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.

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. [2]

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 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. [3]^{[permanent dead link]}

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[]

2010-06-30

18:30 CDT

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

KSU Soccer Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia

Attendance: 4,610

Referee: Margaret Domka (USA)

Statistics[]

See also[]

External links[]

• Official press release