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The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA. As of August 2024, the United States is ranked #1. The rankings were introduced in 2003, [2] with the first rankings published on 16 July of that year.
FIFA runs the Women's World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members: AFC – AFC Women's Asian Cup; CAF – Women's Africa Cup of Nations; CONCACAF – CONCACAF W Championship; CONMEBOL – Copa América Femenina
After mostly being ranked No. 2 from 2003 to 2008 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, [2] the team was ranked No. 1 continuously from March 2008 to November 2014, the longest consecutive top ranking of any team. [3]
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play in spring 2013 with eight teams; four of them were former members of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), which had been the top women's league in the United States soccer pyramid before its folding in 2012.
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 ...
In 1982, the year the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) started sponsoring women’s sports, across all three NCAA divisions 1,855 participated in women’s soccer on 80 teams ...
Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 17th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. Twelve teams compete in the league.
There were no losses last week for our area top 10 teams, but rankings still shuffled. See our new No. 1 and team of the week. Milwaukee-area girls soccer top 10 go unbeaten.