2003 Women's United Soccer Association season

2003 season of Women's United Soccer Association

Football league season

The 2003 Women's United Soccer Association season was the third and final season for WUSA, the first top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 5 and ended on August 10. The playoffs began on August 16, with the championship match between played on August 24 between the Washington Freedom and the Atlanta Beat.

Competition format

• The regular season began on April 5 and ended on August 10.
• Each team played a total of 21 games, three against each opponent (either twice at home and once away or vice versa). This caused an uneven schedule with teams hosting either 10 or 11 home games each.
• The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The regular season champions and runners-up hosted the fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, in the single-game semifinals on August 17. The winners of the semifinals met at Torero Stadium in San Diego, California for the final on August 24.

Standings

Source: WUSA^[1][2]
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Boston Breakers v Washington Freedom

Atlanta Beat v San Diego Spirit

Founders Cup III

Washington Freedom v Atlanta Beat

Awards

Source:^[3]

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal

• List of WUSA drafts

References

1. "2003 WUSA Regular Season Standings". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
2. "WUSA Stats and Standings (Archived)". Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "Meinert wins most valuable player". USA Today. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

External links

• WUSA Website (archive.org)
• WUSA on Fun While It Lasted