 Match program cover | |||||||
| Event | 2001 WUSA season | ||||||
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| CyberRays won 4–2 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | August 25, 2001 | ||||||
| Venue | Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, 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 Foxborough, 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]
- ^ "Bay Area beats Atlanta for inaugural championship". CNN Sports Illustrated. August 25, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2014.