2009 FC Gold Pride season

FC Gold Pride
2009 season
Chairman	NeSmith Family
Head coach	Albertin Montoya
WPS	7th
WPS Playoffs	DNQ
Top goalscorer	Christine Sinclair (6)
Highest home attendance	6,459; (Apr 5 vs. BOS)
Lowest home attendance	2,203; (Jul 19 vs. BOS)
Average home league attendance	3,667
Biggest win	1 goal (4 times)
Biggest defeat	2 goals (4 times)
Primary colors	Secondary colors
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The 2009 FC Gold Pride season was the team's first as a professional women's soccer team. FC Gold Pride played in the Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Summary

Preseason

FC Gold Pride played two scrimmages against the Los Angeles Sol, losing both. They also posted a 6-1 win over the University of California women's soccer team^[1] and a 3-0 win over an "All-Star" team of local college players.

Regular season

FC Gold Pride won their inaugural WPS game against the Boston Breakers on April 5, 2009.^[2] The club remained in strong contention until defender Kandace Wilson was injured during a home game against the Los Angeles Sol. After that, FC Gold Pride's second loss at the hands of the Washington Freedom marked the beginning of the club's slide to the bottom of the WPS rankings, where it would remain for the rest of the season. The club's transactions in the wake of Wilson's injury included signing Los Angeles Sol draftee Greer Barnes, elevating developmental player Marisa Abegg to the full roster, and returning Sissi to the field as a player.

In the end, FC Gold Pride failed to make the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, after a must-win game against the Saint Louis Athletica ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3] The club finally snapped its ten-game winless streak with a final 3–2 win against the Washington Freedom on August 1, 2009.^[4] However, a last loss to Sky Blue FC and a tie with Saint Louis Athletica did not allow FC Gold Pride to avoid finishing last in the WPS standings.

Team

Squad

As of the end of the 2009 WPS season.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Nicole Barnhart
2	MF	USA	Kimberly Yokers
3	DF	USA	Marisa Abegg
4	DF	USA	Rachel Buehler
5	MF	USA	Christina DiMartino
6	MF	USA	Brandi Chastain
7	DF	USA	Leigh Ann Robinson
8	FW	USA	Tiffany Weimer
9	FW	USA	Kandace Wilson
10	MF	USA	Leslie Osborne
11	MF	BRA	Sissi (D)
12	FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	USA	Kristen Graczyk
14	DF	USA	Greer Barnes (D)
15	FW	USA	Tiffeny Milbrett
18	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth
19	DF	USA	Carrie Dew
20	DF	BRA	Érika
21	MF	BRA	Adriane
22	GK	USA	Meagan McCray (D)
23	DF	USA	Lindsay Massengale (D)
30	FW	JPN	Eriko Arakawa
31	MF	BRA	Formiga

Transfers

IN: Greer Barnes from Los Angeles Sol (July 2009)^[6]

Competitions

Key

Win Draw Loss

Regular season

April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05) 1	FC Gold Pride	2–1	Boston Breakers	Santa Clara, California
	Arakawa 16' Milbrett 91+'	Report	Smith 79'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 6,459 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

April 11, 2009 (2009-04-11) 2	Sky Blue FC	1–1	FC Gold Pride	Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
	Bardsley 37' O'Reilly 77'	Report	Dew 34'	Stadium: TD Bank Ballpark Attendance: 2,753 Referee: Kari Seitz

April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19) 3	Los Angeles Sol	1–0	FC Gold Pride	Carson, California
	Wagner 10' Marta 48'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 6,119 Referee: Veronica Brito

April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26) 4	FC Gold Pride	3–4	Washington Freedom	Santa Clara, California
	Milbrett 31' Weimer 76' Sinclair 84'	Report	Wambach 19' 91+' Lindsey 52' Long 72'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Sandra Serafini

May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) 5	FC Gold Pride	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Santa Clara, California
	Robinson 87'	Report	Parker 44'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Felisha Mariscal

May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09) 6	Saint Louis Athletica	1–0	FC Gold Pride	Edwardsville, Illinois
	Chalupny 17' Weber 56'	Report	Milbrett 56'	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Dallas Malhiwsky

May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16) 7	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	FC Gold Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Klein 63'	Report	Sinclair 31' Graczyk 66'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,884 Referee: Kari Seitz

May 24, 2009 (2009-05-24) 8	FC Gold Pride	0–2	Los Angeles Sol	Santa Clara, California
	Érika 33'	Report	Abily 28' (pen.) Marta 45+' Duan 87'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 6,280 Referee: Daniel Radford

May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31) 9	Washington Freedom	3–1	FC Gold Pride	Boyds, Maryland
	Graczyk 17' (o.g.) De Vanna 23' Whitehill 33' Bompastor 44'	Report	Formiga 45+' Sinclair 58' Dew 65' 83' Chastain 68'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Sandra Serafini

June 7, 2009 (2009-06-07) 10	FC Gold Pride	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Santa Clara, California
	Sinclair 15' Osborne 44'	Report	Igwe 43' Cristiane 48' Östberg 66'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,957 Referee: Veronica Brito

June 17, 2009 (2009-06-17) 11	Boston Breakers	1–1	FC Gold Pride	Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Nobis 77' (Smith)	Box Report	Sinclair 16'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Margaret Domka

June 21, 2009 (2009-06-21) 12	Los Angeles Sol	2–0	FC Gold Pride	Carson, California
3:00 p.m. PDT	Abily 18' (Franko) Marta 26' (Boxx)	Box Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 4,593 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

July 5, 2009 (2009-07-05) 14	FC Gold Pride	0–1	Saint Louis Athletica	Santa Clara, California
5:00 p.m. PDT	Buehler 63'	Box Report	Chalupny 74'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,861 Referee: Veronica Brito

July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12) 15	Chicago Red Stars	3–1	FC Gold Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Cristiane 32' (pen.), 45+1' (Rapinoe), 66' (Tarpley) Tarpley 45' Carney 63' Lloyd 69'	Box Report	Milbrett 65' (pen.) Formiga 84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19) 16	FC Gold Pride	0–1	Boston Breakers	Santa Clara, California
		Box Report	Schmedes 14' (Monroe) Fabiana 59'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,203 Referee: Kari Seitz

July 23, 2009 (2009-07-23) 17	FC Gold Pride	0–0	Los Angeles Sol	Santa Clara, California
7:00 p.m. PDT		Box Report	LeBlanc 79'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 3,873 Referee: Felisha Mariscal

July 26, 2009 (2009-07-26) 18	Saint Louis Athletica	1–1	FC Gold Pride	Fenton, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CDT	Larsson 21' Cross 29' (Fletcher)	Box Report	Buehler 85' Sinclair 88' (DiMartino)	Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park Attendance: 4,212 Referee: Bryan Roslund

August 1, 2009 (2009-08-01) 19	FC Gold Pride	3–2	Washington Freedom	Santa Clara, California
3:00 p.m. PDT	Yokers 10' (Sinclair) Milbrett 49' Adriane 84' Dew 61'	Box Report	Sawa 18' (Gilbeau), 39'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,324 Referee: Daniel Radford

August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05) 20	Sky Blue FC	2–0	FC Gold Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Rosana 47' (O'Reilly) Kai 62' (McCallum) Buczkowski 69' Averbuch 71'	Box Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,455 Referee: Ted Unkel

August 9, 2009 (2009-08-09) 21	FC Gold Pride	1–1	Saint Louis Athletica	Santa Clara, California
	Buehler 25' Graczyk 90'	Box Report	Welsh 18' (Solo)	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Regular season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Sol	20	12	5	3	27	10	+17	41	Advance to Championship
2	Saint Louis Athletica	20	10	4	6	19	15	+4	34	Advance to Super Semifinal
3	Washington Freedom	20	8	5	7	32	32	0	29	Advance to First Round
4	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	19	20	−1	26	Advance to First Round
5	Boston Breakers	20	7	4	9	18	20	−2	25
6	Chicago Red Stars	20	5	5	10	18	25	−7	20
7	FC Gold Pride	20	4	6	10	17	28	−11	18

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	4	6	10	17	28	−11	18	3	3	4	11	13	−2	1	3	6	6	15	−9

Last updated: August 9, 2009.
Source: 2009 WPS Results

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on August 9, 2009. Source: 2009 WPS Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Regular-season player statistics^[5]
#	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MP	MS	Min.	G	A	YC	RC
3	DF	USA	Marisa Abegg	6	3	335	0	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Adriane	12	4	451	1	1	0	0
30	FW	JPN	Eriko Arakawa	19	11	1,088	1	1	0	0
14	DF	USA	Greer Barnes	3	3	270	0	0	0	0
1	GK	USA	Nicole Barnhart	16	16	1,440	0	0	0	0
4	DF	USA	Rachel Buehler	17	17	1,530	1	1	2	0
6	MF	USA	Brandi Chastain	10	5	450	0	0	0	0
19	DF	USA	Carrie Dew	17	17	1,429	1	0	2	1
5	MF	USA	Tina DiMartino	18	18	1,530	0	1	1	0
20	DF	BRA	Érika	7	5	423	0	0	1	0
31	MF	BRA	Formiga	16	15	1,363	0	0	3	0
13	MF	USA	Kristen Graczyk	20	18	1,589	0	0	2	0
23	DF	USA	Lindsay Massengale	4	2	193	0	0	0	0
15	FW	USA	Tiffeny Milbrett	19	14	1,303	4	1	1	0
10	MF	USA	Leslie Osborne	19	18	1,622	0	0	1	0
7	DF	USA	Leigh Ann Robinson	18	15	1,339	1	0	0	0
12	FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair	17	16	1,412	6	1	0	0
11	MF	BRA	Sissi	3	1	128	0	0	0	0
8	FW	USA	Tiffany Weimer	15	10	745	1	3	0	0
18	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth	4	4	360	0	0	0	0
9	FW	USA	Kandace Wilson	8	6	555	0	1	0	0
2	MF	USA	Kimberly Yokers	9	2	238	1	0	0	0
Total							17	10	13	1

Awards

WPS All-Star Team

2009 WPS All-Star Team selections^[7]
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Selected as
DF	BRA	Formiga	Starter^[a]
FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair	At-large
FW	USA	Tiffeny Milbrett	Replacement^[b]

^ Could not attend due to national-team commitments.
^ As a replacement for Formiga.

References

^ "Cal Dropped by FC Gold Pride, 6-1". Cal Athletics. March 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
^ "Milbrett's strike lifts FC Gold Pride to 2–1 win over Boston Breakers" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. April 5, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
^ "FC Gold Pride Sees Post-Season Campaign End After 1–1 Tie in Saint Louis" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. July 26, 2009. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
^ "FC Gold Pride Earns Long Awaited Victory at Home, Defeats Freedom 3–2" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "FC Gold Pride Stats". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010.
^ "Transactions: 2009". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
^ "WPS Adds Players to 2009 WPS All-Star Game Roster". Bleacher Report. August 7, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

[intl-8] Could not attend due to national-team commitments.

[9] As a replacement for Formiga.

[1] "Cal Dropped by FC Gold Pride, 6-1". Cal Athletics. March 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

[2] "Milbrett's strike lifts FC Gold Pride to 2–1 win over Boston Breakers" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. April 5, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

[3] "FC Gold Pride Sees Post-Season Campaign End After 1–1 Tie in Saint Louis" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. July 26, 2009. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

[4] "FC Gold Pride Earns Long Awaited Victory at Home, Defeats Freedom 3–2" (Press release). FC Gold Pride. August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

[wps-stats-5] "FC Gold Pride Stats". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010.

[6] "Transactions: 2009". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

[7] "WPS Adds Players to 2009 WPS All-Star Game Roster". Bleacher Report. August 7, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

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