2010 WPS All-Star Game

2010 WPS All-Star Game
EventWomen's Professional Soccer All-Star Game
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DateJune 30, 2010
VenueKSU Soccer Stadium
Kennesaw, Georgia
RefereeMargaret Domka
Attendance4,610

The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the second WPS All-Star Game, taking place on June 30, 2010. Thirty-six players were divided into two teams with the top US vote-getter (Abby Wambach) and the top international vote-getter (Marta) as captains. Marta's XI defeated Abby's XI by five to two.

Atlanta Beat named host

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WPS awarded the 2010 All-Star Game to Atlanta, Georgia in a press release on March 22, 2010. The venue was KSU Soccer Stadium, home of the Atlanta Beat.

Atlanta, with its wonderful new stadium built specifically for WPS, will be a fantastic venue for our second WPS All-Star Game.

— Tonya Antonucci

WPS All-Stars

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Voting

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Twenty-two of the thirty-six 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 June 9, 2010. [2]

The top three fan picks this year were Wambach, Marta, and Hope Solo. Three players - Wambach, Marta, and Kelly Smith - topped out the coach's voting with 100% of coaches voting for them. Likewise, two players - Sonia Bompastor and Eniola Aluko - got 100% of the media vote. Along with those six players, Shannon Boxx, Christine Sinclair, Lori Lindsey, and Amy LePeilbet rounded out the top ten.

At-Large Selections

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The remaining fourteen players on the All-Star rosters were selected by WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci and the two All-Star coaches Albertin Montoya and Paul Riley, who were the coaches of the two teams topping the standings at the time, on June 14. [3][permanent dead link]

2010 All-Star Rosters

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Bold indicates Starting XI's from pick-'em results
Italic indicates players who missed the All-Star game due to injury
* replacement player

Abby's XI

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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 United States USA Hope Solo
3 DF United States USA Amy LePeilbet
4 DF United States USA Angie Kerr
6 MF United States USA Lori Lindsey
7 MF United States USA Shannon Boxx
8 DF United States USA Tina Ellertson
9 FW England ENG Eniola Aluko
10 MF United States USA Heather O'Reilly
11 FW United States USA Lauren Cheney
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF England ENG Karen Carney
17 MF United States USA Lori Chalupny
19 FW United States USA Kelley O'Hara
20 FW United States USA Abby Wambach
21 MF Finland FIN Laura Kalmari
66 FW United States USA Natasha Kai
84 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
85 GK United States USA Jillian Loyden
DF United States USA Kate Markgraf

Marta's XI

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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 England ENG Karen Bardsley
7 MF England ENG Kelly Smith
8 MF France FRA Sonia Bompastor
9 FW Switzerland SUI Ramona Bachmann
10 MF Brazil BRA Marta
12 FW Canada CAN Christine Sinclair
13 MF United States USA Kristine Lilly
18 GK Canada CAN Erin McLeod
22 DF England ENG Alex Scott
24 MF Japan JPN Aya Miyama
GK United States USA Nicole Barnhart*
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF United States USA Rachel Buehler
DF United States USA Allison Falk
DF United States USA Christie Rampone
DF United States USA Becky Sauerbrunn
DF United States USA Brittany Taylor
MF Brazil BRA Cristiane
FW United States USA Amy Rodriguez

Match details

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Abby's XI United States2 - 5United States Marta's XI
Aluko 36'
Cheney 79'
Boxscore[permanent dead link] Marta 7' 8'
Sinclair 32'
Miyama 75'
Rodriguez 81'


Assistant referees:
Amy Mahan
Patrick Baker
Fourth official:
Felisha Mariscal

Statistics

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ABY MRT
Goals scored 2 5
Total shots 15 23
Shots on target 6 8
Total Saves 3 4
Fouls 2 5
Offsides 5 5
Corner kicks 3 3
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

See also

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