The Women's United Soccer Association is the first Division 1 professional soccer league in the United States. Situated in the most powerful Women's soccer nation, the league boasts a wealth of talent, including nearly all of the USA National Team roster as well as the cream of the crop of international stars, It's initial rosters included nearly all of the National team Players, as well as top stars from the other major nations. The league folded after 2003, but there was movement underway to re-establish the league in a different form for the following season. Their official web page is at http://www.wusa.com.
Scoring system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
Final league Standings and Playoff results
2001
GP W D L GF GA PTS
Atlanta Beat 21 10 7 4 31 21 37
Bay Area CyberRays 21 11 4 6 27 23 37
New York Power 21 9 5 7 30 25 32
Philadelphia Charge 21 9 4 8 35 28 31
San Diego Spirit 21 7 7 7 29 28 28
Boston Breakers 21 8 3 10 29 35 27
Washington Freedom 21 6 3 12 26 35 21
Carolina Courage 21 6 3 12 28 40 21
Semifinals: Bay Area defeated New York, 3-2
Atlanta defeated Philadelphia, 3-2
FOUNDERS' CUP: Bay Area defeated Atlanta 3-3 (4-2 PK)
2002
Before the season, Bay Area became San Jose.
GP W L D GF GA PTS
Carolina Courage 21 12 5 4 40 30 40
Philadelphia Charge 21 11 4 6 36 22 39
Washington Freedom 21 11 5 5 40 29 38
Atlanta Beat 21 11 9 1 34 29 34
San Jose CyberRays 21 8 8 5 34 30 29
Boston Breakers 21 6 8 7 36 35 29
San Diego Spirit 21 5 11 5 28 42 20
New York Power 21 3 17 1 31 62 10
Semifinals: Washington defeated Philadelphia 1-0
Carolina defeated Atlanta 2-1
FOUNDERS' CUP: Carolina defeated Washington 3-2
2003
GP W L D GF GA PTS
Boston Breakers 21 10 4 7 33 29 37
Atlanta Beat 21 9 4 8 34 19 35
San Diego Spirit 21 8 6 7 27 26 31
Washington Freedom 21 9 8 4 40 31 31
New York Power 21 7 9 5 33 43 26
San Jose CyberRays 21 7 10 4 23 30 25
Carolina Courage 21 7 10 4 31 33 25
Philadelphia Charge 21 5 11 5 30 40 20
Semifinals: Washington defeated Boston 0-0 (3-1 PK)
Atlanta defeated San Diego, 2-1
FOUNDER'S CUP: Washington defeated Atlanta 2-1
NB: The CyberRays played in 2001 as Bay Area CyberRays, since 2002 as San Jose CyberRays Explanations Sea: number of seasons played G: Games W: Wins D: Draws L: Loses GD: goal difference P+: points actually obtained P% success percentage Regular Stage Records Team Sea G W D L GF GA GD P+ P% Atlanta Beat 3 63 30 16 17 99 69 30 106 0,603 CyberRays 3 63 26 13 24 84 83 1 91 0,516 Philadelphia Charge 3 63 25 15 23 101 90 11 90 0,516 Washington Freedom 3 63 26 12 25 106 95 11 90 0,508 Boston Breakers 3 63 24 17 22 98 99 -1 89 0,516 Carolina Courage 3 63 25 11 27 99 103 -4 86 0,484 San Diego Spirit 3 63 20 19 24 84 96 -12 79 0,468 New York Power 3 63 19 11 33 94 130 -36 68 0,389 Team records of the CyberRays San Jose CyberRays 2 42 15 9 18 57 60 -3 54 0,464 Bay Area CyberRays 1 21 11 4 6 27 23 4 37 0,619 Regular Stage Final Placings Team Sea. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Atlanta Beat 3 1 1 1 Boston Breakers 3 1 2 Carolina Courage 3 1 1 1 Philadelphia Charge 3 1 1 1 CyberRays 3 1 1 1 Washington Freedom 3 1 1 1 San Diego Spirit 3 1 1 1 New York Power 3 1 1 1 Team records of the CyberRays Bay Area CyberRays 1 1 San Jose CyberRays 2 1 1 Play-Off Records PO: number of play-offs played C: Champions R: Runners-Up SF: Semifinalists G: Games W: Wins D: Draws L: Loses P%: success percentage Team PO C R SF G W D L P% Washington Freedom 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 0,625 Carolina Courage 1 1 2 2 0 0 1,000 CyberRays 1 1 2 1 1 0 0,750 Atlanta Beat 3 2 1 5 2 1 2 0,500 Philadelphia Charge 2 2 2 0 0 2 0,000 Boston Breakers 1 1 1 0 1 0 0,500 New York Power 1 1 1 0 0 1 0,000 San Diego Spirit 1 1 1 0 0 1 0,000 Team records of the CyberRays Bay Area CyberRays 1 1 2 1 1 0 0,750
All-time tables thanks to Markus Schaal
Prepared and maintained by David A. Litterer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: David A. Litterer
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Last updated: 5 Mar 2015
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