2001 WUSA Founders Cup

2001 WUSA Founders Cup

Match program cover
Event 2001 WUSA season
Bay Area CyberRays Atlanta Beat
3 3
CyberRays won 4–2 on penalties
Date 25 August 2001
Venue Foxboro Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
Player of the Match Julie Murray (CyberRays)
Referee Sandra Hunt
Attendance 21,078
Weather Sunshine, Puffy clouds
80 °F (27 °C)

The 2001 WUSA Founders Cup, also known as Founders Cup I, was the first championship match in Women's United Soccer Association history, played between Bay Area CyberRays and the Atlanta Beat to decide the champion of the league's inaugural season. The game was played in bright sunshine at Foxboro Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts on August 25, 2001. Bay Area CyberRays defeated the Beat 4–2 on a penalty shootout when the match finished 3–3 after sudden death extra time.[1]

Pre-match

Ticket prices for the final started at $15 and were also available at $28 and $45, with a discount for group purchases.[2]

Atlanta's star player Sun Wen had been afflicted by injuries to her left knee and ankle and was only fit enough to be a substitute. She had entered the semi final victory over Philadelphia Charge to decisive effect, scoring a goal and assisting another for Cindy Parlow as Atlanta recovered from 2–0 down to win 3–2.[3]

Match

Purple jersey with grey shoulders, purple shorts, black socks
Bay Area CyberRays[4]
Sky blue jersey with purple and white trim, sky blue shorts with white trim, sky blue socks with white tops
Atlanta Beat[4]
BAY AREA CYBERRAYS:
GK 1United States LaKeysia Beene
DF 6United States Brandi Chastain (c)
DF 5United States Kelly Lindsey
DF 2United States Thori Bryan
DF 17Mexico Gina Oceguera YC 90'
MF 15United States Tisha Venturini
MF 10Brazil Sissi  90'
MF 4United States Carey Dorn
FW 7United States Christina Bell  66'
FW 8Australia Julie Murray
FW 9Brazil Kátia
Substitutes:
MF 20United States Ann Cook  90'
FW 18United States Megan Horvath  66'  104'
FW 23United States Jacqui Little  104'
Coach:
England Ian Sawyers
ATLANTA BEAT:
GK 1United States Briana Scurry
DF 21United States Lisa Krzykowski
DF 6Canada Sharolta Nonen
DF 17United States Dayna Smith YC 41'
DF 25United States Nancy Augustyniak
MF 8Japan Homare Sawa  104'
MF 5United States Nikki Serlenga
MF 4United States Kylie Bivens  63'
MF 15United States Julie Augustyniak  39'
FW 12United States Cindy Parlow (c)
FW 10Canada Charmaine Hooper
Substitutes:
MF 23Canada Amy Walsh  39'
FW 9China Sun Wen  63'
FW 22United States Bryn Blalack  104'
Coach:
United States Tom Stone

Player of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Jon Wilson
    • Sharon Wheeler
  • Fourth official: Peter Kokolski

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 15 minutes of golden goal extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Three named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Bay Area CyberRays Atlanta Beat
Total shots 13 8
Shots on target 9 7
Corner kicks 8 10
Fouls committed 17 14
Offsides 2 1
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0

Source

References

  1. ↑ "Bay Area beats Atlanta for inaugural championship". CNN Sports Illustrated. August 25, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "WUSA Announces Boston as Site for Inaugural Championship Game". United States Soccer Federation. July 11, 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Yannis, Alex (August 25, 2001). "SOCCER; Title Game Could Depend On a Substitute's Impact". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Kassouf, Jeff (October 19, 2011). "Classics: Bay Area CyberRays top Atlanta Beat in first-ever Founders Cup". The Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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