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Women's World Cup Group Stage: Washington, D.C. Sweden: 3–1 Kristine Lilly, Cindy Parlow, Shannon Boxx [11] September 25 Women's World Cup Group Stage: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Nigeria: 5–0 Mia Hamm (2), Cindy Parlow, Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy [12] September 28 Women's World Cup Group Stage: Columbus, Ohio: North Korea: 3–0 Abby ...
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 ...
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 Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, [23] alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.
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 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.
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 10 Vivianne Miedema: Netherlands 10 Barbra Banda: Zambia 10 8 Abby Wambach: United States 9 9 Pretinha: Brazil 8 10 Sam Kerr: Australia 7 Melissa Tancredi: Canada 7 Stina Blackstenius: Sweden 7 13 Ellen White: Great Britain 6 Lotta Schelin: Sweden 6 Alex Morgan: United States 6 16 Mia Hamm: United States 5 Sun Wen: China 5 Tiffeny ...