| Club: | Western New York Flash |
| Season: | 2011 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: |  Aaran Lines |
| Ownertitle: | Owner |
| Owner: |  Joe Sahlen |
| Stadium: | Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York (Capacity: 13,768) |
| League: | Women's Professional Soccer |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | WPS Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| League Topscorer: | Marta, Christine Sinclair (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,404 (July 20 vs. magicJack) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,372 (May 13 vs. Boston) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,881 |
| Largest Win: | 4-1 (July 30 vs. Sky Blue FC) |
| Largest Loss: | 0-2 (July 17 at Sky Blue FC, Aug. 6 at Atlanta) |
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| Updated: | June 13, 2017 |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Western New York Flash season was the team's inaugural and only season in the Women's Professional Soccer league, after competing as the Buffalo Flash in the USL W-League. The Western New York Flash won the league, then went on to win the 2011 WPS championship over the Philadelphia Independence.
The Flash joined the Women's Professional Soccer league as an expansion team in 2011, following its undefeated championship season in the USL W-League in 2010 as the Buffalo Flash. The team retained Aaran Lines, who coached the Flash the prior two seasons in the W-League, as its head coach, and remained under the ownership of Joe Sahlen.[1]
As of August 16, 2011[2]
Source: WPS
Squad statistics are of the regular season only.
| 18 | M | Yael Averbuch | 13 | 8 | 734 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | data-sort-value="09" | 9% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | M | Brittany Bock | 18 | 17 | 1456 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 82% | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | D | Kimberly Brandao | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | D | Candace Chapman | 12 | 12 | 1026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | F | Gemma Davison | 12 | 5 | 507 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 60% | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | D | Becky Edwards | 18 | 18 | 1445 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 39% | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | D | Whitney Engen | 17 | 17 | 1530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | F | Kaley Fountain | 5 | 2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | M | Beverly Goebel | 14 | 3 | 428 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | D | Gina Lewandowski | 8 | 6 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | F | Marta | 14 | 13 | 1192 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 27 | 66% | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | F | Maurine | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | F | Alex Morgan | 13 | 6 | 689 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 65% | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | F | Rebecca Moros | 17 | 11 | 1098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | D | Ali Riley | 15 | 15 | 1305 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 71% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | D | Alexandra Sahlen | 2 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | M | Caroline Seger | 12 | 10 | 938 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 74% | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | F | Christine Sinclair | 15 | 14 | 1191 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 57% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | F | Kandace Wilson | 13 | 9 | 875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | M | McCall Zerboni | 14 | 11 | 915 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 62% | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 235 | 181 | 16401 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 220 | 127 | 57.73% | 123 | 123 | 11 | 0 | |||
See also: 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.
See also: Annual Women's Professional Soccer awards.
| Week | Player of the Week | Week's Statline |
|---|---|---|
| Week 4 |  Christine Sinclair | 2 G, GWG |
| Week 5 |  Marta | 2 A, 1 G, GWA |
| Week 6 | McCall Zerboni | 1 A, 2 G, GWG |
| Week 7 |  Caroline Seger | 2 G |
| Week 15 | Christine Sinclair | 1 A, 2 G, GWG |
| BOS 2-2 WNY | ||
| Award | Player | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPS Defender of the Year | Whitney Engen | Started and played the full 90 in all but one game | |
| US Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year | Ashlyn Harris | Led the league in regular season goals per game average (1.00) | |
| PUMA Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | Marta | Scored ten goals, earning her third consecutive award |
| Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | ||
| Whitney Engen * | Defense | |
| Defense | ||
| Midfield | ||
| Christine Sinclair * | Forward | |
| Forward |
Source: WPS Announces Best XI of 2011