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The team is fielded by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the governing body of soccer in the United States, and competes as a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). The United States competed in their first international match on August 18, 1985, a 1–0 loss in the ...
The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football). The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008 ...
Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, [28] [29] [30] providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international ...
The United States women's national soccer team is looking to three-peat as World Cup champions in 2023 with a roster of tournament veterans and newbies.
The United States women’s soccer team won the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup on Sunday following a 1-0 victory over Brazil at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California.
The currently active most-capped women's international football player is Sherida Spitse of the Netherlands, with 239 caps. Three American players, Kristine Lilly, Carli Lloyd and Christie Pearce , and one player from Canada , Christine Sinclair, have 300 or more caps.
For a team that has been so historically dominant at the Women’s World Cup, performances throughout the 2023 edition so far have been underwhelming for women’s soccer’s most dynastic team.
The team played its first match at the Mundialito tournament on August 18, 1985, coached by Mike Ryan, in which they lost 1–0 to Italy.In March 2004, two of its stars, Mia Hamm (who retired later that year after a post-Olympic team tour of the US) 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 ...