Competition Format/Schedule
- The regular season began on April 10 and ended on September 12 with a bye week on May 22 (the date the USWNT hosted Germany's WNT in a friendly); the playoffs began on September 19 and ended on September 26.
- Each team played a total of 24 games, evenly divided between home and away games. Under the following format, each team played three other teams four times each, two at home and two away, and the remaining four teams three times each, two at home and one away or one at home and two away.
- The playoff format was identical to that of the 2009 season. The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The third- and fourth-placed regular season finishers played each other in the single-match First Round, with the winner traveling to face the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal midweek. The Super Semifinal winner then traveled to face the first-placed regular season finisher in the WPS Championship.
- Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.
| Abbreviation and Color Key: Atlanta Beat - ATL • Boston Breakers - BOS • Chicago Red Stars - CHI • FC Gold Pride - BAY Philadelphia Independence - PHI • Saint Louis Athletica - STL • Sky Blue FC - NJ • Washington Freedom - WSH Win • Loss • Tie • Home |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |||||||
| Atlanta Beat | PHI | WSH | BAY | PHI | NJ | WSH | CHI | CHI | PHI | BAY | CHI | BOS | NJ | CHI | WSH | BAY | BOS | BOS | PHI | BOS | BAY | BOS | NJ | WSH | ||||||
| 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||||||
| Boston Breakers | WSH | PHI | STL | CHI | WSH | BAY | NJ | NJ | BAY | CHI | PHI | ATL | WSH | BAY | CHI | WAS | ATL | PHI | NJ | ATL | PHI | ATL | BAY | NJ | ||||||
| 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |||||||
| Chicago Red Stars | NJ | STL | NJ | BOS | BAY | PHI | BAY | ATL | WSH | ATL | BOS | WSH | ATL | NJ | ATL | BOS | PHI | NJ | BAY | PHI | WAS | BAY | PHI | WAS | ||||||
| 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | |||||||
| FC Gold Pride | STL | NJ | ATL | NJ | CHI | BOS | CHI | WSH | PHI | BOS | NJ | ATL | WAS | PHI | BOS | WSH | ATL | CHI | WSH | CHI | ATL | NJ | BOS | PHI | ||||||
| 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||||
| Philadelphia Independence | ATL | BOS | WSH | ATL | STL | CHI | WSH | NJ | BAY | NJ | ATL | WSH | BOS | BAY | NJ | CHI | WSH | BOS | CHI | ATL | NJ | BOS | CHI | BAY | ||||||
| 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||||
| Saint Louis Athletica | BAY | CHI | BOS | WSH | PHI | NJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sky Blue FC | CHI | BAY | CHI | BAY | ATL | STL | BOS | PHI | BOS | PHI | BAY | WSH | CHI | ATL | PHI | CHI | ATL | WAS | BOS | PHI | WSH | BAY | ATL | BOS | ||||||
| 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||
| Washington Freedom | BOS | ATL | PHI | STL | BOS | ATL | PHI | BAY | CHI | PHI | CHI | NJ | BAY | BOS | BAY | ATL | BOS | PHI | NJ | BAY | CHI | NJ | CHI | ATL | ||||||
| 1-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |||||||
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Famous quotes containing the word competition:
“Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else’s house to earn money? You’re working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You’re middle class.”
—Lawrence Sutton, British prizewinner in competition in Sunday Correspondent (London)