2002 Philadelphia Charge season

The 2002 season is the Philadelphia Charge's second season competing in the Women's United Soccer Association league, the top division of women's soccer in the United States, and second competitive season. The team was coached by Mark Krikorian.[1]

Philadelphia Charge

2002 season
General manager	Tim Murphy
Head coach	Mark Krikorian
Stadium	Villanova Stadium
WUSA	2nd
WUSA PLayoffs	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	Marinette Pichon (14)
Highest home attendance	9,650(June 8 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance	5,402(Aug 7 vs. San Jose)
Average home league attendance	6,880
Biggest win	4–2 (May 4 vs. Boston)
Biggest defeat	2–0 (two matches)

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Philadelphia Charge.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHN Liu Ailing — MF  USA Andrea Alfiler — DF  USA Jenny Benson — FW  USA Mandy Clemens — MF  USA Kerry Connors — MF  USA Michelle Demko — MF  USA Lorrie Fair — DF  USA Karyn Hall — DF  USA Erica Iverson — FW  USA Rakel Karvelsson — FW  USA Tara Koleski — MF  CHN Zhao Lihong

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  USA Erin Martin — MF  USA Rebekah McDowell — DF  USA Heather Mitts — MF  USA Mary-Frances Monroe — GK  USA Melissa Moore — FW  FRA Marinette Pichon — GK  USA Janel Schillig — MF  ENG Kelly Smith — DF  USA Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo — DF  ENG Stacey Tullock — GK  USA Maite Zabala

Team management

Position	Staff Member
Head Coach	Mark Krikorian
Assistant Coach	Pia Sundhage
Assistant Coach	John Natale
Goalkeeping Coach	Paul Royal

Last updated: 4 April 2020
Source:

[3]

Competition

Regular season

April 13 1	Atlanta Beat	0–2	Philadelphia Charge	Atlanta, GA
		Box Score	Smith  60' Lihong  72'	Stadium: Herndon Stadium Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 27 2	New York Power	1–2	Philadelphia Charge	Uniondale, NY
	Janss  17'	Box Score	Monroe  32' Smith  89'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Kim Oberle

May 4 3	Philadelphia Charge	4–2	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
	Tietjen-Prozzo  45' Pichon  48' Rooney  52' (o.g.) Clemens  82'	Box Score	Meinert  20' Lilly  51'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,629 Referee: Faith Rossi

May 11 4	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
	Martin  27', 39' Smith  88'	Box Score	Wambach  88'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 8,185 Referee: Sandra Hunt

May 19 5	San Diego Spirit	1–0	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego, CA
	Foudy  43'	Box Score		Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,779 Referee: Jesse Johnson

May 25 6	Carolina Courage	1–3	Philadelphia Charge	Cary, NC
	Slaton  56'	Box Score	Pichon  29', 82' Smith  71'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,281 Referee: Kari Seitz Sarah Kraus

June 1 7	Philadelphia Charge	0–0	San Jose CyberRays	Villanova, PA
		Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,903 Referee: Misail Tsapos

June 8 8	Philadelphia Charge	1–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
	Pichon  87'	Box Score	Grubb  40'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Erich Simmons

June 15 9	Philadelphia Charge	1–0	Boston Breakers	Villanova, PA
	Pichon  5'	Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Arnold Baldeaux

June 19 10	Carolina Courage	1–3	Philadelphia Charge	Cary, NC
	Pichon  5', 67' Connors  39'	Box Score	Fotopoulos  27'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,244 Referee: Sandra Hunt

June 23 11	San Diego Spirit	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego, CA
	Yunjie  45' (o.g.)	Box Score	Ouying  49'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,545 Referee: Jesse Johnson

June 29 12	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	Atlanta Beat	Villanova, PA
	Pichon  32', 73' Iverson  47'	Box Score	Wen  80'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,844 Referee: Rachel Woo

July 7 13	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	New York Power	Villanova, PA
	Pichon  77', 79', 90'	Box Score	Davey  86'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,303 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

July 14 14	Washington Freedom	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	Washington, DC
	Wambach  75'	Box Score	Lihong  85'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 5,968 Referee: Misail Tsapos

July 20 15	Philadelphia Charge	2–0	Carolina Courage	Villanova, PA
	Connors  21' Pichon  25'	Box Score		Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,946 Referee: Mark Arblaster

July 24 16	Philadelphia Charge	2–3	New York Power	Villanova, PA
	Clemens  61' Ailing  79'	Box Score	Milbrett  83', 87' Janss  84'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 7,469 Referee: Todd Perry

July 27 17	Boston Breakers	1–1	Philadelphia Charge	Boston, MA
	Kemp  90'	Box Score	Ailing  84'	Stadium: Nickerson Field Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Misail Tsapos

July 31 18	San Jose CyberRays	2–0	Philadelphia Charge	San Jose, CA
	Venturini-Hoch  54' Kátia  84'	Box Score		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 6,653 Referee: Sandra Hunt

August 3 19	Philadelphia Charge	3–1	San Diego Spirit	Villanova, PA
	Tullock  56' Iverson  65' Pichon  71'	Box Score	Mascaro  58'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,889 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 7 20	Philadelphia Charge	1–1	San Jose CyberRays	Villanova, PA
	Tullock  73'	Box Score	Chastain  34'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 5,402 Referee: Rachel Woo

August 10 21	Atlanta Beat	2–0	Philadelphia Charge	Atlanta, GA
	Serlenga  4' Cagle  63'	Box Score		Stadium: Herndon Stadium Attendance: 7,590 Referee: Erich Simmons

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L

Source: WUSA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Home/away results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	7	3	1	23	11	+12	4	3	3	13	11	+2

Last updated: complete.
Source: WUSA

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carolina Courage	21	12	4	5	40	30	+10	40	Regular Season Championship
2	Philadelphia Charge	21	11	6	4	36	22	+14	39	Qualification to play-offs
3	Washington Freedom	21	11	5	5	40	29	+11	38
4	Atlanta Beat	21	11	1	9	34	29	+5	34
5	San Jose CyberRays	21	8	5	8	34	30	+4	29
6	Boston Breakers	21	6	7	8	36	35	+1	25
7	San Diego Spirit	21	5	5	11	28	42	−14	20
8	New York Power	21	3	1	17	31	62	−31	10

Updated to match(es) played on August 2002. Source:

Playoffs

August 17 Semi-Finals	Philadelphia Charge	0–1	Washington Freedom	Villanova, PA
		Box Score	Gerardo  80'	Stadium: Villanova Stadium Attendance: 6,547 Referee: Sandra Hunt

Statistics

As of 5 April 2020

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WUSA		WUSA Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
	GK		Melissa Moore	21	0	20	0	1	0
	GK		Maite Zabala	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders:
	DF		Andrea Alfiler	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
	DF		Jenny Benson	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
	DF		Karyn Hall	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
	DF		Erica Iverson	20	2	19	2	1	0
	DF		Heather Mitts	17	0	16	0	1	0
	MF		Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo	21	1	20	1	1	0
	DF		Stacey Tullock	15	2	11+3	2	0+1	0
Midfielders:
	MF		Liu Ailing	20	2	11+8	2	1	0
	MF		Kerry Connors	19	2	15+3	2	1	0
	MF		Michelle Demko	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
	MF		Lorrie Fair	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
	MF		Zhao Lihong	18	2	16+1	2	1	0
	MF		Rebekah McDowell	13	0	7+5	0	0+1	0
	MF		Mary-Frances Monroe	16	1	11+4	1	0+1	0
	MF		Kelly Smith	7	4	7	4	0	0
Forwards:
	FW		Mandy Clemens	18	2	11+7	2	0	0
	FW		Erin Martin	11	2	5+6	2	0	0
	FW		Tara Koleski	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
	FW		Marinette Pichon	19	14	14+4	14	1	0

• Source: https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/t-WPHC/y-2002 StatsCrew.com

Goalkeepers

As of 5 April 2020

Nat.	No.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO
		Melissa Moore	20	20	11–3–6	20	1.00	4	0	0
		Maite Zabala	1	1	0–1–0	2	2.00	0	0	0
Total					11-4-6	22	1.05	4	0	0

Record = W-L-D

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes
December 5, 2001	Tracy Arkenberg	FW	San Diego Spirit	2001 WUSA Waiver Draft[4]
	Maite Zabala	GK	Atlanta Beat
January 30, 2002	Zhao Lihong	MF	China women's national football team	Signed[5]
	Marinette Pichon	FW	Saint-Memmie Olympique	Signed[5]
February 11, 2002	Stacey Tullock	DF	Arizona State	2002 WUSA Draft, Round 1, Pick 5, 5th Overall[6]
	Mary-Frances Monroe	MF	UCLA	2002 WUSA Draft, Round 2, Pick 5, 13th Overall[6]
	Andrea Alfiler	MF	Azusa Pacific	2002 WUSA Draft, Round 2, Pick 8, 16th Overall[6]
	Katie Carson	GK	Clemson University	2002 WUSA Draft, Round 3, Pick 5, 21st Overall[6]
	Kayrn Hall	DF	University of Florida	2002 WUSA Draft, Round 4, Pick 5, 29th Overall[6]
April 3, 2002	Janel Schillig	GK	Villanova University	Signed[7]
July 9, 2002	Tara Kolesk	FW	San Diego Spirit	Signed[8]
	Kerry Connors	MF	New York Power	Signed[9]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes
December 3, 2001	Laurie Pells	GK		Waived[10]
	Rakel Karvelsson	FW
	Vanessa Rubio	DF
	Courtney Saunders	FW
December 5, 2001	Saskia Webber	GK	New York Power	Trade[11]
April 1, 2002	Laurie Schwoy	MF		Released[12]
	Katie Carson	GK		Released[12]
	Michelle Demko	MF		Released[12]
May 16, 2002	Andrea Alfiler	DF	San Diego Spirit	Released[13]
	Deidre Enos	FW	N/A	Retired[14]
	Doris Fitschen	DF	N/A	Retired[14]
	Jennifer Soileau	MF	N/A	Retired[15]

Honors

2002 WUSA Most Valuable Player of the Year: Marinette Pichon[16]
2002 WUSA Offensive Player of the Year: Marinette Pichon[16]
2002 All-WUSA Team: Marinette Pichon, Jennifer Tietjen-Prozzo, Erica Iverson,[16]
2002 WUSA Coach of the Year: Mark Krikorian

References

1. Drew Crossley (May 24, 2016). "2001-2003 Philadelphia Charge". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
2. "2002 Philadelphia Charge Roster". statscrew.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
3. "Paul Royal | La Salle University Profile". goexplorers.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
4. "Transactions". The Harford Courant. December 6, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
5. "Transactions". The Harford Courant. January 30, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
6. "WUSA: 2002 Draft". SoccerAmerica. February 11, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
7. Greg Wiley (April 3, 2002). "Charge Sign Villanova's Schillig Goalkeeper Signed to Reserve Roster; Charge Trade for Freedom Draft Pick". South Jersey Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
8. "Koleski Agrees to Terms With Charge". OurSportsCentral. July 9, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
9. "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
10. "WUSA waiver draft has 41 players available". XtraTime.org. December 3, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
11. "WUSA trade news : New York Power signs Saskia Webber". XtraTime.org. December 5, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
12. "Philadelphia cuts roster to 18; Scrimmage vs. Power moved to Sunday". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
13. "Charge Sign Hall to Reserve Roster". OurSportsCentral. May 16, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
14. "The Philadelphia Charge". OurSportsCentral. April 1, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
15. "COLLEGE WOMEN: Former WUSA player is Louisiana Tech #39s first coach". SoccerAmerica. April 29, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
16. "Philadelphia's Pichon takes top honor in WUSA awards". usatoday.com. August 22, 2002. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

External links

• Philadelphia Charge website (archive.org)