page_title: 2011 Philadelphia Independence season
section_title: Review
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 Philadelphia Independence season / Review
caption_attribution_description: English: Action during the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Championship Game. The game was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York, the home stadium of the Western New York Flash. The Flash defeated the Philadelphia Independence on penalty kicks after a 1–1 tie. The Independence are in gray (green for the goalie); the Flash are in red.
context_page_description: The 2011 Philadelphia Independence season was the team's second and final season in the Women's Professional Soccer league, and its final season as a team.
context_section_description: The Independence traded Karina LeBlanc to the Chicago Red Stars to move up to the second overall pick in the 2011 WPS Draft and midfielder Caroline Seger to the expansion Western New York Flash for their first pick in the draft's second round. The Independence selected University of Virginia midfielder Sinead Farrelly with the acquired first-round pick. The Independence would select seven players in the draft, more than any other team in the 6-team league. It also signed goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart on February 24, 2011, after the dissolution of FC Gold Pride.
  The team also changed home venues, moving from West Chester University to Widener University.
  The Independence finished second in league play, won the WPS Super Semifinal 2-0 over magicJack, then drew the Western New York Flash in the 2011 WPS championship after extra time, losing in penalties 5-4. Head coach Paul Riley was named WPS Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, and Verónica Boquete was named Player of the Year.
  This was the team's final season, as it dissolved in 2012 along with the Women's Professional Soccer league itself. Many of its players and staff would go on to other teams that moved to different leagues, while others appeared in the next fully professional women's soccer league, the National Women's Soccer League, after it launched in 2013.
caption: The Independence in action during the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Championship Game against the Western New York Flash at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.
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