United States women's national soccer team

United States

Nickname(s)	The Yanks
Association	United States Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Pia Sundhage
Asst coach	Hege Riise
Captain	Christie Rampone and Rachel Buehler
Most caps	Kristine Lilly (347)
Top scorer	Mia Hamm (158)
FIFA code	USA
FIFA ranking	1
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (July 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	2 (October 2003)
Home colors Away colors
First international
Italy 1–0 United States (Jesolo, Italy; August 18, 1985)
Biggest win
United States 12–0 Martinique  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 20, 1991)
Biggest defeat
United States 0–4 Brazil  (Hangzhou, China; September 27, 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1991)
Best result	Winners, 1991, 1999
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (First in 1996)
Best result	Winners, 1996, 2004, 2008
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 2000)
Best result	Winners, 2000, 2002, 2006

The United States women's national football team represents the United States in international association football competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The team is ranked 1st in the world by the FIFA Women's World Rankings.^[1] The team has won two Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999); three Olympic Women's Gold Medals (1996, 2004 and 2008) and seven Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2010).

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 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 U.S. 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.

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 most 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 took 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.

Kit

Traditionally since the team started, the kit has been an all white kit. Occasionally blue shorts have been used. A gold shirt and blue shorts are the away kit. Despite the men's and women's teams kits being different, Nike, the US Soccer kit provider, provides the kits for both.

Schedule and recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
February 24, 2010	Algarve Cup	Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Iceland	2–0	Sif (o.g.) Cheney
February 26, 2010	Algarve Cup	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão, Portugal	Norway	2–1	Wambach (2)
March 1, 2010	Algarve Cup	Parque Desportiva da Nora, Ferreiras, Portugal	Sweden	2–0	Cheney (2)
March 3, 2010	Algarve Cup	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Germany	3–2	Lloyd Wambach Cheney
March 28, 2010	Friendly	Torero Stadium, San Diego, California	Mexico	3-0	Rodriguez Boxx Cheney
March 31, 2010	Friendly	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah	Mexico	1-0	Wambach
May 22, 2010	Friendly	Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio	Germany	4-0	Wambach (2) O'Reilly Lilly
July 13, 2010	Friendly	Morrison Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska	Sweden	1-1	Rodriguez
July 17, 2010	Friendly	Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut	Sweden	3-0	Rapinoe Wambach (2)

Current squad

Matchday squad v Sweden

The following 24-player matchday squad was named for the Friendly against Sweden at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut on July 17, 2010. ^[2]

Caps and goals are current as of the completion of the team's 1-1 draw against Sweden at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, United States on July 17, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Hope Solo July 30, 1981 (1981-07-30) (age 29) 91 0 Atlanta Beat 2 DF Heather Mitts June 9, 1978 (1978-06-09) (age 32) 108 2 Philadelphia Independence 3 DF Christie Rampone June 24, 1975 (1975-06-24) (age 35) 217 4 Sky Blue FC 5 MF Lori Lindsey March 19, 1980 (1980-03-19) (age 30) 10 0 Philadelphia Independence 6 DF Amy LePeilbet March 12, 1982 (1982-03-12) (age 28) 35 0 Boston Breakers 7 MF Shannon Boxx June 29, 1977 (1977-06-29) (age 33) 127 21 FC Gold Pride 8 FW Amy Rodriguez February 17, 1987 (1987-02-17) (age 23) 47 8 Philadelphia Independence 9 FW Heather O'Reilly January 2, 1985 (1985-01-02) (age 26) 125 26 Sky Blue FC 10 MF Carli Lloyd July 16, 1982 (1982-07-16) (age 28) 91 20 Sky Blue FC 11 FW Megan Rapinoe July 5, 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 25) 14 5 Chicago Red Stars 12 FW Lauren Cheney September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30) (age 23) 25 9 Boston Breakers (WPS) 13 MF Kristine Lilly July 22, 1971 (1971-07-22) (age 39) 347 130 Boston Breakers 14 DF Stephanie Cox April 3, 1986 (1986-04-03) (age 24) 62 0 Boston Breakers 15 MF Kate Markgraf August 23, 1976 (1976-08-23) (age 34) 201 1 Chicago Red Stars 16 DF Ali Krieger July 28, 1984 (1984-07-28) (age 26) 5 0 FFC Frankfurt 17 DF Meghan Schnur April 16, 1986 (1986-04-16) (age 24) 6 0 Sky Blue FC 18 GK Nicole Barnhart October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) (age 29) 23 0 FC Gold Pride 19 FW Kelley O'Hara August 4, 1988 (1988-08-04) (age 22) 3 0 FC Gold Pride 20 FW Abby Wambach June 2, 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 30) 140 109 Washington Freedom 21 FW Alex Morgan July 2, 1989 (1989-07-02) (age 21) 2 0 California Golden Bears 22 MF Allie Long August 13, 1987 (1987-08-13) (age 23) 0 0 Washington Freedom 23 MF Sarah Huffman March 5, 1984 (1984-03-05) (age 26) 1 0 Washington Freedom 24 GK Jillian Loyden May 25, 1985 (1985-05-25) (age 25) 0 0 Chicago Red Stars 26 DF Rachel Buehler August 26, 1985 (1985-08-26) (age 25) 40 0 FC Gold Pride

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a matchday squad in the last six months, but were not called up for the matchday squad named for the Friendly against Sweden on July 17, 2010.

Caps and goals are current as of the completion of the team's 1-1 draw against Sweden at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Rodriguez, United States on July 17, 2010.

Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Defenders
Marian Dalmy	November 25, 1985 (1985-11-25) (age 25)	11	0	Chicago Red Stars
Brittany Taylor	September 18, 1987 (1987-09-18) (age 23)	1	0	Sky Blue FC
Midfielders
Yael Averbuch	November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03) (age 24)	8	0	Sky Blue FC
Casey Nogueira	February 23, 1989 (1989-02-23) (age 21)	5	0	Chicago Red Stars
Cat Whitehill	February 10, 1982 (1982-02-10) (age 29)	134	11	Washington Freedom
Forwards

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 two China women's players and Birgit Prinz of Germany.) Kristine Lilly is the only player of either sex with over 300 caps.

Head coaches

Name	Years	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Win %
Ryan, MikeMike Ryan	1985	4	0	1	3	.125
Dorrance, AnsonAnson Dorrance	1986–1994	93	66	5	22	.737
DiCicco, TonyTony DiCicco	1994–1999	119	103	8	8	.899
Gregg, LaurenLauren Gregg	1997, 2000	3	2	1	0	.833
Heinrichs, AprilApril Heinrichs	2000–2004	124	87	20	17	.782
Ryan, GregGreg Ryan	2005–2007	55	45	9	1	.900
Sundhage, PiaPia Sundhage	2007–present	39	36	2	1	.923
Totals		408	339	47	52	.831

Statistics as of May 6, 2009

World Cup record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Champions	6	6	0	0	25	5
1995	Third place	6	4	1	1	16	4
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
Total	5/5	30	25	2	3	86	24

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	10	5
Total	4/4	24	18	3	2	40	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 participate	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Champions	5	4	1	0	23	2
2002	Champions	5	5	0	0	24	1
2006	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	1
Total	6/7	24	23	1	0	129	5

Other honours

International

• Algarve Cup

Champions (7): 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010

Runners-Up (3): 1994, 1999, 2006, 2009

Third Place (2): 1997, 1998

• Four Nations Tournament

Champions (6): 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

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.

See also

• United States at the team sports international competitions
• Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team - 2005 HBO documentary
• List of women's national football teams and Women's football around the world
• List of football (soccer) players
• United States U-17 women's national soccer team
• United States U-20 women's national soccer team
• United States U-23 women's national soccer team
• Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)
• W-League (includes some partially salaried players)
• WUSA (defunct)
• Women's Professional Soccer

References

External links

• US WNT official website
• W-league Team Directory

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	World Champions 1991 (First title)	Succeeded by 1995 Norway
Preceded by 1995 Norway	World Champions 1999 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2003 Germany

United States squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (1st Title) 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 Allmann • 18 Maslin-Kammerdeiner • Coach: Dorrance

United States squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 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

United States squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Scurry • 2 Harvey • 3 Parlow • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Wilson • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Gabarra • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Cromwell • 18 Staples Bryan • 20 Webber • Coach: DiCicco

United States squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (2nd Title) 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

United States squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 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

United States squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 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

United States squad – 2007 Pan American Games 1 Naeher • 2 Taylor • 3 Washington • 4 Fountain • 5 Noyola • 6 Marshall • 7 Nogueira • 8 Cheney (c.) • 9 McDonald • 10 Enyeart • 11 Heath • 12 Wright • 13 Barnes • 14 DiMartino • 15 Edwards • 16 Wilmoth • 17 O'Hara • 18 Jones • Coach: Ellis

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