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2001 WUSA season

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Champions
  
Bay Area CyberRays

Top goalscorer
  
Tiffeny Milbrett (16)

Champion
  
San Jose CyberRays

Average goals/game
  
2.80

Start date
  
2001

Goals scored
  
235

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The 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season served as the inaugural season for WUSA, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 14 and ended on August 12, with the postseason games being held on August 18 and August 25.

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Attendance figures were high for the first season, particularly early in the season, though not near the levels organizers were expecting based on the attendance for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The league spent its initial $40m budget, intended to last five years, in just this first season.

Competition format

  • The season began on April 14 and ended on August 12.
  • 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 18. The winners of the semifinals met at Foxboro Stadium for the final on August 25.

    • Standings

    Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
    Green denotes team has spot in 2001 WUSA Playoffs.

    Playoffs

    Home teams listed second

    Awards

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    References

    2001 WUSA season Wikipedia
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