2009 Washington Freedom season

2009 season of American women's association football team December 2018 Washington Freedom 2009 General manager Chris Hummer Head coach Jim Gabarra Maryland SoccerPlex WSP 3rd Abby Wambach (6) true 2008 2010 The 2009 season is Washington Freedom's first season competing in the Women's Professional Soccer league, the top division of women's soccer in the United States, and seventh competitive season. The team was coached by Jim Gabarra who has led the team since its founding in 2001.https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/11/25/2001-2010-washington-freedom-womens-soccer/ 2001-2010 Washington Freedom Fun While It Lasted Drew Crossley 25 November 2018 8 December 2018 Review In January 2008, Washington was selected as one of the seven cities to launch Women’s Professional Soccer in spring 2009. The WPS would be the next iteration of a women’s professional league since the WUSA folded in 2003.https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-01-18-hamm-silhouette-logo_N.htm Hamm's imprint made on new women's soccer league USA TODAY January 18, 2008 January 19, 2019 The Washington Freedom had been competing in the W-League since 2006, would begin the Washington franchise to field a WSP team.poor English May 2019 Still led by head coach Jim Gabarra, the coaching staff stayed intact transitioning to the new league. The initial player allocation aimed to keep players in preferred locations and best marketing potential, with the Freedom getting Abby Wambach, Cat Whitehill, and Ali Krieger (on loan from FFC Frankfurt).http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/09/wps_allocation_list.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105225/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/09/wps_allocation_list.html dead May 19, 2011 WPS Allocation List The Washington Post Steve Goff September 16, 2008 January 19, 2019http://www.alikrieger.com/bio/ Ali Kreiger Biography alikrieger.com January 19, 2019http://www.prettytough.com/womens-professional-soccer-wps-announces-player-allocations-of-us-national-team/ US soccer players allocated to women's pro league prettytough.com September 16, 2008 January 19, 2019 The Freedom played in the league’s inaugural match on March 29, 2009, against Los Angeles Sol before a crowd of 14,382.https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/11/25/2001-2010-washington-freedom-womens-soccer/ 2001-2010 Washington Freedom funwhileitlasted.net Drew Crossley November 25, 2018 January 19, 2019 They lost the match, 2–0, and struggled for the first three weeks. The Freedom picked up their first win of the WPS era back in California, beating FC Gold Pride, 3–4, thanks to a 90th-minute goal from Abby Wambach.https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post/20090601/282291021199753 Freedom Extends Unbeaten Streak to Five Games The Washington Post Paul Tenorio June 1, 2009 January 19, 2019 The season continued to be an up and down one with a strong run through June (going undefeated through 8 matches) followed by three consecutive losses. Winning four of their last five, the Freedom finished their first WPS regular season in 3rd place, earning their first playoff appearance. The first round playoff match was a rematch of the last week of the season, where the Freedom defeated Sky Blue FC at home 3–1.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/235598-wps-weekly-august-11-2009-its-whats-happening-in-the-wps WPS Weekly August 11, 2009: It's What's Happening In The WPS Bleacher Report August 13, 2009 January 19, 2019 Sky Blue would get revenge winning 2–1 at the Maryland SoccerPlex, thanks to an 85th-minute goal from Francielle.https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/55/main/2009/08/19/1448356/counterattack-special-wps-playoffs WCounterattack Special: WPS Playoffs goal.com August 19, 2009 January 19, 2019 Club Roster The first-team roster of Washington Freedom.https://app.box.com/s/f5tedkkset Washington Freedom Media Guide Washington Freedom 8 December 2018 1 USA GK Briana Scurry 3 USA MF Jill Gilbeau 4 USA DF Cat Whitehill 5 USA MF Joanna Lohman 6 USA MF Lori Lindsey 7 USA MF Parrissa Eyorokon 8 FRA MF Sonia Bompastor 9 USA MF Allie Long 10 JPN MF Homare Sawa 11 USA DF Emily Janss 14 USA MF Sarah Huffman 15 USA MF Kristin DeDycker 17 AUS FW Lisa De Vanna 18 CAN GK Erin McLeod 19 USA MF Rebecca Moros 20 USA FW Abby Wambach 21 USA DF Alex Singer 22 USA DF Becky Sauerbrunn 24 USA DF Christen Karniski 25 USA FW Claire Zimmeck 26 USA MF Madison Keller 61 USA GK Kati Jo Spisak Team management 2009 coaching staff Position Name Nationality Head coach Jim Gabarra USA American Assistant coach Clyde Watson Guyana Guyanese Goalkeeper coach Nicci Wright CAN Canadian Competition Regular season March 29 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Los Angeles Sol 1 2–0 Box Score Falk 6 Abily 87 Washington Freedom Carson, California StubHub Center L April 11 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 2 1–1 Box Score Sauerbrunn 54 Tarpley 29 Östberg 2 54 63 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex D April 18 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 3 1–3 Box Score Lindsey 60 Smith 56 70 Latham 76 Hucles 81 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex L April 26 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) FC Gold Pride 4 3–4 Box Score Milbrett 30 Weimer 75 Sinclair 83 Wambach 18 90 Lindsey 51 Long 70 Washington Freedom Hayward, California Pioneer Stadium W May 3 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 5 3–3 Box Score Bompastor 30 90 De Vanna 79 Wambach 81 Daniela 7 41 McNeill 39 Aluko 69 Weber 90 Saint Louis Athletica Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex D May 17 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Boston Breakers 6 1–1 Box Score Weber 15 Scott 49 Latham 52 Gilbeau 18 Moros 33 Singer 74 Washington Freedom Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Stadium D May 23 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 7 2–1 Box Score Whitehill 35 De Vanna 39 DeDycker 77 Dowling 48 Rosana 65 Asante 84 Keselica 89 Sky Blue FC Washington, DC RFK Stadiumhttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-washington-freedoms-jill-gilbeau-and-sky-blue-fcs-news-photo/112889840 18 August 2019 The Washington Freedom's Jill Gilbeau and Sky Blue FC's Collette April 22, 2011 W May 31 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 8 3–1 Box Score Graczyk 16 o.g. De Vanna 22 Whitehill 32 Forminga 45 Sinclair 57 Dew 2 83 83 FC Gold Pride Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex W June 7 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Los Angeles Sol 9 3–1 Box Score Abily 14 60 pen. Bock 66 Boxx 71 Lohman 8 Bompastor 58 Washington Freedom Carson, California Home Depot Center L June 13 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 10 0–0 Box Score Wambach 82 Bompastor 84 Klein 37 Rapinoe 45 Carney 0 60 Chicago Red Stars Washington, DC RFK Stadiumhttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/chicagos-caroline-jonsson-the-washington-freedom-and-the-news-photo/577664386 18 August 2019 Chicago's Caroline Jonsson . The Washington Freedom and the Chicago July 17, 2016 D June 20 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Saint Louis Athletica 11 0–1 Box Score Addis 23 Cinalli 35 Moros 83 Washington Freedom Fenton, Missouri Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park W June 24 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Boston Breakers 12 1–0 Box Score Latham 38 Tomecka 71 Moros 68 Washington Freedom Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Stadium L July 1 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Chicago Red Stars 13 2–1 Box Score Spilger 36 Cristiane 48 Tarpley 61 Wambach 34 Washington Freedom Bridgeview, Illinois Toyota Park L July 5 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 14 0–1 Box Score Larkin 37 Boxx 88 Marta 90 Los Angeles Sol Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex L July 15 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Sky Blue FC 15 4–4 Box Score Kai 6 86 Dowling 45 White 27 46 Bompastor 4 De Vanna 47 54 Cat Whitehill 90 Washington Freedom Piscataway Township, New Jersey Yurcak Field D July 18 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 16 1–0 Box Score Sawa 74 Larsson 68 Saint Louis Athletica Washington, DC [[RFK StadiumTimmermann B Tom Late goal hurts Athletica Freedom 1, Athletica 0 • Washington wins it in 74th minute. SOCCER https://www.stltoday.com/sports/late-goal-hurts-athletica-freedom-athletica-washington-wins-it-in/article_6daa6181-320c-5249-9fa1-0c940c997c71.html St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 19, 2009 18 August 2019]] W July 26 16:00 EDT (UTC-04) Chicago Red Stars 17 2–3 Box Score Rapinoe 15 32 Carney 69 Wambach 35 56 Long 89 Bompastor 90 Washington Freedom Bridgeview, Illinois Toyota Park W July 29 20:00 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 18 1–0 Box Score Wambach 73 Whitehill 64 Scott 0 6 Mitts 37 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex W August 1 15:30 EDT (UTC-04) FC Gold Pride 19 3–2 Box Score Yokers 9 Milbrett 83 Dew 61 Adriane 83 Sawa 17 38 Washington Freedom Hayward, California Pioneer Stadium L August 8 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Washington Freedom 20 3–1 Box Score Wambach 19 48 De Vanna 57 Rosana 53 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex W Regular-season standings WAS WPS playoffs The Freedom finished 3rd in the table earning a place in the WPS Playoffs in a First Round match up versus 4th place Sky Blue FC. Despite having defeated Sky Blue on the final day of the regular season, the Freedom dropped the First Round match at home after conceding a late goal to Francielle. August 15, 2009 4:00 pm EDT First Round Washington Freedom 1–2 Sky Blue FC De Vanna 79 Kai 56Francielle 85 Germantown, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex 4,217 Daniel Fitzgerald Report L Statistics January 6, 2019 https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/t-WWAF/y-2009 2009 Washington Freedom Stats Stats Crew January 6, 2019 WPS Playoffs |- |colspan="10"|Defenders: |- 2 Sarah Senty DF USA 5+2 0 1 0 4 Cat Whitehill DF USA 19 3 1 0 11 Emily Janss DF USA 3+2 0 0 0 21 Alex Singer DF USA 13+3 0 0+1 0 22 Becky Sauerbrunn DF USA 20 1 1 0 24 Christen Karniski DF USA 0 0 0 0 27 Ali Krieger DF USA 9+1 0 1 0 |- |colspan="10"|Midfielders: |- 3 Jill Gilbeau MF USA 12+7 0 1 0 5 Joanna Lohman MF USA 2+5 0 0 0 6 Lori Lindsey MF USA 18+1 2 1 0 7 Parrissa Eyorokon MF USA 0+4 0 0 0 8 Sonia Bompastor MF FRA 19 4 0 0 9 Allie Long MF USA 11+7 2 0+1 0 10 Homare Sawa MF JPN 20 3 1 0 14 Sarah Huffman MF USA 0 0 0+1 0 15 Kristin DeDycker MF USA 3+4 0 0 0 19 Rebecca Moros MF USA 13+6 2 1 0 26 Madison Keller MF USA 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="10"|Forwards: |- 17 Lisa De Vanna FW AUS 16+4 6 1 1 20 Abby Wambach FW USA 16+1 8 1 0 25 Clair Zimmeck FW USA 0 0 0 0 |} Goalkeepers No. Squad NumberNat NationalityPlayerWomen's Professional SoccerGP Games playedGS Games startedMIN Minutes playedW WinsL LossesD DrawsGA Goals againstGAA Goals against averageCS Clean sheets1 USA Briana Scurry 3 3 270 0 2 1 6 1.97 0 18CAN Erin McLeod 14 14 1260 6 5 3 20 1.41 3 23USA Nicci Wright 1 0 26 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 61USA Kati Jo Spisak 3 3 244 1 0 1 6 2.18 1 Honors and awards Player of the Week WeekPlayer of the WeekWeek's StatlineWeek 5USA Abby Wambach2 G (18', 90') GWG, 1 A (51')Week 6FRA Sonia Bompastor2 G (29', 90')Week 13CAN Erin McLeod7 SVS, SHOWeek 18USA Abby Wambach2 G (35', 56')Week 20June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes USA Abby Wambach1 A (58'), 2 G (20', 49') Player of the Month MonthPlayer of the MonthMonth's StatlineMayFRA Sonia Bompastor2 G, 3 A in 4 games; Freedom 2–0–2 in MayJulyUSA Abby Wambach4 G, 1 A in 5 games; Freedom 3–2–1 in July Transfers As part of the inaugural season, each of the league’s seven teams went through several mechanisms for player acquisitions to fill out their rosters. These included: WPS Player Allocation – allocation of existing US national team players across the league International Draft – draft of international players across the league General Draft – draft of existing professional players not active with their respective national teams Draft – inaugural college draft In DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubFee/notesSeptember 16, 2008 USA Cat Whitehill 4 DF USA New Jersey Wildcats WPS Player Allocationhttps://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-09-16-wps-players_N.htm Wambach goes full circle as women's league stocks rosters USA TODAY Beau Dure September 16, 2008 January 5, 2019USA Abby Wambach 20 FW USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS Player AllocationUSA Ali Krieger DF GER 1. FFC Frankfurt WPS Player Allocation; loan from Junehttp://www.alikrieger.com/bio/ Ali Krieger Biography alikrieger.com January 5, 2019September 24, 2008 FRA Sonia Bompastor 8 MF FRA Lyon WPS International Drafthttps://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-09-24-3478925374_x.htm Brazilian stars selected in women's draft USA TODAY September 24, 2008 January 5, 2019JPN Homare Sawa 10 MF JPN Nippon TV Beleza WPS International DraftAUS Lisa De Vanna 17 FW SWE AIK WPS International DraftFRA Louisa Necib MF FRA Lyon WPS International DraftOctober 6, 2008 USA Lori Lindsey 6 MF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS General Drafthttp://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid5502.aspx WPS General Draft Results Women's Professional Soccer October 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081009032407/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid5502.aspx January 5, 2019 October 9, 2008USA Emily Janss 11 DF SWE Fortuna Hjørring WPS General DraftUSA Sarah Huffman 14 MF NOR Røa IL WPS General DraftUSA Becky Sauerbrunn 22 DF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS General DraftJanuary 16, 2009 USA Briana Scurry 1 GK USA Atlanta Beat WPS Drafthttp://fancorner.womensprosoccer.com/profiles/blogs/2009-wps-draft-results 2009 WPS Draft Results Women's Professional Soccer January 16, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090205185935/http://fancorner.womensprosoccer.com/profiles/blogs/2009-wps-draft-results January 5, 2019 February 5, 2009USA Jill Gilbeau 3 MF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS DraftUSA Parrissa Eyorokon 7 MF USA Purdue University WPS DraftUSA Allie Long 9 MF USA University of North Carolina WPS DraftUSA Rebecca Moros 19 MF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS DraftUSA Alex Singer 21 DF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS DraftUSA Christen Karniski 24 DF SWE Bälinge IF WPS DraftUSA Clair Zimmeck 25 FW USA Richmond Strikers WPS DraftUSA Kati Jo Spisak 61 GK USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS DraftUSA Sarah Senty DF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) WPS DraftMarch 26, 2009 USA Madison Keller 26 MF USA Washington Freedom (W-League) Free Agenthttps://ecupirates.com/news/2009/3/26/Keller_Signs_With_Washington_Freedom.aspx Keller Signs With Washington Freedom East Carolina University Pirates March 26, 2009 January 5, 2019April 16, 2009 CAN Erin McLeod 18 GK CAN Vancouver Whitecaps Post International Drafthttps://womenssoccershow.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/goalkeeper-mcleod-signs-with-freedom/ Goalkeeper McLeod signs with Freedom Women's Soccer Show April 16, 2009 January 5, 2019 USA Kristin DeDycker 15 MF USA Atlanta Beat Free Agenthttp://www.womensprosoccer.com/dc/players/bios/dedycker-kristin Kristin DeDycker Player Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20090422041842/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/dc/players/bios/dedycker-kristin January 5, 2019 April 22, 2009 Out References Category:Washington Freedom (soccer) Category:American soccer clubs 2009 season Category:2009 Women's Professional Soccer season Sports Washington Freedom