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Along with their lawsuit for pay-equity, the US Women's Soccer players have fought FIFA on policies regarding artificial turf. This battle to eliminate its use in major women's games heightened around the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada; during this tournament, the US played eight of their ten games on artificial turf. [126]
United States v Thailand was the first game to be played in Group F of the group stage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.The game was played in the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, on June 11, 2019, between the women's national football (soccer) teams of the United States and Thailand.
The currently active most-capped women's international football player is Sherida Spitse of the Netherlands, with 237 caps. Three American players, Kristine Lilly, Carli Lloyd and Christie Pearce, and one player from Canada, Christine Sinclair, have 300 or more caps.
In 2008, the U-17s compiled a record of 19–3–2 and 11–2–1 in international matches, winning the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago on July 26, 2008, defeating Costa Rica 4–1. [4] At the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the United States lost their opening match to Japan.
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The United States U-19 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team , as well as bridging the development between the two major youth competition levels of the U-17 and the U-20 .
The sport is governed by USA Football. In 2023, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranked the United States women's team 1st worldwide. [1] The Head Coach is Saaid Mortazavi with Mary Kate Bula as assistant coach. In 2008, the women competed in the IFAF Flag Football World Championship where they finished
The USA Women's National Team XVs represents the United States in women's international rugby union.The team was officially formed in 1987 and is nicknamed the Eagles. An international powerhouse during the 1990s— the Eagles won the inaugural 1991 Women's World Cup and finished second in the two following World Cups in 1994 and 1998.