FC Gold Pride

2009 season
Chairman	NeSmith Family
Head coach	Albertin Montoya
WPS	7th
WPS Playoffs	DNQ
Top goalscorer	Christine Sinclair (6)
Highest home attendance	6,459 (Apr 5 vs. BOS)
Lowest home attendance	2,203 (Jul 19 vs. BOS)
Average home league attendance	3,667
Biggest win	1 goal (4 times)
Biggest defeat	2 goals (4 times)
Primary colors Secondary colors
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The 2009 FC Gold Pride season was the team's first as a professional women's soccer team. FC Gold Pride played in the Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Summary

Preseason

FC Gold Pride played two scrimmages against the Los Angeles Sol, losing both. They also posted a 6-1 win over the University of California women's soccer team^[1] and a 3-0 win over an "All-Star" team of local college players.

Regular season

FC Gold Pride won their inaugural WPS game against the Boston Breakers on April 5, 2009.^[2] The club remained in strong contention until defender Kandace Wilson was injured during a home game against the Los Angeles Sol. After that, FC Gold Pride's second loss at the hands of the Washington Freedom marked the beginning of the club's slide to the bottom of the WPS rankings, where it would remain for the rest of the season. The club's transactions in the wake of Wilson's injury included signing Los Angeles Sol draftee Greer Barnes, elevating developmental player Marisa Abegg to the full roster, and returning Sissi to the field as a player.

In the end, FC Gold Pride failed to make the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, after a must-win game against the Saint Louis Athletica ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3] The club finally snapped its ten-game winless streak with a final 3–2 win against the Washington Freedom on August 1, 2009.^[4] However, a last loss to Sky Blue FC and a tie with Saint Louis Athletica did not allow FC Gold Pride to avoid finishing last in the WPS standings.

Team

Squad

As of the end of the 2009 WPS season.^[5]

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 Nicole Barnhart 2 MF  USA Kimberly Yokers 3 DF  USA Marisa Abegg 4 DF  USA Rachel Buehler 5 MF  USA Christina DiMartino 6 MF  USA Brandi Chastain 7 DF  USA Leigh Ann Robinson 8 FW  USA Tiffany Weimer 9 FW  USA Kandace Wilson 10 MF  USA Leslie Osborne 11 MF  BRA Sissi (D) 12 FW  CAN Christine Sinclair

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  USA Kristen Graczyk 14 DF  USA Greer Barnes (D) 15 FW  USA Tiffeny Milbrett 18 GK  USA Allison Whitworth 19 DF  USA Carrie Dew 20 DF  BRA Érika 21 MF  BRA Adriane 22 GK  USA Meagan McCray (D) 23 DF  USA Lindsay Massengale (D) 30 FW  JPN Eriko Arakawa 31 MF  BRA Formiga

Transfers

• IN: Greer Barnes from Los Angeles Sol (July 2009)^[6]

Competitions

Key

  Win   Draw   Loss

Regular season

Regular season standings

Results summary

Results by matchday

Statistics

Regular-season player statistics^[5]

#	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MP	MS	Min.	G	A	YC	RC
3	DF	USA	Marisa Abegg	6	3	335	0	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Adriane	12	4	451	1	1	0	0
30	FW	JPN	Eriko Arakawa	19	11	1,088	1	1	0	0
14	DF	USA	Greer Barnes	3	3	270	0	0	0	0
1	GK	USA	Nicole Barnhart	16	16	1,440	0	0	0	0
4	DF	USA	Rachel Buehler	17	17	1,530	1	1	2	0
6	MF	USA	Brandi Chastain	10	5	450	0	0	0	0
19	DF	USA	Carrie Dew	17	17	1,429	1	0	2	1
5	MF	USA	Tina DiMartino	18	18	1,530	0	1	1	0
20	DF	BRA	Érika	7	5	423	0	0	1	0
31	MF	BRA	Formiga	16	15	1,363	0	0	3	0
13	MF	USA	Kristen Graczyk	20	18	1,589	0	0	2	0
23	DF	USA	Lindsay Massengale	4	2	193	0	0	0	0
15	FW	USA	Tiffeny Milbrett	19	14	1,303	4	1	1	0
10	MF	USA	Leslie Osborne	19	18	1,622	0	0	1	0
7	DF	USA	Leigh Ann Robinson	18	15	1,339	1	0	0	0
12	FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair	17	16	1,412	6	1	0	0
11	MF	BRA	Sissi	3	1	128	0	0	0	0
8	FW	USA	Tiffany Weimer	15	10	745	1	3	0	0
18	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth	4	4	360	0	0	0	0
9	FW	USA	Kandace Wilson	8	6	555	0	1	0	0
2	MF	USA	Kimberly Yokers	9	2	238	1	0	0	0
Total							17	10	13	1

Awards

WPS All-Star Team

2009 WPS All-Star Team selections^[7]

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Selected as
DF	BRA	Formiga	Starter[a]
FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair	At-large
	USA	Tiffeny Milbrett	Replacement[b]