2010 WPS All-Star Game

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.

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

Atlanta Beat named host

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

Voting

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.

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

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.

2010 All-Star Rosters

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

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

Marta's XI

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

Match details

Abby's XI 2 - 5 Marta's XI
Aluko  36'
Cheney  79'
Boxscore Marta  7'  8'
Sinclair  32'
Miyama  75'
Rodriguez  81'


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

Statistics

ABY MRT
Goals scored25
Total shots1523
Shots on target68
Total Saves34
Fouls25
Offsides55
Corner kicks33
Yellow cards00
Red cards00

See also

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