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The '''2009 WPS Playoffs''' were the postseason to [[Women's Professional Soccer]]'s [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|2009 Season]], that started on August 15 and culminated on August 22 at the [[Home Depot Center]] in [[Carson, California]].

==Format==
The top four WPS teams, based on their regular season finishes, qualified for the playoffs.  In the First Round, the third-ranked team hosted the fourth-ranked team.  The winner of that match advances to the Super Semifinal, where they traveled to the second-ranked team.  Finally, the regular season first-ranked team hosted the winner of the Super Semifinal in the WPS Championship match.

This format, fairly unusual in the American sports landscape, preserves the knockout-style postseason most American sports fans are familiar with, while also highly favoring the regular season first-ranked team.

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable"
!Place
!width="170"|Team
!width="20"|GP
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|T
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="25"|GD
!Points
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
|1
|[[Los Angeles Sol]]
|20
|12
|3
|5
|27
|10
| +17
|'''41'''
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|2
|[[Saint Louis Athletica]]
|20
|10
|6
|4
|19
|15
| +4
|'''33'''
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|3
|[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
|20
|8
|7
|5
|32
|32
| 0
|'''29'''
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|4
|[[Sky Blue FC]]
|20
|7
|8
|5
|19
|20
| -1
|'''26'''
|-
|5
|[[Boston Breakers (WPS)|Boston Breakers]]
|20
|7
|9
|4
|18
|20
| -2
|'''25'''
|-
|6
|[[Chicago Red Stars]]
|20
|5
|10
|5
|18
|25
| -7
|'''20'''
|-
|7
|[[FC Gold Pride]]
|20
|4
|10
|6
|17
|28
| -11
|'''18'''
|}

==Bracket==
{{WPSPlayoff2009 | RD1=First Round
| RD2=Super Semifinal
| RD3=WPS Final
| RD1-seed1=3
| RD1-team1=[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2='''[[Sky Blue FC]]'''
| RD1-score2='''2'''
| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team1=[[Saint Louis Athletica]]
| RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2='''[[Sky Blue FC]]'''
| RD2-score2='''1'''
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=[[Los Angeles Sol]]
| RD3-score1=0
| RD3-seed2=4
| RD3-team2='''[[Sky Blue FC]]'''
| RD3-score2='''1'''
}}

==Results==

===First round===
{{football box
|date=August 15, 2009
|time=4:00 pm [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
|team1=[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
|score=1 – 2
|team2=[[Sky Blue FC]]
|goals1=[[Lisa De Vanna|De Vanna]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=[[Natasha Kai|Kai]] {{goal|56}}<br>[[Francielle Manoel Alberto|Francielle]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Maryland SoccerPlex]], [[Germantown, Maryland]]
|attendance=4,217
|referee=Daniel Fitzgerald
|report= [http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/090815-wsh-nj-first-round.aspx Report]
}}

===Super Semifinal===
{{football box
|date=August 19, 2009
|time=6:00 PM [[Central Time Zone (Americas)|CDT]]
|team1=[[Saint Louis Athletica]]
|score=0 – 1
|team2=[[Sky Blue FC]]
|goals1=[[Stephanie Logterman|Logterman]] {{yel|90}}
|goals2=[[Keeley Dowling|Dowling]] {{goal|30}}<br>[[Meghan Schnur|Schnur]] {{yel|67}}<br>[[Natasha Kai|Kai]] {{yel|78}}
|stadium=[[Anheuser-Busch Center|Soccer Park]], [[Fenton, Missouri]]
|attendance=5,064
|referee=Ted Unkel
|report=[http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/090819-stl-nj.aspx Report]
}}

===WPS Championship===
{{football box
|date=August 22, 2009
|time=1:00 PM [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]
|team1=[[Los Angeles Sol]]
|score=0 – 1
|team2=[[Sky Blue FC]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Heather O'Reilly|O'Reilly]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium=[[The Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California]]
|attendance=7,218
|referee=Kari Seitz
|report=[http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/090822-la-nj.aspx Report]
}}
{| width=92%
|-
|{{Football kit
| pattern_b =_Sol
| leftarm=00235D
| body=00235D 
| rightarm=00235D 
| shorts=00235D
| socks=00235D
| title=Los Angeles Sol
}}
|{{Football kit
| pattern_b =_Whitespikes
| leftarm=FF7E00
| body=FF7E00 
| rightarm=FF7E00 
| shorts=FF7E00 
| socks=FFFFFF
| title=Sky Blue<br /> FC
}}
|}
{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|'''LOS ANGELES SOL:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Karina LeBlanc]]
|-
|DF ||'''22''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Manya Makoski]]
|-
|DF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brittany Bock]] || {{yel|52}}
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Allison Falk]] || {{sent off|0|27}}
|-
|DF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Stephanie Cox]]
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[McCall Zerboni]] || || {{suboff|36}}
|-
|MF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aly Wagner]] || || {{suboff|63}}
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Boxx]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
|-
|FW ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]]
|-
|FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Han Duan]] || || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Val Henderson]]
|-
|DF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Keri Sanchez]]
|-
|DF ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sharolta Nonen]] || || {{subon|36}}
|-
|DF ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johanna Frisk]]
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Liz Bogus]]
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Katie Larkin]] || || {{subon|63}}
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lyndsey Patterson]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abner Rogers]]

|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|colspan=4|'''SKY BLUE FC:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jenni Branam]]
|-
|DF ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Keeley Dowling]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jen Buczkowski]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Rampone]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''12''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Meghan Schnur]]
|-
|MF ||'''20''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kacey White]]
|-
|MF ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Yael Averbuch]]
|-
|MF ||'''24''' ||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Francielle]]
|-
|FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Heather O'Reilly]] (MVP) || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rosana dos Santos Augusto|Rosana]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|FW ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Natasha Kai]] || || {{suboff|68}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cori Alexander]]
|-
|DF ||'''38'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Julianne Sitch]]
|-
|MF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kelly Parker]]
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Noelle Keselica]] || || {{subon|84}}
|-
|MF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Collette McCallum]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Katie Hooker]]
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kerri Hanks]] || || {{subon|68}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Rampone]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| width=50% valign=top|
'''MATCH OFFICIALS'''
*Assistant referees:
**Marlene Duffy
**Veronica Perez
*Fourth official: Margaret Domka
| width=50% valign=top|
'''MATCH RULES'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Seven named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
|}

==Media coverage==
Both the First Round and the WPS Championship was viewable on [[Fox Sports Network]], while the Super Semifinal was on [[Fox Soccer Channel]].  Also, all three matches were webcast on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414072442/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/ WPS website].

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season]]
*[[Women's Professional Soccer]]

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