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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 ...
This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup held in China between 10 and 30 September 2007. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 21 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the ...
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
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]
Hayes, a native of Camden, London, was named the head coach of the USWNT in May and successfully led the U.S. women to an Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games, the team's first gold medal ...
The nine Women's World Cup tournaments have been won by five different nations. The United States has won the most titles with four. Spain is the current champion, winning the title in 2023. Back-to-back tournaments have been won on two occasions, first by Germany (2003, 2007) and most recently by USA (2015, 2019).
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.
Since changes that started in the 1970's, the U.S. has become one of the top countries in the world of women's soccer. In the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, there were 58 US-based players, the most of any country and in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, there were 61 US-based players, the second of any country. [7]