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United States
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Team USA; The Stars and Stripes; The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF ; (North America)
Head coach	Pia Sundhage
Captain	Christie Rampone
Most caps	Kristine Lilly (352)
Top scorer	Mia Hamm (158)
FIFA code	USA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	1
Highest	1 (July 2003)
Lowest	2 (October 2003)
First international
	Italy 1–0 United States ; (Jesolo, Italy; August 18, 1985)
Biggest win
	United States 14–0 Dominican Rep. ; (Vancouver, Canada; January 20, 2012)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 4–0 United States ; (Hangzhou, China; September 27, 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1991)
Best result	Winners, 1991, 1999
CONCACAF Championship; & Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Winners; 1991, 1993, 1994 2000, 2002, 2006
Medal record
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The United States women's national soccer team (sometimes referred to as USWNT) represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world by the FIFA Women's World Rankings.^[1] The team has also won the 1999 Women's World Cup, three Olympic Women's Gold Medals (1996, 2004 and 2008) and eight Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011).

Among its many other honors, the team was selected the U.S. Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999. Sports Illustrated chose the entire team as its 1999 Sportspeople of the Year.

History

The team played its first match on August 18, 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 and the only two Americans named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances.

Arguably their most influential and memorable victory came in the 1999 World Cup when they beat China 5–4 in a penalty shootout. With this win they emerged onto the world stage and brought significant media attention to women's soccer and athletics. On July 10, 1999, over 90,000 people (the largest ever for a women’s sporting event and one of the largest attendances in the world for a tournament game final) filled the Rose Bowl to watch the United States play China in the Final. After a back and forth game, the score was tied 0–0 at full time, and remained so after extra time, leading to a penalty kick shootout. With Briana Scurry's save of China's third kick, the score was 4–4 with only Brandi Chastain left to shoot. She scored and won the game for the United States. Chastain famously dropped to her knees and whipped off her shirt, celebrating in her sports bra, which later made the cover of Sports Illustrated and the front pages of newspapers around the country and world.

Perhaps the second most influential victory came on July 10, 2011, in the quarterfinal of the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany, where the US beat Brazil 5–3 on penalty kicks. Abby Wambach tied the game 2–2 in the 2nd minute of extra time in the 2nd period of overtime (the 122nd minute of the match overall) with a left-footed cross by Megan Rapinoe. Earlier in the game, Brazil had evened the score 1–1 on a controversial penalty kick. Interestingly, the game was played on the 12th anniversary of the memorable 1999 World Cup Final (described above), which the US also won on penalty kicks.

Kit

Traditionally since the team started, the kit has been an all white kit. Occasionally blue shorts have been used. As of May 2011, the away kit is all black. Like the men's team, Nike is the team's kit manufacturer. The team also wears two stars above the US Soccer badge, to signify their two World Cup championships.

Schedule and Results

The following is a list of matches from the past six months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	U.S. scorers
November 19, 2011	University of Phoenix Stadium, United States	Sweden	IF	1–1 D	Heath 81'
January 20, 2012	BC Place, Canada	Dominican Republic	OQT – GP	14–0 W	Wambach 1', 19' Lloyd 5' Buehler 7' O'Reilly 17', 31', 78' Heath 30' Rodriguez 46', 48', 58', 69', 75' Cheney 64'
January 22, 2012	BC Place, Canada	Guatemala	OQT – GP	13–0 W	Wambach 12', 14' Cheney 24' Rodriguez 29' Lloyd 33' Lindsey 34' Leroux 48', 51', 57', 70', 87' Rapinoe 75' Morgan 83'
January 24, 2012	BC Place, Canada	Mexico	OQT – GP	4–0 W	Lloyd 7', 57', 86' O'Reilly 8'
January 27, 2012	BC Place, Canada	Costa Rica	OQT – SF	3–0 W	Heath 16' Lloyd 72' Morgan 89'
January 29, 2012	BC Place, Canada	Canada	OQT – F	4–0 W	Morgan 4', 56' Wambach 24', 28'
February 11, 2012	FC Dallas Stadium, United States	New Zealand	IF	2–1 W	Morgan 88', 90+3'
February 29, 2012	Estádio Municipal (Lagos), Portugal	Denmark	AC – GP	5–0 W	Morgan 21', 84' Wambach 44' Lloyd 76' Leroux 90+3'
March 2, 2012	Estádio Municipal (Lagos), Portugal	Norway	AC – GP	2–1 W	Wambach 51' Leroux 81'
March 5, 2012	Estádio Algarve, Portugal	Japan	AC – GP	0–1 L
March 7, 2012	Estádio Municipal (Parchal), Portugal	Sweden	AC – 3PM	4–0 W	Morgan 4', 33', 71' Wambach 37'
April 1, 2012	Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Japan	Japan	KC
April 3, 2012	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Japan	Brazil	KC

Key

Win Draw Loss

Key

IF = International Friendly
OQT = 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- GP = Group Play
- SF = Semifinals
- F = Final
AC = 2012 Algarve Cup
- GP = Group Play
- 3PG = Third Place Match
KC = 2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup

Current squad

Roster for Kirin Challenge Cup

The following 23 players were called up for the roster that will travel to Kirin Challenge Cup in Japan
Caps and goals are current as of March 7, 2012.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hope Solo	(1981-07-30) 30 July 1981 (age 43)	112	0	Seattle Sounders
18	1GK	Nicole Barnhart	(1981-10-10) 10 October 1981 (age 43)	43	0	Unattached
21	1GK	Ashlyn Harris	(1985-10-19) 19 October 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Western New York Flash

2	2DF	Heather Mitts	(1978-06-09) 9 June 1978 (age 46)	122	2	Atlanta Beat
3	2DF	Christie Rampone (c)	(1975-06-24) 24 June 1975 (age 49)	254	4	magicJack
4	2DF	Becky Sauerbrunn	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 39)	19	0	Sky Blue FC
5	2DF	Kelley O'Hara	(1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 (age 36)	14	0	Atlanta Beat
6	2DF	Amy LePeilbet	(1982-03-12) 12 March 1982 (age 42)	64	0	Atlanta Beat
14	2DF	Stephanie Cox	(1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 38)	81	0	Seattle Sounders
19	2DF	Rachel Buehler	(1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 39)	76	3	Atlanta Beat
22	2DF	Whitney Engen	(1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 37)	0	0	Western New York Flash
23	2DF	Meghan Klingenberg	(1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 36)	2	0	Boston Breakers

7	3MF	Shannon Boxx	(1977-06-29) 29 June 1977 (age 47)	162	22	magicJack
8	3MF	Amy Rodriguez	(1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 37)	83	23	Unattached
9	3MF	Heather O'Reilly	(1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)	160	34	Boston Breakers
10	3MF	Carli Lloyd	(1982-07-16) 16 July 1982 (age 42)	129	35	Atlanta Beat
15	3MF	Megan Rapinoe	(1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 39)	47	12	Seattle Sounders
16	3MF	Lori Lindsey	(1980-03-19) 19 March 1980 (age 44)	30	1	Western New York Flash
17	3MF	Tobin Heath	(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 36)	40	5	Unattached

11	4FW	Sydney Leroux	(1990-05-07) 7 May 1990 (age 34)	9	7	Seattle Sounders
12	4FW	Lauren Cheney	(1987-09-30) 30 September 1987 (age 37)	61	18	Unattached
13	4FW	Alex Morgan	(1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 (age 35)	36	21	Seattle Sounders
20	4FW	Abby Wambach	(1980-06-02) 2 June 1980 (age 44)	176	134	magicJack

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last six months, but were not called up for the Kirin Challenge Cup.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jillian Loyden	(1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 (age 39)	2	0	Unattached	v. Sweden; November 19, 2011

DF	Ali Krieger	(1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 40)	27	0	1. FFC Frankfurt	v. Dominican Republic; January 20, 2012

Records

The women's national team boasts the first six players in the history of the game to have earned 200 or more caps. (These players have since been joined in the 200-cap club by Pu Wei and Li Jie of China and Birgit Prinz of Germany, as well as by a seventh American, Kate Markgraf.) Kristine Lilly is the only player of either sex with over 300 caps.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Kristine Lilly	352	130	1987–2010
2	Mia Hamm	275	158	1987–2004
3	Julie Foudy	271	45	1987–2004
4	Christie Rampone	254	4	1997–
5	Joy Fawcett	239	27	1987–2004
6	Tiffeny Milbrett	205	100	1992–2006
7	Kate Markgraf	201	1	1998–2010
8	Brandi Chastain	192	30	1991–2004
9	Abby Wambach	176	134	2001–
10	Shannon MacMillan	175	60	1994–2006

Active players in bold, statistics as of March 7, 2012

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Mia Hamm	275	158	1987–2004
2	Abby Wambach	176	134	2001–
3	Kristine Lilly	352	130	1987–2010
4	Michelle Akers	153	105	1985–2000
5	Tiffeny Milbrett	204	100	1992–2006
6	Cindy Parlow	158	75	1995–2006
7	Shannon MacMillan	175	60	1994–2006
8	Carin Jennings-Gabarra	117	53	1987–1996
9	Julie Foudy	271	45	1987–2004
10	Tisha Venturini	132	44	1992–2000

Most goals scored in a match

The record for most goals scored in a match by a member of the USWNT is five. This has been accomplished six times, most recently by Sydney Leroux on January 22, 2012 in a 13–0 victory over Guatemala.

Brandi Chastain – April 18, 1991 vs. Mexico – FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifier (goals were consecutive) (player came off the bench)
Julie Foudy
Tiffeny Milbrett
Abby Wambach – October 23, 2004 vs. Ireland (Houston, Texas)
Amy Rodriguez – January 20, 2012 vs. Dominican Republic (Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA) – CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (player came off the bench)
Sydney Leroux – January 22, 2012 vs. Guatemala (Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA) – CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (player came off the bench)

Head coaches

Name	Years	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Win %
Mike Ryan	1985	4	0	1	3	.125
Anson Dorrance	1986–1994	93	66	5	22	.737
Tony DiCicco	1994–1999	119	103	8	8	.899
Lauren Gregg	1997, 2000	3	2	1	0	.833
April Heinrichs	2000–2004	124	87	20	17	.782
Greg Ryan	2005–2007	55	45	9	1	.900
Pia Sundhage	2007–present	92	76	10	6	.880
Totals		490	379	54	57	.829

Statistics as of March 7, 2012

World Cup record

Host year in red

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Champions	6	6	0	0	25	5
1995	Third place	6	4	1	1	15	5
1999	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	3
2003	Third place	6	5	0	1	15	5
2007	Third place	6	4	1	1	12	7
2011	Runners-Up	6	3	2	1	13	7
2015	To Be Determined	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	6/6	36	27	5	4	98	32

Olympics record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Gold Medal	6	4	1	0	9	3
2000	Silver Medal	6	4	1	1	9	5
2004	Gold Medal	6	5	1	0	12	4
2008	Gold Medal	6	5	0	1	12	5
2012	Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5/5	24	18	3	2	42	17

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Champions	5	5	0	0	49	0
1993	Champions	3	3	0	0	13	0
1994	Champions	4	4	0	0	16	1
1998	Did not participate¹	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Champions	5	4	1	0	24	1
2002	Champions	5	5	0	0	24	1
2006	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	1
2010	Third Place	5	4	0	1	22	2
Total	7/8	29	27	1	1	152	6

¹ The US team directly qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as hosts of the event. Because of this, they did not participate in the 1998 CONCACAF Championship, which was the qualification tournament for the World Cup.

Other honors

International

Algarve Cup

Champions (8): 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

Runners-Up (4): 1994, 1999, 2006, 2009

Third Place (3): 1997, 1998, 2012

Four Nations Tournament

Champions (7): 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011

Third Place (1): 2002

Peace Queen Cup

Champions (2): 2006, 2008

Regional

Pan American Games

Champions (1): 1999

Runners-Up (1): 2007

U.S. Cup

Champions (5): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Media coverage

ESPN and ESPN2 bring most coverage, with occasional coverage from Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, and Galavisión.

References

^ [1], additional text.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	FIFA Women's World Cup Champions 1991 (First title)	Succeeded by 1995 Norway
Preceded by 1995 Norway	FIFA Women's World Cup Champions 1999 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2003 Germany
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	Olympic Champions 1996 (First title)	Succeeded by 2000 Norway
Preceded by 2000 Norway	Olympic Champions 2004 (Second title) 2008 (Third title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Champions 1991 (First title) 1993 (Second title) 1994 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1998 Canada
Preceded by 1998 Canada As CONCACAF Champions	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Champions 2000 (Fourth title) 2002 (Fifth title) 2006 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by 2010 Canada

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v t e 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finalists
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	France
Quarter-finals	Australia Brazil England Germany
Group stage	Canada Colombia Equatorial Guinea Mexico New Zealand Nigeria North Korea Norway

v t e International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup W Nations League Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Goodwill Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games
Invitationals	Aisha Buhari Cup Albena Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) Cup of Nations Finalissima Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Gold Cup Istria Cup Women's Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup MS&AD Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup Revelations Cup SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Women's World Cup ('70,'71) Yongchuan International Tournament
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

v t e National women's football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.