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Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, [a] [b] is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries , and 187 national teams participate internationally . [ 4 ]
For example, in England, The Football Association prohibited women's soccer from being played at professional soccer fields from 1921 through 1973. [83] The German Football Association banned women's soccer from 1955 through 1970, [84] and Brazil legally prohibited girls and women from playing soccer from 1941 through 1979. [85]
In 2014 National Women's Soccer League season, Chalupny captained Chicago Red Stars to fifth place, played in a team high of 23 matches and 2003 minutes, and scored five goals. Chalupny retired from professional soccer after the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, and on July 30, 2016, the Red Stars retired squad number 17 in her honor.
Keira Walsh, Jill Roord and Barbra Banda each appear twice on the list. The players on the list include at least one from each continental region except Oceania ().Though players from Europe (), North America (), South America (), Africa (), and Asia are all represented, most are European and the purchasing clubs are all European, North American, or Asian.
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. 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 ...
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The 2011 Women's World Cup was the third World Cup tournament in which she played. After playing without scoring a goal in the first two group stage matches against North Korea and Colombia, Wambach scored in the 67th minute during the team's final group stage match – a 2–1 loss to Sweden.