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19 years, 94 days, Cristiane ( Brazil), vs Greece, 17 August 2004. 20 years, 196 days, Stina Blackstenius ( Sweden), vs Germany, 19 August 2016. 29 years, 55 days, Christine Sinclair ( Canada), vs United States, 6 August 2012. 30 years, 24 days, Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
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Football at the Summer Olympics. Association football [note 1] has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games. [1][2]
Wambach's goal in the 122nd minute to tie the game 2–2 has been voted the greatest goal in U.S. soccer history and the greatest goal in Women's World Cup history. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] The U.S. then beat France 3–1 in the semifinal, but lost to Japan 3–1 on penalty kicks in the Final after drawing 1–1 in regulation and 2–2 in overtime .
Biggest defeat. United States 0–1 Japan. (Faro, Portugal; March 5, 2012) The 2012 United States women's national soccer team season was dominated by the 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament. The start of the year saw the team compete in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament and then in July they participated in the main event itself.
e. Women's Olympic Football tournament was held for the third time at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [ 1][ 2] The tournament featured 10 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the ...
t. e. The women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in the United Kingdom from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain reached the final tournament.
The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams. For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament.