United States women's national soccer team
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| United States | |
| Nickname | |
| Association | United States Soccer Federation |
| Coach | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Sundhage |
| Most caps | Kristine Lilly (340) |
| Top scorer | Mia Hamm (158) |
| FIFA rank | 2 |
| First International Italy 1–0 USA (Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) | |
| Largest win USA 12–0 Mexico (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991) USA 12–0 Martinique (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) | |
| Worst defeat USA 0–4 Brazil (Hangzhou, China; 27 September 2007) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1991) |
| Best result | Winners, 1991, 1999 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) |
| Best result | Winners, 1996, 2004 |
| CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2000) |
| Best result | Winners, 2000, 2002, 2006 |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Team | |
The United States Women's National Soccer Team is operated by the United States Soccer Federation. The team has won two Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999); two Olympic Women's Tournaments (1996 and 2004) and five Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007). The United States U-19 women's national soccer team also won the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002.
The team played its first match on August 19, 1985, coached by Mike Ryan (not related to 2005-2007 coach Greg Ryan). In March 2004, two of its stars, Mia Hamm (who retired later that year after a post-Olympic team tour of the USA) and Michelle Akers (who had already retired), were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances.
Among its many other honors, the team was selected the US Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999. Sports Illustrated magazine chose the entire team as its 1999 Sportspeople of the Year.
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[edit] Competition record
[edit] World Cup
[edit] Olympics
Women's Olympic teams have no age restrictions.
[edit] CONCACAF Championship
[edit] CONCACAF Gold Cup
[edit] Pan American Games
[edit] Algarve Cup
- 1994 2nd Place
- 1995 4th Place
- 1996 Did not enter
- 1997 3rd Place
- 1998 3rd Place
- 1999 2nd Place
- 2000 Champions
- 2001 6th Place
- 2002 5th Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2005 Champions
- 2006 2nd Place
- 2007 Champions
[edit] Four Nations Tournament
- 1998 Champions
- 2002 3rd Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2006 Champions
- 2007 Champions
[edit] U.S. Cup
- 1995 Champions
- 1996 Champions
- 1997 Champions
- 1998 Champions
- 1999 Champions
[edit] 2007 World Cup Squad
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[edit] Player history
[edit] Notable Former Players
- Michelle Akers
- Brandi Chastain
- Joy Fawcett
- Julie Foudy
- April Heinrichs (coach from 2000–2005)
- Shannon MacMillan
- Carla Overbeck
- Cindy Parlow
- Mia Hamm
[edit] Most Capped Players
The WNT boasts all five players in the history of the game to have earned 200 caps (international appearances).
As of 20 October 2007, the players with the most caps for the WNT are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristine Lilly[1] | 1987 - | 340 |
| 2 | Mia Hamm | 1987 - 2004 | 275 |
| 3 | Julie Foudy | 1987 - 2004 | 271 |
| 4 | Joy Fawcett | 1987 - 2004 | 239 |
| 5 | Tiffeny Milbrett[1] | 1995 - | 205 |
| 6 | Brandi Chastain | 1991 - 2004 | 192 |
| 7 | Christie Rampone[1] | 1997 - | 176 |
| 8 | Shannon MacMillan | 1994 - 2006 | 175 |
| 9 | Kate Markgraf[1] | 1998 - | 168 |
| = | Carla Overbeck | 1988 - 2000 | 168 |
[edit] Top WNT goalscorers
| # | Player | Career | Goals (Caps) | Goals per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia Hamm | 1987 - 2004 | 158 (275) | 0.5745 |
| 2 | Kristine Lilly[1] | 1987 - | 129 (340) | 0.3794 |
| 3 | Michelle Akers | 1985 - 2000 | 105 (153) | 0.6862 |
| 4 | Tiffeny Milbrett[1] | 1995 - | 100 (205) | 0.4787 |
| 5 | Abby Wambach[1] | 2003 - | 86 (105) | 0.819 |
| 6 | Cindy Parlow | 1995 - 2006 | 75 (158) | 0.4746 |
| 7 | Shannon MacMillan | 1994 - 2006 | 60 (175) | 0.3428 |
| 8 | Carin Jennings-Gabarra | 1987 - 1996 | 53 (117) | 0.4529 |
| 9 | Julie Foudy | 1987 - 2004 | 45 (271) | 0.166 |
| 10 | Tisha Venturini | 1992 - 2000 | 44 (132) | 0.3333 |
[edit] WNT managers
| Manager | USA career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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| Mike Ryan | 1985 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Anson Dorrance | 1986 - 1994 | 93 | 66 | 22 | 5 | 73.7 |
| Tony DiCicco | 1994 - 1999 | 119 | 103 | 8 | 8 | 89.9 |
| Lauren Gregg | 2000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83.3 |
| April Heinrichs | 2000 - 2004 | 124 | 87 | 17 | 20 | 78.2 |
| Greg Ryan | 2005 - 2007 | 55 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 81.8 |
| Pia Sundhage | 2008 - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
- List of women's national football teams and Women's football around the world
- List of football (soccer) players
- Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)
- W-League (includes some partially salaried players)
- WUSA (defunct)
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Inaugural Champions | World Champions 1991 (First title) | Succeeded by 1995 Norway Image:Flag of Norway.svg |
| Preceded by 1995 Norway Image:Flag of Norway.svg | World Champions 1999 (Second title) | Succeeded by 2003 Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg |
United States squad - 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Harvey • 2 Heinrichs (c.) • 3 Higgins • 4 Werden • 5 Henry • 6 Chastain • 7 Bates • 8 Hamilton • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Jennings • 13 Lilly • 14 Biefield • 15 Gebauer • 16 Belkin • 17 Allman • 18 Maslin-Kammerdeiner • Coach: Dorrance | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
United States squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Scurry • 2 Staples • 3 Manthei • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Keller • 7 Rafanelli • 8 Hamilton • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Jennings • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Lalor • 18 Webber • 19 Cromwell • Coach: DiCicco | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
United States squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Scurry • 2 Fair • 3 Pearce • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Whalen • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Fotopoulos • 18 Webber • 19 Ducar • 20 Sobrero • Coach: DiCicco | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
United States squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Scurry • 2 Bivens • 3 Pearce • 4 Reddick • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Boxx • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Wagner • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Sobrero • 16 Milbrett • 17 Slaton • 18 Mullinix • 19 Hucles • 20 Wambach • Coach: Heinrichs | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
United States squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Scurry • 2 Dalmy • 3 Rampone • 4 Whitehill • 5 Tarpley • 6 Kai • 7 Boxx • 8 Ellertson • 9 O'Reilly • 10 Wagner • 11 Lloyd • 12 Osborne • 13 Lilly (c.) • 14 Lopez • 15 Markgraf • 16 Hucles • 17 Chalupny • 18 Solo • 19 Jobson • 20 Wambach • 21 Barnhart • Coach: Ryan | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
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