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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Philadelphia Charge</span></h1>
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<td class="fn" colspan="2" style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Philadelphia Charge
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<td colspan="2" style="display:none;">Vorlage:Infobox Fußballklub/Wartung/Kein Bild
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<th colspan="2" class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="text-align: center;">Basisdaten
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Name</b>
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<td>Philadelphia Charge
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Sitz</b>
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<td>Villanova, <a href="Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Gründung</b>
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<td>10. April 2000<sup id="cite_ref-cnnfn_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnfn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Auflösung</b>
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<td>2003
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Eigentümer</b>
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<td><a href="Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a><sup id="cite_ref-cnnfn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnfn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b>Präsident</b>
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<td>Tim Murphy
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<th colspan="2" class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="text-align: center;">Erste Fußballmannschaft
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<td><b>Cheftrainer</b>
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<td><span style="display:none">Vereinigte Staaten</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span>&nbsp;Mark Krikorian
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<td><b>Spielstätte</b>
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<td>Villanova Stadium
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<td><b>Plätze</b>
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<td>12.500
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<td><b>Liga</b>
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<td><a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women’s United Soccer Association">Women’s United Soccer Association</a>
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<td style="padding-right: 1em;"><b><a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2003" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2003">2003</a></b>
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<td>Regular Season: 8. Platz<br>Play-offs: <i>nicht qualifiziert</i>
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<p><b>Philadelphia Charge</b> war eine <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanische</a> <a href="Frauenfu%C3%9Fball" title="Frauenfußball">Frauenfußballmannschaft</a> aus Villanova, <a href="Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, die in der <a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women’s United Soccer Association">Women’s United Soccer Association</a> spielte. Das Team trug seine Heimspiele im Villanova Stadium auf dem <a href="Campus" title="Campus">Campus</a> der <a href="Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> im Großraum <a href="Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> aus.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Das Franchise wurde im April 2000 gegründet und nahm im darauffolgenden Jahr den Spielbetrieb in der neu geschaffenen <a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women’s United Soccer Association">Women’s United Soccer Association</a> (WUSA) auf. In der <a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2001" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2001">ersten Saison</a> belegte die Mannschaft in der regulären Saison den vierten Platz, der zur Teilnahme an den <a href="Play-off" title="Play-off">Play-offs</a> berechtigte. Dort scheiterte man jedoch im Halbfinale an <a href="Atlanta_Beat_(WUSA)" title="Atlanta Beat (WUSA)">Atlanta Beat</a>.
</p><p>In der <a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2002" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2002">Saison 2002</a> erreichte Philadelphia mit dem zweiten Platz nach der regulären Saison erneut die Play-offs, verlor dort jedoch wiederum im Halbfinale gegen <a href="Washington_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Freedom">Washington Freedom</a>. Das <a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2003" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2003">Jahr 2003</a> verlief deutlich weniger erfolgreich: das Team belegte am Ende der Saison den achten und letzten Platz und verpasste damit den Einzug in die Play-offs.
</p><p>Nachdem die Liga aufgrund finanzieller Probleme ihren Spielbetrieb einstellte, wurde das Team im September 2003 aufgelöst.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saisonstatistiken">Saisonstatistiken</h2></div>
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<th>Zuschauerschnitt<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td>2001</td>
<td><a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2001" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2001">WUSA</a></td>
<td>4. Platz</td>
<td>Halbfinale</td>
<td>7.154
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<td><a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2002" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2002">WUSA</a></td>
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<td>Halbfinale</td>
<td>6.971
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<td><a href="Women%E2%80%99s_United_Soccer_Association_2003" title="Women’s United Soccer Association 2003">WUSA</a></td>
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<td><i>nicht qualifiziert</i></td>
<td>7.245
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bekannte_Spielerinnen">Bekannte Spielerinnen</h2></div>
<ul><li><span style="display:none;">Deutschland</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Doris_Fitschen" title="Deutschland"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Doris_Fitschen" title="Doris Fitschen">Doris Fitschen</a></li>
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<li id="cite_note-cnnfn-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-cnnfn_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-cnnfn_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/04/10/deals/soccer/"><i>Women's soccer in deals.</i></a> 10.&nbsp;April 2000,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 23.&nbsp;Februar 2019</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APhiladelphia+Charge&amp;rft.title=Women%27s+soccer+in+deals&amp;rft.description=Women%27s+soccer+in+deals&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcnnfn.cnn.com%2F2000%2F04%2F10%2Fdeals%2Fsoccer%2F&amp;rft.date=2000-04-10&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/wusa/2003-09-15-wusa-folds_x.htm"><i>WUSA ceases operations after three years.</i></a> USA Today, 16.&nbsp;September 2003,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 23.&nbsp;Februar 2019</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APhiladelphia+Charge&amp;rft.title=WUSA+ceases+operations+after+three+years&amp;rft.description=WUSA+ceases+operations+after+three+years&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fusatoday30.usatoday.com%2Fsports%2Fsoccer%2Fwusa%2F2003-09-15-wusa-folds_x.htm&amp;rft.publisher=USA+Today&amp;rft.date=2003-09-16&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?page_id=4543"><i>Attendance Project: WUSA.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 18.&nbsp;August 2015</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APhiladelphia+Charge&amp;rft.title=Attendance+Project%3A+WUSA&amp;rft.description=Attendance+Project%3A+WUSA&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kenn.com%2Fthe_blog%2F%3Fpage_id%3D4543&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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