman |
June 25, 20112 | Philadelphia Independence | 3-1 | magicJack | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Margaret Domka Assistant referees: Melanie Johnson, Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Stanford Nagle III | |||
Note: Rescheduled from April 16 due to rain and lightning. [6] |
July 6, 201111 | Philadelphia Independence | 4-3 | Sky Blue FC | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 1,996 Referee: Felisha Mariscal Assistant referees: Juliana Duncan, Angela Ianni Fourth official: Ross Kleinstuber |
July 9, 201112 | Philadelphia Independence | 2-1 | Western New York Flash | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 2,556 Referee: Patrick Baker Assistant referees: Amanda Ross, Molly Cunningham Fourth official: Brian Dunn |
July 16, 201113 | Atlanta Beat | 0-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Kennesaw, GA |
Report | Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,742 Referee: Patrick Baker Assistant referees: Talha Dikgitmetz, Mark Cleland Fourth official: Mark Asauro |
July 23, 201114 | Sky Blue FC | 2-0 | Philadelphia Independence | Piscataway, NJ |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,593 Referee: Stephanie Toth Assistant referees: Shelley Finger, Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Darth Newman |
July 27, 201115 | Boston Breakers | 0-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Cambridge, MA |
Report | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 3,343 Referee: Moo Hackett Assistant referees: Ross Wolf, Scott Kachmarik Fourth official: Kara Hahnthumb |
July 31, 201116 | Philadelphia Independence | 1-0 | Atlanta Beat | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 4,162 Referee: Christina Ibanez |
August 7, 201117 | Philadelphia Independence | 2-1 | Sky Blue FC | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: Leslie Quick Stadium Attendance: 4,162 Referee: Ted Unkel Assistant referees: Emilie Buse, Bryan Roslund Fourth official: Stanford Nagle III |
August 14, 201118 | magicJack | 2-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Boca Raton, FL |
Report | Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,063 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Last updated: August 22, 2011.
Source: WPS
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Western New York Flash | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 42 | Advance to Championship |
2 | Philadelphia Independence | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 36 | Advance to Super Semifinal |
3 | magicJack | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 28 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to First round |
4 | Boston Breakers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 [lower-alpha 2] | |
5 | Sky Blue FC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 19 [lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | Atlanta Beat | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 7 |
August 20, 2011Super Semifinal | Philadelphia Independence | 2-0 | magicJack | Chester, PA |
Report | Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Ted Unkel Assistant referees: Marlene Duffy, Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Katja Koroleva |
August 27, 2011 WPS Championship | Western New York Flash | 1-1 (a.e.t.) (5-4 p) | Philadelphia Independence | Rochester, NY |
4:00 p.m. (EST) | Edwards 25' Sinclair 64' Goebel 96' 108' Marta 103' | Report | Rodriguez 88', 90+3' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 10,461 Referee: Kari Seitz Assistant referees: Russell Wolf, Juliana Duncan Fourth official: Robert Sibiga |
Penalties | ||||
Marta Sinclair Zerboni Seger Averbuch | Sanderson Adams Robinson Boquete del Rio |
Source: WPS
Squad statistics are of the regular season only.
N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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0 | F | Tasha Kai | 17 | 16 | 1234 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 28 | 57.14% | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
4 | M | Jen Buczkowski | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
6 | M | Lori Lindsey | 9 | 1 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 60.00% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
7 | D | Leigh Ann Robinson | 17 | 17 | 1530 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
8 | F | Amy Rodriguez | 10 | 6 | 641 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 42.11% | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
10 | F | Lianne Sanderson | 17 | 8 | 670 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 63.16% | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
13 | F | Laura del Rio | 15 | 3 | 471 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 65.52% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
14 | M | Sinead Farrelly | 14 | 13 | 1101 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 61.54% | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
15 | M | Nikki Krzysik | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
16 | D | Kia McNeill | 17 | 17 | 1453 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 85.71% | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
17 | D | Joanna Lohman | 9 | 6 | 495 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 36.36% | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
19 | M | Danesha Adams | 13 | 8 | 703 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 65.00% | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
21 | F | Verónica Boquete | 11 | 10 | 902 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 72.41% | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
24 | D | Estelle Johnson | 15 | 13 | 1194 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40.00% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
25 | M | Tina DiMartino | 18 | 18 | 1429 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 44.44% | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
26 | F | Holmfridur Magnusdottir | 12 | 6 | 586 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 30.00% | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Team Total | 230 | 178 | 15903 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 246 | 138 | 56.10% | 114 | 118 | 10 | 1 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | Sav | Sho |
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23 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 9 | 9 | 810 | 10 | 1.11 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 37 | 3 |
1 | GK | Val Henderson | 9 | 9 | 810 | 8 | 0.89 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 4 |
Team Total | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 18 | 2.00 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 57 | 7 |
Player | Pos | Previous club | Notes | Ref |
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Sinead Farrelly | MF | University of Virginia | Round 1, Pick #2 | [8] |
Lauren Fowlkes | DF | University of Notre Dame | Round 5, Pick #5 | [8] |
Jennifer Stoltenberg | FW | University of Oregon | Round 2, Pick #9 | [8] |
Caitlin Farrell | DF | Wake Forest University | Round 2, Pick #11 | [8] |
Lauren Barnes | DF | University of California, Los Angeles | Round 3, Pick #15 | [8] |
Bianca D'Agostino | MF | Wake Forest University | Round 3, Pick #18 | [8] |
Teresa Rynier | MF | James Madison University | Round 4, Pick #23 | [8] |
Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
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December 22, 2010 | Tasha Kai | FW | Sky Blue FC | Signed [9] |
December 27, 2010 | Megan Rapinoe | MF | Chicago Red Stars | Signed as free agent [10] |
January 31, 2011 | Verónica Boquete | FW | RCD Espanyol | Signed, joined at conclusion of 2010–11 Superliga Femenina [11] [12] |
Laura del Rio | FW | Boston Breakers | Trade [13] [12] | |
February 22, 2011 | Nicole Barnhart | GK | FC Gold Pride | Signed as free agent [14] |
March 24, 2011 | Sinead Farrelly | MF | University of Virginia | Signed draft pick [8] [12] |
Gina DiMartino | FW | Boston College | Signed to main roster [12] | |
April 1, 2011 | Lauren Barnes | DF | UCLA | Signed draft pick [8] [12] |
April 4, 2011 | Lauren Fowlkes | DF | Notre Dame | Signed draft pick [8] [12] |
April 6, 2011 | Robyn Jones | GK | New Jersey Wildcats | Signed to main roster [12] |
Leigh Ann Robinson | DF | Atlanta Beat | Signed [15] |
Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes |
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October 12, 2010 | Karina LeBlanc | GK | Chicago Red Stars | Traded for 1st- and 3rd-round picks in 2011 WPS Draft. [16] |
November 8, 2010 | Lyndsey Patterson | MF/FW | Atlanta Beat | Waived [17] |
Sarah Senty | DF | Waived | ||
December 22, 2010 | Caroline Seger | FW | Western New York Flash | Traded for 2nd-round picks in 2011 and 2012 WPS Drafts. [18] |
January 15, 2011 | Heather Mitts | DF | Atlanta Beat | Traded for 3rd-round pick in 2012 WPS Draft. [19] [12] |
June 21, 2011 | Megan Rapinoe | MF | magicJack | Traded in exchange for cash considerations. [20] [12] |
July 25, 2011 | Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir | MF/FW | Valur | Mutually terminated rights [21] [12] |
Week | Player of the Week | Week's Statline |
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Week 11 | Verónica Boquete | 3 A, 1 G |
Week 13 | Natasha Kai | 3 G |
1 G | ||
Week 14 | Verónica Boquete | 1 G |
Week 16 | Verónica Boquete | 1 G, GWG |
1 G, GWG |
Award | Player | Notes |
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Michelle Akers Player of the Year | Verónica Boquete | Also earned league's top honor as MVP |
WPS Coach of the Year | Paul Riley | Led his team to a seven-game unbeaten streak and playoff final |
Citi Sportswoman of the Year | Nikki Krzysik | Team captain selected by her peers for exemplary leadership |
Source: 2011 WPS Year End Awards
Player | Position |
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Kia McNeill | Defense |
Nikki Krzysik | Defense |
Verónica Boquete * | Midfield |
Jen Buczkowski | Midfield |
* – unanimous selection
Source: WPS Announces Best XI of 2011
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