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The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. In 2007, the team won the Four Nations Tournament (women's football) (5th title through 2007), the Algarve Cup (5th title through 2007) and placed 3rd at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing with a 19–1–4 record. After ...
United States women's national soccer team players Player Pos. Caps Goals Debut Last or most recent match Date Opponent Date Opponent Danesha Adams: MF 1 0 October 1, 2006 Chinese Taipei: October 1, 2006 Chinese Taipei: Michelle Akers [b] FW 155 107 August 21, 1985 Denmark: August 20, 2000 Canada: Korbin Albert * MF 11 0 December 5, 2023 China
There have been a total of 8 managers win the Women's World Cup. Jill Ellis is the only manager to win two Women's World Cups. Ellis (Portsmouth, England), along with Anson Dorrance (Bombay, India) are the only managers not born in the country they won the Women's World Cup, however both hold United States nationality.
The 1999 World Cup final, in which the United States defeated China, set a world attendance record for a women's soccer event of 90,185 in a sellout at the Rose Bowl in Southern California (until it was broken on March 30, 2022, with 91,553 people at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain in the second-leg of a UEFA Women's Champions League match). [114]
United States at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup (3 P) Pages in category "2007 United States women's national soccer team" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The success of 1999 would lead to the world’s first professional women’s soccer league, the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). Though it lasted for only three seasons, it was a start.
One woman cracked Forbes' 2023 list of the world's highest-paid athletes -- tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play. She retired from her...
Women's World Invitational Tournament: 22 Chinese Taipei: December 20, 1987 1–2 Women's World Invitational Tournament: 23 Japan: June 1, 1988 5–2 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament: 24 Sweden: June 3, 1988 1–1 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament: 25 Czechoslovakia: June 5, 1988 0–0 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament: 26 Norway: June 8 ...