2003 Philadelphia Charge season

Philadelphia Charge
2003 season
General manager	Tim Murphy
Head coach	Mark Krikorian
Stadium	Villanova Stadium
WUSA	8th
WUSA PLayoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Marinette Pichon (14)
Highest home attendance	8,602(May 3 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendance	4,180(May 31 vs. Carolina)
Average home league attendance	6,764
Biggest win	3–0; (Aug 2 vs. Atlanta)
Biggest defeat	1–4; (May 10 vs. Freedom)
	← 2002

The 2003 season is the Philadelphia Charge's third and final season competing in the Women's United Soccer Association league, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The team was coached by Mark Krikorian.^[1]

Review[]

Club[]

Roster[]

The first-team roster of Philadelphia Charge.^[2]^[3]

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
2	MF	USA	Lorrie Fair
3	FW	USA	Emily Burt
5	DF	USA
6	DF	USA	Jenny Benson
7	MF	FIN	Anne Mäkinen
8	MF	ENG	Kelly Smith
9	MF	CZE	Pavlina Scasna
10	FW	USA
11	FW	FRA	Marinette Pichon
12	MF	USA


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	USA	Heather Mitts
14	MF	USA
15	DF	ENG
16	MF	GER	Melanie Hoffmann
18	GK	USA	Hope Solo
19	MF	USA
21	FW	USA
22	DF	USA
25	DF	USA
—	MF	USA	Mary-Frances Monroe

Team management[]

Position	Staff Member
Head Coach	Mark Krikorian
Goalkeeping Coach	Paul Royal

Last updated: 4 April 2020
Source: [1]

^[4]

Competition[]

Regular season[]

April 5 1	San Jose CyberRays	1–0	Philadelphia Charge	San Jose, CA
		Box Score	32'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Mark Arblaster

April 26 2	Philadelphia Charge	1–3	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium

May 3 3	Philadelphia Charge	4–5	New York Power	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 3' 23' Smith 38' 54'	Box Score	Baumgardt 6' Milbrett 25' Welsh 40', 85' Davey 91'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 8,095 Referee: Rachel Woo

May 10 4	Washington Freedom	4–1	Philadelphia Charge	Washington, D.C.
	Wambach 7', 19', 95' Hamm 79'	Box Score	33'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 5,135 Referee: Kari Seitz

May 17 5	New York Power	1–2	Philadelphia Charge	Uniondale, NY
	Pichon 60', 81'	Box Score	Peters 91'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Sandra Hunt

May 24 6	Philadelphia Charge	0–2	San Jose CyberRays	Villanova, PA
		Box Score	Pretinha 40', 61'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

May 31 7	Philadelphia Charge	2–2	Carolina Courage	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 13', 76'	Box Score	Prinz 44' Fotopoulos 83'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 4,180 Referee: Misail Tsapos

June 7 8	San Diego Spirit	1–2	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego, CA
		Box Score		Stadium: Torero Stadium

June 11 9	Philadelphia Charge	0–0	New York Power	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium

June 14 10	Philadelphia Charge	2–0	San Diego Spirit	Villanova, PA
	12' (o.g.) Pichon 31'	Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,345 Referee: Rachel Woo

June 22 11	Atlanta Beat	4–2	Philadelphia Charge	Atlanta, GA
	Pohlers 31' Parlow 43', 53', 64'	Box Score	Hoffmann 9' Pichon 47'	Stadium: Herndon Stadium Attendance: 5,218 Referee: Todd Perry

June 28 12	Philadelphia Charge	2–2	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
	Pichon 25', 84'	Box Score	Mellgren 29' Gulbrandsen 88'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Kari Seitz

July 5 13	Philadelphia Charge	1–1	San Diego Spirit	Villanova, PA
	92'	Box Score	80'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 8,602 Referee: Misail Tsapos

July 9 14	Washington Freedom	4–2	Philadelphia Charge	Washington, D.C.
	Stoecker 5' Wambach 27', 30' Lindsey 73'	Box Score	Hoffmann 8' 31'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 5,780 Referee: Rachel Woo

July 13 15	Boston Breakers	3–1	Philadelphia Charge	Boston, MA
	Mellgren 16', 45', 65'	Box Score	81'	Stadium: Nickerson Field Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Todd Perry

July 16 16	Philadelphia Charge	0–1	Atlanta Beat	Villanova, PA
		Box Score	Pohlers 31'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,587 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

July 20 17	San Jose CyberRays	2–1	Philadelphia Charge	San Jose, CA
	Katia 41' 61'	Box Score	Hoffmann 4'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Jesse Johnson

July 26 18	Philadelphia Charge	1–3	Carolina Courage	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium

August 2 19	Philadelphia Charge	3–0	Atlanta Beat	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium

August 6 20	Philadelphia Charge	2–0	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium

August 9 21	Carolina Courage	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	Cary, NC
		Box Score		Stadium: SAS Stadium

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D

Source: WUSA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Home/away results[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	5	5	11	30	40	−10	20	3	4	5	18	19	−1	2	1	6	12	21	−9

Last updated: complete.
Source: WUSA

Regular-season standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Washington Freedom (C)	21	9	4	8	40	31	+9	31	Qualification to playoffs
5	New York Power	21	7	5	9	33	43	−10	26
6	San Jose CyberRays	21	7	4	10	23	30	−7	25
7	Carolina Courage	21	7	4	10	31	33	−2	25
8	Philadelphia Charge	21	5	5	11	30	40	−10	20

Source: WUSA^[5]^[6]
(C) Champion

Statistics[]

As of 17 October 2020

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WUSA		WUSA Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	USA		13	0	13	0	0	0
18	GK	USA	Hope Solo	8	0	8	0	0	0
Defenders:
5	DF	USA		6	0	0+6	0	0	0
6	DF	USA	Jenny Benson	20	0	20	0	0	0
13	DF	USA	Heather Mitts	14	0	14	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG		21	3	21	3	0	0
22	DF	USA		18	0	16+2	0	0	0
25	MF	USA		21	1	21	1	0	0
Midfielders:
2	MF	USA	Lorrie Fair	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
7	MF	FIN	Anne Mäkinen	17	0	16+1	0	0	0
9	MF	CZE	Pavlina Scasna	7	1	3+4	1	0	0
12	MF	USA		14	0	13+1	0	0	0
14	MF	USA		15	0	11+4	0	0	0
19	MF	USA		2	0	0+2	0	0	0
	MF	USA	Mary-Frances Monroe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards:
3	FW	USA	Emily Burt	15	2	12+3	2	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Kelly Smith	7	4	7	4	0	0
10	FW	USA		5	1	4+1	1	0	0
11	FW	FRA	Marinette Pichon	18	14	18	14	0	0
16	FW	GER	Melanie Hoffmann	20	5	19+1	5	0	0
21	FW	USA		9	0	1+8	0	0	0

Source: https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/t-WPHC/y-2003 StatsCrew.com

Goalkeepers[]

As of 17 October 2020

Nat.	No.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO
	1		13	13	2–7–4	30	2.31	2
	18	Hope Solo	8	8	3–4–1	10	1.25	2
Total					5-11-5	40	1.90	4

Record = W-L-D

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes
February 2, 2003	Hope Solo	GK	Washington University	2003 WUSA Draft, Round 1, Pick 4, 4th Overall^[7]
		FW	Clemson University	2003 WUSA Draft, Round 1, Pick 6, 6th Overall^[7]
		MF	Dartmouth College	2003 WUSA Draft, Round 1, Pick 7, 7th Overall^[7]
		MF	University of Portland	2003 WUSA Draft, Round 2, Pick 6, 14th Overall^[7]
		MF	West Virginia University	2003 WUSA Draft, Round 4, Pick 6, 30th Overall^[7]
March 25, 2003		FW	Florida Atlantic University	^[8]
March 2003	Melanie Hoffmann	MF	FCR 2001 Duisburg	^[9]
	Anne Mäkinen	MF	Washington Freedom	Free agent^[10]
	Emily Burt	FW	Atlanta Beat	^[11]

Out[]

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes
August 17, 2002	Liu Ailing	MF	N/A	Retired^[12]
October 1, 2002	Mandy Clemens	FW	San Jose CyberRays	Trade for First round draft pick^[13]
		MF	San Diego Spirit
	Kerry Connors	MF	San Diego Spirit
		DF
		FW
	Zhao Lihong	MF
	Erin Martin	FW
		MF	Boston Breakers
		GK		Released^[14]
	Maite Zabala	GK	Carolina Courage

References[]

^ Drew Crossley (May 24, 2016). "2001-2003 Philadelphia Charge". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^ "2003 Philadelphia Charge Roster". statscrew.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^ "2003 Philadelphia Charge Roster". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. May 22, 2003. Archived from the original on May 4, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Paul Royal | La Salle University Profile". goexplorers.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ "2003 WUSA Regular Season Standings". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "WUSA 2003 Draft". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Trina Maso de Moya Makes Professional Soccer Team". fausports.com. March 25, 2003. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Melanie Hoffmann | sport.de player profile". sport.de. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Anne Makinen | WUSA player profile". wusa.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Emily Burt | WUSA player profile". wusa.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ Narducci, Marc (July 3, 2002). "Charge's Liu Ailing planning to retire". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
^ "Clemens Traded to San Jose CyberRays". santaclarabroncos.com. October 1, 2002. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Sports Scoreboard". Toledo Blade. April 18, 2003. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

External links[]

Philadelphia Charge website (archive.org)

[Chargehistory-1] Drew Crossley (May 24, 2016). "2001-2003 Philadelphia Charge". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

[2] "2003 Philadelphia Charge Roster". statscrew.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

[3] "2003 Philadelphia Charge Roster". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. May 22, 2003. Archived from the original on May 4, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[4] "Paul Royal | La Salle University Profile". goexplorers.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[5] "2003 WUSA Regular Season Standings". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

[6] "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[draft-7] "WUSA 2003 Draft". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[8] "Trina Maso de Moya Makes Professional Soccer Team". fausports.com. March 25, 2003. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[9] "Melanie Hoffmann | sport.de player profile". sport.de. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[10] "Anne Makinen | WUSA player profile". wusa.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[11] "Emily Burt | WUSA player profile". wusa.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[12] Narducci, Marc (July 3, 2002). "Charge's Liu Ailing planning to retire". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

[13] "Clemens Traded to San Jose CyberRays". santaclarabroncos.com. October 1, 2002. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[14] "Sports Scoreboard". Toledo Blade. April 18, 2003. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

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