2002 Women's United Soccer Association season

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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