2002 Women's United Soccer Association season

Seasons

2001

2002

2003

Teams and Alignment

Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Atlanta Beat	Herndon Stadium	Atlanta
Boston Breakers	Nickerson Field	Boston
Carolina Courage	First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	Cary, North Carolina
New York Power	Stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex (1984)	Uniondale, New York
Philadelphia Charge	Villanova Stadium	Villanova, Pennsylvania
San Diego Spirit	Torero Stadium	San Diego
San Jose CyberRays	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California
Washington Freedom	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington

Changes

• Atlanta Beat relocate from Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field to Herndon Stadium.
• Bay Area CyberRays renamed San Jose CyberRays.
• Carolina Courage relocate from Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.

Regular Season Results

Team	W	L	T	Pts
Carolina Courage	12	5	4	40
Philadelphia Charge	11	4	6	39
Washington Freedom	11	5	5	38
Atlanta Beat	11	9	1	34
San Jose CyberRays	8	8	5	29
Boston Breakers	6	8	7	25
San Diego Spirit	5	11	5	20
New York Power	3	17	1	10

Postseason Results

Team (Single-Game)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
Carolina Courage	2	Carolina Courage	3	Carolina Courage
Atlanta Beat	1
Philadelphia Charge	0	Washington Freedom	2
Washington Freedom	1

Special Event Results

Event	Away	Score	Home
WUSA All-Star Game	WUSA South	6-1	WUSA North

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division	Fulton County, Georgia	Atlanta	Herndon Stadium	Atlanta Beat	10		10
						Carolina Courage		One	One
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	Unincorporated	Gillette Stadium	Boston Breakers	One		One
			Suffolk County, Massachusetts	Boston	Nickerson Field	Boston Breakers	Nine		Nine
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division	Nassau County, New York	Uniondale, New York	Stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex (1984)	New York Power	11		11
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	Villanova, Pennsylvania	Villanova Stadium	Philadelphia Charge	11	One	12
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Multnomah County, Oregon	Portland, Oregon	Providence Park	WUSA All-Star Game			One
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area	Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area		Wake County, North Carolina	Cary, North Carolina	First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	Carolina Courage	10	One	11
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	Torero Stadium	San Diego Spirit	10		10
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	CEFCU Stadium	San Jose CyberRays	11		11
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division	District of Columbia		Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington Freedom	11		11
Total							84	Three	88