2010 Philadelphia Independence season

Philadelphia Independence
2010 season
Owner	Team Dynamics, LLC
Head coach	Paul Riley
Stadium	John A. Farrell Stadium; West Chester, Pennsylvania
Women's Professional Soccer	3rd
WPS Playoffs	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Amy Rodriguez (12)
Highest home attendance	6,028 (April 11 vs. Atlanta)
Lowest home attendance	2,093 (July 4 vs. Boston)
Average home league attendance	3,050
Biggest win	4–1; (2 matches)
Biggest defeat	1–3; (July 23 vs. FC Gold Pride)
Home colors	Away colors
	← Inaugural 2011 →
	All statistics correct as of June 15, 2017.

The 2010 Philadelphia Independence season was the team's inaugural season of competition in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Review[]

The Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer ended the 2010 season with a record of 10 wins and 10 losses and 4 ties for 34 points finishing third in WPS. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1. Paul Riley coached the team.^[1] The 2010 Philadelphia Independence lost in the Championship.^[2]

Squad[]

Roster[]

2010 Independence Roster^[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
—	FW	USA	Danesha Adams
—	MF	USA	Jen Buczkowski
—	FW	USA	Gina DiMartino
—	MF	USA	Tina DiMartino
—	DF	USA	Allison Falk
—	MF	USA
—	GK	USA	Valerie Henderson
—	DF	CMR	Estelle Johnson
—	DF	SWE	Sara Larsson
—	GK	CAN	Karina LeBlanc
—	MF	USA	Lori Lindsey
—	MF	USA	Joanna Lohman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ISL	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
—	FW	JPN	Karina Maruyama
—	DF	USA	Heather Mitts
—	FW	USA
—	MF	USA	Lyndsey Patterson
—	DF	USA	Katherine Reynolds
—	MF	POL	Nikki Phillips
—	FW	USA	Amy Rodriguez
—	FW	ENG	Lianne Sanderson
—	MF	SWE	Caroline Seger
—	DF	USA

Team management[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Paul Riley
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Strength and conditioning coach

Last updated: November 10, 2011
Source: WPS

Competition[]

Women's Professional Soccer[]

Regular season[]

April 11, 2010 1	Philadelphia Independence	0–0	Atlanta Beat	West Chester, PA
		Box Score	McNeill 90'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 6,028

April 18, 2010 2	Boston Breakers	1–1	Philadelphia Independence	Boston, MA
	Smith 49'	Box Score	Falk 55' Seger 63' Buczkowski 76' 86'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 5,286

April 25, 2010 3	Philadelphia Independence	3–1	Washington Freedom	West Chester, PA
	16' Magnúsdóttir 43' Rodriguez 54' Falk 57' Sanderson 67'	Box Score	de Vanna 51'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,906

May 1, 2010 4	Philadelphia Independence	1–0	Atlanta Beat	West Chester, PA
	Lindsey 25'	Box Score		Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,760

May 8, 2010 5	Saint Louis Athletica	2–1	Philadelphia Independence	St Louis, MO
	Falk 41' (o.g.) Tarpley 59' Boxx 86'	Box Score	Patterson 74' Lindsey 89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,107

May 19, 2010 6	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, IL
	Formiga 83'	Box Score	Lohman 6'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,645

May 30, 2010 7	Washington Freedom	2–1	Philadelphia Independence	Germantown, MD
	Moros 24' Wambach 33'	Box Score	Seger 87' Sanderson 90'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,762

June 6, 2010 8	Philadelphia Independence	2–1	Sky Blue FC	West Chester, PA
	Lindsey 2' Rodriguez 28'	Box Score	Kalmari 10'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,585

June 13, 2010 9	Philadelphia Independence	1–3	FC Gold Pride	West Chester, PA
	DiMartino 81'	Box Score	Sinclair 41' Marta 54', 89'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,616

June 19, 2010 10	Sky Blue FC	1–4	Philadelphia Independence	Piscataway, NJ
	Rosana 27' (pen.) O'Reilly 75'	Box Score	Adams 4' Rodriguez 18' Lohman 56' DiMartino 74'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,362

June 23, 2010 11	Atlanta Beat	2–2	Philadelphia Independence	Kennesaw, GA
	Yamaguchi 15' Ellertson 90'	Box Score	Rodriguez 36' Bishop 48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,632

June 26, 2010 12	Philadelphia Independence	3–2	Washington Freedom	West Chester, PA
	Wambach 12' (pen.) Rodriguez 62', 72' Sanderson 90' DiMartino 90'	Box Score	Mykjåland 2' Huffman 84'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,488

July 4, 2010 13	Philadelphia Independence	1–2	Boston Breakers	West Chester, PA
	Rodriguez 18'	Box Score	Holiday 46' Lilly 84'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,093

July 17, 2010 14	FC Gold Pride	2–0	Philadelphia Independence	Hayward, CA
	Sinclair 45', 80'	Box Score		Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 2,576

July 24, 2010 15	Philadelphia Independence	4–1	Sky Blue FC	West Chester, PA
	Lohman 7' Rodriguez 8', 52' Magnúsdóttir 21'	Box Score	Taylor 80'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,415

July 28, 2010 16	Philadelphia Independence	3–0	Chicago Red Stars	West Chester, PA
	Rodriguez 12', 25' Buczkowski 48' Seger 56' Magnúsdóttir 90'	Box Score	Markgraf 81'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium

August 4, 2010 17	Washington Freedom	2–0	Philadelphia Independence	West Chester, PA
	Wambach 39', 41' Long 79'	Box Score		Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,118

August 8, 2010 18	Philadelphia Independence	2–2	Boston Breakers	West Chester, PA
	Magnúsdóttir 28', 30' 89'	Box Score	Holiday 25' Smith 52'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 3,091

August 11, 2010 19	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, IL
	Formiga 37' Masar 62' Rapinoe 67' Spilger 77' Chapman 90'	Box Score	Rodriguez 53' Sanderson 78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,152

August 15, 2010 20	Philadelphia Independence	3–2	Atlanta Beat	West Chester, PA
	Magnúsdóttir 32' DiMartino 42', 60' Lohman 81' 90'	Box Score	Rasmussen 4' Chalupny 18'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,559

August 22, 2010 21	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Philadelphia Independence	Piscataway, NJ
	Averbuch 61'	Box Score		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,572

August 29, 2010 22	Philadelphia Independence	1–2	Boston Breakers	West Chester, PA
	Lohman 17' Johnson 53' Buczkowski 64'	Box Score	Cox 35' Smith 60' (pen.) del Rio 84'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 4,011

September 1, 2010 23	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, IL
	Boquete 4' Chapman 36' Dougherty 54'	Box Score	Seger 77'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,173

September 11, 2010 24	FC Gold Pride	4–1	Philadelphia Independence	Hayward, CA
	O'Hara 40', 52' Marta 41' Sinclair 65'	Box Score	Sanderson 51' Krzysik 82'	Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 4,003

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	22	23	24
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L

Source: Soccerway
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
24	10	4	10	37	36	+1	34	7	2	3	24	16	+8	3	2	7	13	20	−7

Last updated: 24 February 2018.
Source: Soccerway

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Gold Pride	24	16	5	3	46	19	+27	53	Advance to Championship
2	Boston Breakers	24	10	6	8	36	28	+8	36	Advance to Super Semifinal
3	Philadelphia Independence	24	10	4	10	37	36	+1	34	Advance to First Round
4	Washington Freedom	24	8	7	9	33	33	0	31	Advance to First Round
5	Sky Blue FC	24	7	7	10	20	31	−11	28

Source: WPS Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head to head result.

WPS Playoffs[]

19 September 2010 First Round	Philadelphia Independence	1–0	Washington Freedom	West Chester, Pennsylvania
14:30 EDT	Magnúsdóttir 55' Rodriguez 120'	Box Score		Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,378

23 September 2010 Super Semifinal	Boston Breakers	1–2	Philadelphia Independence	Boston, Massachusetts
14:30 EDT	Holiday 22'	Box Score	Seger 28' Buczkowski 58' Adams 103'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,676

26 September 2010 WPS Championship	FC Gold Pride	4–0	Philadelphia Independence	Hayward, California
14:30 EDT	Sinclair 16', 53' Wilson 28' Marta 90'	Box Score		Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 5,228

Statistics[]

As of 27 February 2018

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WPS		WPS Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
	GK	CAN	Karina LeBlanc	14	0	14	0	0	0
	GK	USA	Valerie Henderson	13	0	10	0	3	0
Defenders:
	DF	USA	Allison Falk	25	2	22	2	3	0
	DF	CMR	Estelle Johnson	16	0	10+3	0	3	0
	DF	SWE	Sara Larsson	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
	DF	USA	Heather Mitts	20	0	14+3	0	1+2	0
	DF	USA	Katherine Reynolds	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	USA		11	0	4+6	0	0+1	0
Midfielders:
	MF	USA	Jen Buczkowski	26	0	20+3	0	3	0
	MF	USA	Tina DiMartino	19	4	13+3	4	3	0
	MF	USA		6	0	1+1	0	2+2	0
	MF	USA	Lori Lindsey	26	2	23	2	3	0
	MF	USA	Joanna Lohman	24	5	20+4	5	0	0
	MF	USA	Lyndsey Patterson	15	1	2+13	1	0	0
	MF	POL	Nikki Phillips	26	0	22+1	0	3	0
	MF	SWE	Caroline Seger	21	2	17+1	1	3	1
Forwards:
	FW	USA	Danesha Adams	17	2	4+10	1	0+3	1
	FW	USA	Gina DiMartino	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ISL	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	22	3	18+1	3	3	0
	FW	JPN	Karina Maruyama	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
	FW	USA		2	0	0+1	0	1	0
	FW	USA	Amy Rodriguez	26	13	23	12	3	1
	FW	ENG	Lianne Sanderson	26	5	12+11	5	3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

[1] [2]

Transfers[]

2010 WPS Draft[]

The 2010 WPS Draft was held on January 15, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where the Independence selected five players.^[4]

Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
MF	Louisiana State University	Round 2, Pick 2 (13th overall)	^[4]
DF/MF	Boston College	Round 4, Pick 2 (31st overall)	^[4]
FW	University of Georgia	Round 5, Pick 2 (40th overall)	^[4]
DF/MF	Rutgers University	Round 6, Pick 2 (49th overall)	^[4]
DF	Wake Forest University	Round 7, Pick 2 (58th overall)	^[4]
DF/MF	William & Mary College	Round 7, Pick 6 (62nd overall)	^[4]

In[]

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes
September 15, 2009	Lori Lindsey	MF	Washington Freedom	Expansion Draft, Pick #2^[5]
	Jen Buczkowski	DF	Sky Blue FC	Expansion Draft, Pick #3^[5]
	Nikki Krzysik	DF	Chicago Red Stars	Expansion Draft, Pick #5^[5]
	Sue Weber	DF	Boston Breakers	Expansion Draft, Pick #7^[5]
		DF	Washington Freedom	Expansion Draft, Pick #9^[5]
	Danesha Adams	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Expansion Draft, Pick #11^[5]
	Kelly Schmedes	FW	Boston Breakers	Expansion Draft, Pick #13^[5]
September 22, 2009	Charlotte Rohlin	DF	Linköpings FC	International Draft, Pick #3^[6]
September 22, 2009	Fara Williams	MF	Everton L.F.C.	International Draft, Pick #7^[6]
September 29, 2009	Amy Rodriguez	FW	Boston Breakers	Trade for 2009 #1 Draft Pick, 2010 General Draft Pick^[7]
January 3, 2010	Karina LeBlanc	GK	Los Angeles Sol	Dispersal Draft, Round 1, Pick #2^[8]
January 3, 2010	Estelle Johnson	DF	Los Angeles Sol	Dispersal Draft, Round 2, Pick #7^[8]
February 4, 2010	Valerie Henderson	GK	Los Angeles Sol	Trade for No. 5 and No. 22 picks in 2010 WPS Draft^[9]
February 4, 2010	Allison Falk	DF	Los Angeles Sol	Trade for No. 5 and No. 22 picks in 2010 WPS Draft^[9]
March 5, 2010	Sara Larsson	MF	Saint Louis Athletica	Expansion Draft^[10]^[11]
March 5, 2010	Lyndsey Patterson	MF/FW	Los Angeles Sol	Signed as Free Agent^[10]^[11]
	Karina Maruyama	FW	TEPCO Mareeze	Signed as International Discovery player^[10]^[11]
	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	MF	Kristianstads DFF	International Draft, Pick #5^[6]^[11]
	Lianne Sanderson	FW	Chelsea L.F.C.	International Draft, Pick #9^[6]^[11]
	Caroline Seger	MF	Linköpings FC	International Draft, Pick #1^[6]^[11]
March 8, 2010	Heather Mitts	DF	Boston Breakers	Signed as Free Agent^[12]^[11]
	Joanna Lohman	MF	Washington Freedom	Signed as Free Agent^[10]
	Robyn Jones	GK	New Jersey Wildcats	Signed to Developmental Roster^[10]
	Katherine Reynolds	DF	University of Santa Clara	Signed to Developmental Roster^[10]
	Gina DiMartino	FW	Boston College	Signed to Developmental Roster^[10]
		FW	University of Georgia	Signed to Developmental Roster^[10]
	Tina DiMartino	MF	Saint Louis Athletica	Signed as Free Agent^[13]

Out[]

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes
October 2, 2009	Kelly Schmedes	DF		Waived^[14]
February 26, 2010	Sue Weber	DF		Waived^[14]^[11]
March 1, 2010	Charlotte Rohlin	DF	Linköpings FC	Declined move to WPS^[15]
March 10, 2010	Fara Williams	DF	Everton L.F.C.	Declined move to WPS^[16]

Awards[]

Player of the Week[]

Week	Player of the Week	Week's Statline
Week 3	Lori Lindsey	3 A
Week 8	Amy Rodriguez	2 G
Week 10	Danesha Adams	1 G, 2A
Week 15	Caroline Seger	3 A
Week 18	Tina DiMartino	2 G

Player of the Month[]

Month	Player of the Month	Month's Statline
April	Lori Lindsey	4 A
June	Amy Rodriguez	5 G, 2 A

WPS year-end awards[]

Award	Player	Notes
Coach of the Year	Paul Riley	3rd-place finish in inaugural season and playoff final

Source^[17]

2010 WPS Best XI[]

Player	Position
Lori Lindsey	Defense
Amy Rodriguez	Forward

Source^[18]

References[]

^ Jeff Kassouf (3 September 2009). "Riley named Independence head coach". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "2010 Philadelphia Independence". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "2010 Philadelphia Independence Roster". Stats Crew. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "North Carolina's Heath Selected First in 2010 WPS Draft". Bleacher Report. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jeff Kassouf (15 September 2009). "Philadelphia, Atlanta build through expansion draft". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ""WPS - All horses in the stable?"". Big Soccer. 26 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Jeff Kassouf (29 September 2009). "Boston trades A-Rod to Philly for draft picks". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b Phil Andrews (4 February 2010). "Philadelphia Independence Take WPS All-Star Karina LeBlanc in Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b Phil Andrews (8 April 2010). "Val Henderson and Karina LeBlanc: Philadelphia's Dynamic Goalkeeping Duo". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Previewing the 2010 Philadelphia Independence". All White Kit. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Denise Saul. "WPS Transactions 2010". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ Todd Civin (14 October 2009). "Philadelphia Independence "Smitten" with Mitts". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "WPS Standout Tina DiMartino Signs with Independence". womensprosoccer.com.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Clubs make initial offseason moves". Soccer America. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Walltin, Stenåke O. (1 March 2010). ""Lotta" Rohlin stark profil när LFC vann första SM-guldet!" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ Tony Leighton (14 March 2010). "Everton's Fara Williams declines move to American league". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Marc Narducci (17 September 2010). "Independence's Riley named WPS coach of the year". The Inquirer. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ Tom Timmermann (6 October 2010). "Marta heads WPS Best XI". www.stltoday.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[1] Jeff Kassouf (3 September 2009). "Riley named Independence head coach". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2] "2010 Philadelphia Independence". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[3] "2010 Philadelphia Independence Roster". Stats Crew. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2010WPSdraft-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "North Carolina's Heath Selected First in 2010 WPS Draft". Bleacher Report. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2010ExpDraft-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jeff Kassouf (15 September 2009). "Philadelphia, Atlanta build through expansion draft". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[IntDraft2010-6] ""WPS - All horses in the stable?"". Big Soccer. 26 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[7] Jeff Kassouf (29 September 2009). "Boston trades A-Rod to Philly for draft picks". The Equalizer. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2010DispDraft-8] Phil Andrews (4 February 2010). "Philadelphia Independence Take WPS All-Star Karina LeBlanc in Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[HendersonFalk-9] Phil Andrews (8 April 2010). "Val Henderson and Karina LeBlanc: Philadelphia's Dynamic Goalkeeping Duo". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[PreseasonSum-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Previewing the 2010 Philadelphia Independence". All White Kit. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2010Trans-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Denise Saul. "WPS Transactions 2010". Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[12] Todd Civin (14 October 2009). "Philadelphia Independence "Smitten" with Mitts". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[13] "WPS Standout Tina DiMartino Signs with Independence". womensprosoccer.com.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2010waived-14] "Clubs make initial offseason moves". Soccer America. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[15] Walltin, Stenåke O. (1 March 2010). ""Lotta" Rohlin stark profil när LFC vann första SM-guldet!" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

[16] Tony Leighton (14 March 2010). "Everton's Fara Williams declines move to American league". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[17] Marc Narducci (17 September 2010). "Independence's Riley named WPS coach of the year". The Inquirer. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[18] Tom Timmermann (6 October 2010). "Marta heads WPS Best XI". www.stltoday.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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