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2009 FC Gold Pride season

Field	Value
club	FC Gold Pride
season	2009
chairman	NeSmith Family
mgrtitle	Head coach
manager	Albertin Montoya
league	WPS
league result	7th
cup1	WPS Playoffs
cup1 result	DNQ
league topscorer	Christine Sinclair (6)
season topscorer
highest attendance	6,459
(Apr 5 vs. BOS)
lowest attendance	2,203
(Jul 19 vs. BOS)
average attendance	3,667
largest win	1 goal (4 times)
largest loss	2 goals (4 times)
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rightarm1	000
shorts1	000
socks1	000
alt1	Black shirt, shorts, and socks with gold stripes over the inner shoulders
pattern_name2	Secondary
pattern_b2	_FC Gold Pride II
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alt2	Gold shirt, shorts, and socks with black stripes over the inner shoulders
American	true
nextseason	2010

(Apr 5 vs. BOS) (Jul 19 vs. BOS) 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 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. 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. The club finally snapped its ten-game winless streak with a final 3–2 win against the Washington Freedom on August 1, 2009. 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.

(D) (D) (D) (D)

Transfers

IN: Greer Barnes from Los Angeles Sol (July 2009)

Competitions

Key

Regular season

Arakawa
Milbrett
Smith
Bardsley
O'Reilly
Dew
Wagner
Marta
Milbrett
Weimer
Sinclair
Wambach
Lindsey
Long
Robinson
Parker
Chalupny
Weber
Milbrett
Klein
Sinclair
Graczyk
Érika
Abily
Marta
Duan
Graczyk
De Vanna
Whitehill
Bompastor
Formiga
Sinclair
Dew
Chastain
Sinclair
Osborne
Igwe
Cristiane
Östberg Report
Nobis
Sinclair Report
Abily
Marta Report
Buehler
Chalupny Report
Cristiane
Tarpley
Carney
Lloyd
Milbrett
Formiga Report
Schmedes
Fabiana Report
LeBlanc Report
Larsson
Cross
Buehler
Sinclair Report
Yokers
Milbrett
Adriane
Dew
Sawa Report
Rosana
Kai
Buczkowski
Averbuch Report
Buehler
Graczyk
Welsh

Regular season standings

Results summary

Results by matchday

|table

Statistics

#	Pos.	Name	MP	MS	Min.	G	A	YC	RC	Total
3	DF		6	3	335	0	0	0	0
21	MF	{{sn	Adriane	dab=footballer}}	12	4	451	1	1	0	0
30	FW		19	11	1,088	1	1	0	0
14	DF		3	3	270	0	0	0	0
1	GK		16	16	1,440	0	0	0	0
4	DF		17	17	1,530	1	1	2	0
6	MF		10	5	450	0	0	0	0
19	DF		17	17	1,429	1	0	2	1
5	MF		18	18	1,530	0	1	1	0
20	DF	{{sn	Érika	dab=Brazilian footballer}}	7	5	423	0	0	1	0
31	MF	{{sn	Formiga	dab=footballer, born 1978}}	16	15	1,363	0	0	3	0
13	MF		20	18	1,589	0	0	2	0
23	DF		4	2	193	0	0	0	0
15	FW		19	14	1,303	4	1	1	0
10	MF		19	18	1,622	0	0	1	0
7	DF		18	15	1,339	1	0	0	0
12	FW		17	16	1,412	6	1	0	0
11	MF	{{sn	Sissi	dab=footballer}}	3	1	128	0	0	0	0
8	FW		15	10	745	1	3	0	0
18	GK		4	4	360	0	0	0	0
9	FW		8	6	555	0	1	0	0
2	MF		9	2	238	1	0	0	0

Awards

WPS All-Star Team

Main article: 2009 WPS All-Star Game

Nat.	Name	Selected as
	Formiga	Starter
	Christine Sinclair	At-large
Tiffeny Milbrett	Replacement

References

(March 12, 2009). "Cal Dropped by FC Gold Pride, 6-1". Cal Athletics.
(April 5, 2009). "Milbrett's strike lifts FC Gold Pride to 2–1 win over Boston Breakers". [[FC Gold Pride]].
(July 26, 2009). "FC Gold Pride Sees Post-Season Campaign End After 1–1 Tie in Saint Louis". [[FC Gold Pride]].
(August 1, 2009). "FC Gold Pride Earns Long Awaited Victory at Home, Defeats Freedom 3–2". [[FC Gold Pride]].
"Transactions: 2009". Women's Professional Soccer.
"FC Gold Pride Stats". [[Women's Professional Soccer]].
(August 7, 2009). "WPS Adds Players to 2009 WPS All-Star Game Roster". [[Bleacher Report]].

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