2003 WUSA season

Women's United Soccer Association
Season 2003
Champions Washington Freedom
← 2002

The 2003 Women's United Soccer Association season was the third and final season for WUSA, the first top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 5 and ended on August 10. The playoffs began on August 16, with the championship match between played on August 24 between the Washington Freedom and the Atlanta Beat.

Competition format

Standings

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in 2003 WUSA Playoffs.[1]

Place Team GP W L T GF GA GD Points
1 Boston Breakers 21 10 4 7 33 29 4 37
2 Atlanta Beat 21 9 4 8 34 19 15 35
3 San Diego Spirit 21 8 6 7 27 26 1 31
4 Washington Freedom 21 9 8 4 40 31 9 31
5 New York Power 21 7 9 5 33 43 -10 26
6 San Jose CyberRays 21 7 10 4 23 30 -7 25
7 Carolina Courage 21 7 10 4 31 33 -2 25
8 Philadelphia Charge 21 5 11 5 30 40 -10 20

Source:[2]

Playoffs

Semi-Finals Founders Cup
      
1 Boston Breakers 0
4 Washington Freedom 0
4 Washington Freedom 2
2 Atlanta Beat 1
2 Atlanta Beat 2
3 San Diego Spirit 1

Semi-Finals

Founders Cup III

Awards

AwardPlayerClub
Most Valuable PlayerGermany Maren MeinertBoston Breakers
Defensive Player of the YearUnited States Joy FawcettSan Diego Spirit
Goalkeeper of the YearUnited States Briana ScurryWashington Freedom
Rookie of the YearCanada Christine LathamSan Diego Spirit
Coach of the YearSweden Pia SundhageBoston Breakers
Humanitarian AwardUnited States Jenny BensonPhiladelphia Charge
Team Community Service AwardSan Jose CyberRays
Team Fair Play AwardPhiladelphia Charge
Referee of the YearUnited States Terry Vaughn
Executive of the YearUnited States Joe CummingsBoston Breakers
Goal of the YearUnited States Abby WambachWashington Freedom

Source:[3]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "2003 WUSA Regular Season Standings". Soccer Times. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Meinert wins most valuable player". USA Today. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

External links

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