2001 Women's United Soccer Association season

August 2023 2001 season of Women's United Soccer Association Women's United Soccer Association 2001 Bay Area CyberRays Tiffeny Milbrett (16) 235 2.80 2002 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. 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 The season began on April 14 and ended on August 12. Each team played a total of 21 games, three against each opponent (either twice at home and once away or vice versa). This caused an uneven schedule with teams hosting either 10 or 11 home games each. The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The regular season champions and runners-up hosted the fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, in the single-game semifinals on August 18. The winners of the semifinals met at Foxboro Stadium for the final on August 25. Results table Abbreviation and Color Key:Atlanta Beat - ATL • Bay Area CyberRays - BAY • Boston Breakers - BOS • Carolina Courage - CARNew York Power - NYP • Philadelphia Charge - PHI • San Diego Spirit - SDS • Washington Freedom - WSHWin Loss Tie HomeClubMatch123456789101112131415161718192021Atlanta Beathttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/beat/ ATL schedule & results WUSA 22 December 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011217114857/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/beat/ 17 December 2001 NYPPHIBOSSDSPHIBAYCARBOSWSHSDSCARPHIWSHNYPBAYNYPCARSDSBOSWSHBAY0-00-00-11-10-20-10-21-12-13-21-11-13-20-31-12-13-23-10-11-24-0Bay Area CyberRayshttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/cyberrays/ BAY schedule & results WUSA 22 December 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011007105008/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/cyberrays/ 7 October 2001 WSHBOSPHICARBOSATLSDSNYPCARPHISDSNYPWSHBOSATLWSHSDSCARPHINYPATL1-01-13-22-12-40-13-10-02-03-00-01-02-30-21-11-00-21-23-20-14-0Boston Breakershttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/breakers/ BOS schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011007060525/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/breakers/ 7 October 2001 CARBAYATLWSHBAYPHINYPATLSDSWSHNYPSDSCARBAYPHICARNYPWSHATLSDSPHI0-11-10-12-22-42-32-31-13-11-03-13-12-10-21-21-24-22-10-10-12-1Carolina Couragehttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/courage/ CAR schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011007060406/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/courage/ 7 October 2001 BOSWSHNYPBAYWSHSDSATLNYPPHIBAYATLWSHPHIBOSSDSBOSATLBAYNYPPHISDS0-11-23-12-12-24-30-22-43-02-01-12-02-02-12-01-23-21-20-15-12-2New York Powerhttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/power/ NYP schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011101001839/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/power/ 1 November 2001 ATLSDSCARPHISDSWSHBOSCARBAYPHIBOSSDSBAYATLWSHATLBOSPHICARBAYWSH0-00-03-12-20-11-22-32-40-02-13-11-11-00-32-12-14-22-10-10-10-2Philadelphia Chargehttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/charge/ PHI schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011007111143/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/charge/ 7 October 2001 SDSATLBAYNYPATLBOSWSHWSHCARNYPBAYATLCARSDSBOSWSHNYPBAYCARSDSBOS0-20-03-22-20-22-30-21-23-02-13-01-12-03-01-20-22-13-25-11-12-1San Diego Spirithttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/spirit/ SDS schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20010805205625/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/spirit/ 5 August 2001 PHINYPWSHATLNYPCARBAYBOSATLWSHBAYNYPBOSPHICARBAYATLWSHBOSPHICAR0-20-02-01-10-14-30-13-13-22-30-01-13-13-02-00-23-12-20-11-12-2Washington Freedomhttp://www.wusa.com/schedules/freedom/ WSH schedule & results WUSA 18 May 2014 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011007132253/http://www.wusa.com/schedules/freedom/ 7 October 2001 BAYCARSDSBOSCARNYPPHIPHIATLBOSSDSCARWSHBAYNYPBAYPHIBOSSDSATLNYP1-01-22-02-22-21-20-21-22-11-02-32-03-22-32-11-00-22-12-21-20-2 Standings main WDL 5 August 2001 ATL BAC NYP PHI SDS BOS WAS CAR CH PO PO PO Atlanta Beat Bay Area CyberRays Boston Breakers Carolina Courage New York Power Philadelphia Charge San Diego Spirit Washington Freedom 10 7 4 31 21 11 4 6 27 23 9 5 7 30 25 9 4 8 35 28 7 7 7 29 28 8 3 10 29 35 6 3 12 26 35 6 3 12 28 40 Q #ccf Regular Season Championship #cfc Qualification to play-offs Playoffs Home teams listed second Semi-Finals Founders Cup 30px 160px 3 New York Power 2 2 Bay Area CyberRays 3 4 Philadelphia Charge 2 1 Atlanta Beat 3 2 Bay Area CyberRays 3 (4) 1 Atlanta Beat 3 (2) Semi-finals Semi-Finals August 18, 2001 1:30 pm PDT New York Power 2–3 Report Bay Area CyberRays Janss 5Lalor 45 Murray 4 82Chastain 40 pen. Spartan Stadium San Jose, California 7,756 Kari Seitz Semi-Finals August 18, 2001 6:45 pm EDT Philadelphia Charge 2–3 yes Report Atlanta Beat Smith 33Clemens 36 Sun 67 pen.Parlow 79, 101 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12,138 Ricardo Salazar Founders Cup 2001 WUSA Founders Cup Founders Cup August 25, 2001 2:00 pm EDT Bay Area CyberRays 3–3 yes Report Atlanta Beat Chastain 6 Murray 43 Venturini 86 Bivens 11 Hooper 14 Sun Wen 83 Venturini Dorn Kátia Murray 4–2 Sun Wen Serlenga Hooper Blalack Foxboro Stadium Boston, Massachusetts 21,078 Sandra Hunt Awards AwardPlayerClubMost Valuable PlayerUSA Tiffeny MilbrettNew York PowerOffensive Player of the YearUSA Tiffeny MilbrettNew York PowerDefensive Player of the YearGER Doris FitschenPhiladelphia ChargeGoalkeeper of the YearUSA LaKeysia BeeneBay Area CyberRaysCoach of the YearENG Ian SawyersBay Area CyberRaysHumanitarian AwardUSA Kate SobreroBoston BreakersTeam Community Service AwardWashington FreedomTeam Fair Play AwardNew York Power Source:Milbrett Tops List of WUSA Post-Season Honorees http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Articles/2001/08/Milbrett-Tops-List-Of-WUSA-Post-Season-Honorees.aspx?print=true United States Soccer Federation August 23, 2001 December 22, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131221022308/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Articles/2001/08/Milbrett-Tops-List-Of-WUSA-Post-Season-Honorees.aspx?print=true December 21, 2013 Statistical leaders Top scorers RankPlayerNationClubGoals1Tiffeny MilbrettUSA New York Power162Charmaine HooperCAN Atlanta Beat12Shannon MacMillanUSA San Diego Spirit124Dagny MellgrenNORBoston Breakers115Liu AilingPRC Philadelphia Charge106Julie MurrayAUSBay Area CyberRays9Danielle FotopoulosUSACarolina Courage98Maren MeinertGERBoston Breakers89KátiaBRABay Area CyberRays710Hege RiiseNORCarolina Courage8Mia HammUSAWashington Spirit8 Top assists RankPlayerNationClubAssists1Kristine LillyUSA Boston Breakers10SissiBRABay Area CyberRays103Hege RiiseNORCarolina Courage84Maren MeinertGERBoston Breakers7Cindy ParlowUSA Atlanta Beat7Julie FoudyUSA San Diego Spirit77Shannon MacMillanUSA San Diego Spirit68Margaret TietjenUSA San Diego Spirit5Kylie BivensUSAAtlanta Beat5Brandi ChastainUSABay Area CyberRays5Michelle FrenchUSAWashington Spirit5Nel FettigUSANew York Power5Danielle FotopoulosUSACarolina Courage5Sara WhalenUSANew York Power5 Source:http://www.wusa.com/stats/ 2001 standings WUSA 17 December 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20011201163651/http://www.wusa.com/stats/ 1 December 2001 See also Women's association football Sports Association football List of WUSA drafts References External links WUSA Website (archive.org) WUSA on Fun While It Lasted 2002 1 United States