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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.
| Season | Playoff winner | Result | Playoff runner-up | Regular season winner | Points | Regular season runner-up |
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| 2009 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 Home Depot Center | Los Angeles Sol | Los Angeles Sol | 41–34 | Saint Louis Athletica |
| 2010 | FC Gold Pride | 4–0 Pioneer Stadium | Philadelphia Independence | FC Gold Pride | 53-36 | Boston Breakers |
| 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 |
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| Club | Seasons | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Finishing position | |||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||||||||
| Boston Breakers | 3 (2009–2011) | 62 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 73 | 72 | +1 | 80 | 1.290 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sky Blue FC | 3 (2009–2011) | 62 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 63 | 80 | –17 | 73 | 1.177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FC Gold Pride | 2 (2009–2010) | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 71 | 1.614 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Independence | 2 (2010–2011) | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 70 | 1.667 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Freedom | 2 (2009–2010) | 44 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 60 | 1.354 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chicago Red Stars | 2 (2009–2010) | 44 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 36 | 52 | –13 | 47 | 1.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Louis Athletica | 2 (2009–2010) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 43 | 1.654 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western New York Flash | 1 (2011) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 42 | 2.333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Sol | 1 (2009) | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 41 | 2.050 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| magicJack | 1 (2011) | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 28 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.556 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Beat | 2 (2010–2011) | 42 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 72 | –45 | 28 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Club | Seas. | Apps. | App% | GP | W | L | T | SOW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
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| Philadelphia Independence | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 |
| Sky Blue FC | 1 | 3 | 33.33% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| magicJack | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 |
| FC Gold Pride | 1 | 2 | 50.00% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Western New York Flash | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Washington Freedom | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Los Angeles Sol | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Saint Louis Athletica | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Boston Breakers | 2 | 3 | 66.66% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 0 | 0.00 |
Sort order: Points, appearance percentage, total seasons played, finishing position.
| Season | League average | Highest | Lowest | ||
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| Club | Average | Club | Average | ||
| 2009 | 4,709 | Los Angeles Sol | 6,382 | Sky Blue FC | 3,651 |
| 2010 | 3,606 | Chicago Red Stars | 4,350 | Philadelphia Independence | 2,922 |
| 2011 | 3,654 | Western New York Flash | 5,438 | magicJack | 2,127 |
Criteria: Includes regular-season, playoff, and All-Star games, but does not include friendlies.
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