2009 WPS All-Star Game
| Event | Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game | ||||||
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| Date | August 30, 2009 | ||||||
| Venue | Soccer Park St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||
The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game will be the first ever WPS All-Star Game. The WPS All-Stars will face off against Sweedish powerhouse Umeå IK on August 30th, 2009, eight days after the league's championship game.
Saint Louis Athletica named Host
WPS awarded the 2009 All-Star Game to St. Louis, Missouri in a press release on June 25th, 2009. The venure will be Soccer Park, home of the Saint Louis Athletica.
St. Louis has such a rich soccer tradition and great fans that we thought it would make for a terrific location – right in the heart of America – for our first WPS All-Star Game.
— Tonya Antonucci
Umeå IK
Founded in 1917, Umeå IK is currently one of the premier women's clubs in Europe. They have won six Damallsvenskan titles, and won the UEFA Women's Cup twice, appearing in the finals five times in eight years since the competition's founding. Umeå was also the club that Marta played for before moving to the Los Angeles Sol
WPS All-Stars
Voting
Eleven of the eighteen WPS All-Stars will be chosen by vote. 25% of the total vote will come from fans voting online, 25% from media, 25% from choaches, and 25% from players.
At-Large Selections
The remaining seven players on the All-Star team will be selected by Commissioner Tonya Antonucci and the All-Star head coach, who will be chosen by a vote of players.