2010 WPS All-Star Game

2010 WPS All-Star Game
Event	Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game
	[1]
Date	June 30, 2010
Venue	KSU Soccer Stadium; Kennesaw, Georgia
Referee	Margaret Domka
Attendance	4,610
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The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game was the second WPS All-Star Game, taking place on June 30, 2010. Thirty-six players were divided into two teams with the top US vote-getter (Abby Wambach) and the top international vote-getter (Marta) as captains. Marta's XI defeated Abby's XI by five to two.

Atlanta Beat named host

WPS awarded the 2010 All-Star Game to Atlanta, Georgia in a press release on March 22, 2010. The venue was KSU Soccer Stadium, home of the Atlanta Beat.

Atlanta, with its wonderful new stadium built specifically for WPS, will be a fantastic venue for our second WPS All-Star Game.
— Tonya Antonucci

WPS All-Stars

Voting

Twenty-two of the thirty-six WPS All-Stars were chosen by vote. 25% of the total vote came from fans voting online, 25% from media, 25% from coaches (who were prohibited from voting for their team's players), and 25% from players. The results of the voting were released on June 9, 2010. [2]

The top three fan picks this year were Wambach, Marta, and Hope Solo. Three players - Wambach, Marta, and Kelly Smith - topped out the coach's voting with 100% of coaches voting for them. Likewise, two players - Sonia Bompastor and Eniola Aluko - got 100% of the media vote. Along with those six players, Shannon Boxx, Christine Sinclair, Lori Lindsey, and Amy LePeilbet rounded out the top ten.

At-Large Selections

The remaining fourteen players on the All-Star rosters were selected by WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci and the two All-Star coaches Albertin Montoya and Paul Riley, who were the coaches of the two teams topping the standings at the time, on June 14. [3]^{[permanent dead link]}

2010 All-Star Rosters

Bold indicates Starting XI's from pick-'em results
Italic indicates players who missed the All-Star game due to injury
* replacement player

Abby's XI

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Hope Solo
3	DF	USA	Amy LePeilbet
4	DF	USA	Angie Kerr
6	MF	USA	Lori Lindsey
7	MF	USA	Shannon Boxx
8	DF	USA	Tina Ellertson
9	FW	ENG	Eniola Aluko
10	MF	USA	Heather O'Reilly
11	FW	USA	Lauren Cheney


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ENG	Karen Carney
17	MF	USA	Lori Chalupny
19	FW	USA	Kelley O'Hara
20	FW	USA	Abby Wambach
21	MF	FIN	Laura Kalmari
66	FW	USA	Natasha Kai
84	DF	USA	Cat Whitehill
85	GK	USA	Jillian Loyden
—	DF	USA	Kate Markgraf

Marta's XI

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Karen Bardsley
7	MF	ENG	Kelly Smith
8	MF	FRA	Sonia Bompastor
9	FW	SUI	Ramona Bachmann
10	MF	BRA	Marta
12	FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair
13	MF	USA	Kristine Lilly
18	GK	CAN	Erin McLeod
22	DF	ENG	Alex Scott
24	MF	JPN	Aya Miyama
—	GK	USA	Nicole Barnhart*


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	USA	Rachel Buehler
—	DF	USA	Allison Falk
—	DF	USA	Christie Rampone
—	DF	USA	Becky Sauerbrunn
—	DF	USA	Brittany Taylor
—	MF	BRA	Cristiane
—	FW	USA	Amy Rodriguez