2009 WPS All-Star Game

August 2023 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game August 30, 2009 Soccer ParkFenton, Missouri WPS All-Stars Umeå IK 4 2 Sandra Serafini 4,115 first WPS All-Star 2010 The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the first WPS All-Star Game. In a format similar to that of recent all-star games in Major League Soccer, the WPS All-Stars played Swedish club powerhouse Umeå IK on August 30, 2009, eight days after the league's championship game. The WPS All-Stars defeated their guests 4–2. thumb|Scoreboard at the Soccer Park in Fenton MO. Saint Louis Athletica named host WPS awarded the 2009 All-Star Game to St. Louis, Missouri in a press release on June 25, 2009. The venue was Anheuser-Busch Center in the suburb of Fenton, home of Saint Louis Athletica. St. Louis has such a rich soccer tradition and great fans that we thought it would make for a terrific location – right in the heart of America – for our first WPS All-Star Game. Tonya Antonucci Umeå IK Umeå IK Founded in 1917, Umeå IK is currently one of the premier women's clubs in Europe. They have won six Damallsvenskan titles, and won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice, appearing in the finals five times in the eight years since the competition's founding. Umeå was also the club that Marta played for before moving to the Los Angeles Sol. WPS All-Stars Voting Eleven of the eighteen WPS All-Stars were chosen by vote. 25% of the total vote came from fans voting online, 25% from media, 25% from coaches (who were prohibited from voting for their team's players), and 25% from players. The results of the voting were released on August 4 at 5PM ET. Over 25,000 fan votes were cast, with the top three fan picks being Hope Solo, Lori Chalupny, and Shannon Boxx. Despite leading the fan voting, Solo did not make the Starting XI. Marta was the overall top vote-getter, being named on the ballots of all eligible coaches, collecting 94% of the media vote, and finishing second in the player vote and fourth in the fan vote. Multiple players who were selected to the Starting XI were playing for their national teams in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 at the time of the All-Star game. As such, their spots on the field were taken by the next runners-up in the voting for their respective positions. thumb|350px|center|The starting line-up of the 2009 WPS All-Stars. At-Large Selections The remaining seven players on the All-Star team were selected by Abner Rogers (head coach for the Los Angeles Sol), who was chosen by a vote of all WPS players to be the WPS All-Star coach, and Commissioner Tonya Antonucci. 2009 All-Star Rosters Women's Professional Soccer 3 USA DF Christie Rampone 4 USA DF Cat Whitehill 5 USA MF Brittany Klein 6 USA DF Amy LePeilbet 7 USA MF Shannon Boxx 8 USA DF Tina Ellertson 9 USA MF Heather O'Reilly 10 BRA FW Marta 11 BRA FW Cristiane 12 CAN FW Christine Sinclair 13 USA FW Kristine Lilly 15 USA MF Megan Rapinoe 17 USA MF Lori Chalupny 18 JPN MF Aya Miyama 20 USA FW Abby Wambach 23 CAN GK Karina LeBlanc 25 USA FW Tiffeny Milbrett 78 USA GK Hope Solo FRA MF Camille Abily* ENG FW Eniola Aluko* FRA MF Sonia Bompastor* BRA MF Formiga ENG DF Alex Scott* ENG MF Kelly Smith* Bold indicates Starting XI from voting results* Indicates Starting XI players who were on national team duty in Europe at gametimeItalic indicates runners-up replacing Starting XI players on European national team duty - Tiffeny Milbrett replaced FormigaRegular typeface indicates "At Large" player selections Umeå IK 3 SWE DF Johanna Frisk* 5 SWE DF Emma Berglund 6 SWE MF Malin Moström 9 SWE FW Madeleine Edlund 10 SWE MF Hanna Ljungberg 11 JPN MF Mami Yamaguchi 15 SWE MF Emelie Konradsson 18 SWE FW Sofia Jacobsson 19 SUI FW Ramona Bachmann 20 BRA DF Elaine 21 SWE GK Carola Söberg 23 SWE MF Emma Åberg-Zingmark 24 SWE DF Emma Kullberg 25 SWE FW Ida Åberg-Zingmark 26 SWE DF Elin Landström 91 SWE DF Frida Ostberg* 92 SWE DF Karolina Westberg 99 SWE FW Anna Sjöström Squad announcementSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes * Due to Umeå also missing players for the European championships, these WPS players played for their former club. Match details 2009-08-30 16:30 CDT WPS All-Stars USA 4 - 2 Boxscore SWE Umeå IK Lilly 24Marta 40Cristiane 45+Sinclair 47 49 Edlund 2Jacobsson 16Elaine 57 Soccer Park, Fenton, Missouri 4,115 Sandra Serafini (USA) Woman of the Match: Christie Rampone Assistant referees: Teresa Miguel Stephanie Toth Fourth official: Dallas Malhiwsky Statistics WPS UmeåGoals scored 4 2Total shots 28 11Shots on target 16 7Total Saves 5 11Fouls 5 8Offsides 4 4Corner kicks 9 6Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 0 0 External links Official Press Release Category:2009 Women's Professional Soccer season Category:Soccer competitions in St. Louis Category:All-star games Category:2009 in sports in Missouri Category:August 2009 sports events in the United States