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| United States |
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United States Soccer Federation |
| Coach |
 Pia Sundhage |
| Most caps |
Kristine Lilly (340) |
| Top scorer |
Mia Hamm (158) |
| FIFA rank |
1 |
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First International
Italy 1–0 USA
(Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) |
Largest win
USA 12–0 Mexico
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991)
USA 12–0 Martinique
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) |
Worst defeat
USA 0–4 Brazil
(Hangzhou, China; 27 September 2007) |
| World Cup |
| Appearances |
5 (First in 1991) |
| Best result |
Winners, 1991, 1999 |
| Olympic Games |
| Appearances |
3 (First in 1996) |
| Best result |
Winners, 1996, 2004 |
| CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup |
| Appearances |
3 (First in 2000) |
| Best result |
Winners, 2000, 2002, 2006
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The United States Women's National Soccer Team is operated by the United States Soccer Federation. The team has won two Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999); two Olympic Women's Tournaments (1996 and 2004) and six Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008). The United States U-19 women's national soccer team also won the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002.
The team played its first match on August 19, 1985, coached by Mike Ryan (not related to 2005-2007 coach Greg Ryan). In March 2004, two of its stars, Mia Hamm (who retired later that year after a post-Olympic team tour of the USA) and Michelle Akers (who had already retired), were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances.
Among its many other honors, the team was selected the US Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999. Sports Illustrated magazine chose the entire team as its 1999 Sportspeople of the Year.
[edit] Competition record
Women's Olympic teams have no age restrictions.
- 1991 - Champions
- 1993 - Champions
- 1994 - Champions
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 1994 2nd Place
- 1995 4th Place
- 1996 Did not enter
- 1997 3rd Place
- 1998 3rd Place
- 1999 2nd Place
- 2000 Champions
- 2001 6th Place
- 2002 5th Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2005 Champions
- 2006 2nd Place
- 2007 Champions
- 2008 Champions
- 1998 Champions
- 2002 3rd Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2006 Champions
- 2007 Champions
- 2008 Champions
- 1995 Champions
- 1996 Champions
- 1997 Champions
- 1998 Champions
- 1999 Champions
[edit] 2007 World Cup Squad
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Briana Scurry |
September 7, 1971 (1971-09-07) (age 36) |
167 |
0 |
 Massachusetts |
| 2 |
DF |
Marian Dalmy |
November 25, 1984 (1984-11-25) (age 23) |
5 |
0 |
Santa Clara |
| 3 |
DF |
Christie Rampone |
June 24, 1975 (1975-06-24) (age 32) |
176 |
4 |
Monmouth |
| 4 |
DF |
Cat Whitehill |
February 10, 1982 (1982-02-10) (age 26) |
123 |
11 |
UNC |
| 5 |
FW |
Lindsay Tarpley |
September 22, 1983 (1983-09-22) (age 24) |
79 |
15 |
UNC |
| 6 |
FW |
Natasha Kai |
May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 25) |
35 |
8 |
Hawaii |
| 7 |
MF |
Shannon Boxx |
June 29, 1977 (1977-06-29) (age 30) |
77 |
15 |
Notre Dame |
| 8 |
DF |
Tina Ellertson |
May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20) (age 26) |
30 |
0 |
Washington |
| 9 |
FW |
Heather O'Reilly |
January 2, 1985 (1985-01-02) (age 23) |
72 |
15 |
UNC |
| 10 |
MF |
Aly Wagner |
August 10, 1980 (1980-08-10) (age 27) |
117 |
21 |
Santa Clara |
| 11 |
MF |
Carli Lloyd |
July 16, 1982 (1982-07-16) (age 25) |
44 |
10 |
Rutgers |
| 12 |
MF |
Leslie Osborne |
May 27, 1983 (1983-05-27) (age 25) |
52 |
2 |
Santa Clara |
| 13 |
MF |
Kristine Lilly (captain) |
July 22, 1971 (1971-07-22) (age 36) |
340 |
129 |
UNC |
| 14 |
DF |
Stephanie Lopez |
April 3, 1986 (1986-04-03) (age 22) |
30 |
0 |
University of Portland |
| 15 |
DF |
Kate Markgraf |
August 23, 1976 (1976-08-23) (age 31) |
168 |
0 |
Notre Dame |
| 16 |
MF |
Angela Hucles |
July 5, 1978 (1978-07-05) (age 29) |
70 |
5 |
Virginia |
| 17 |
MF |
Lori Chalupny |
January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) (age 24) |
53 |
6 |
UNC |
| 18 |
GK |
Hope Solo |
July 30, 1981 (1981-07-30) (age 26) |
52 |
0 |
Washington |
| 19 |
MF |
Marci Jobson |
December 4, 1975 (1975-12-04) (age 32) |
16 |
0 |
SMU |
| 20 |
FW |
Abby Wambach |
June 2, 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 28) |
105 |
86 |
Florida |
| 21 |
GK |
Nicole Barnhart |
October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) (age 26) |
4 |
0 |
Stanford |
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- Source: http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1605653.html
[edit] Player history
[edit] Notable Former Players
[edit] Most Capped Players
The WNT boasts all five players in the history of the game to have earned 200 caps (international appearances).
As of 20 October 2007, the players with the most caps for the WNT are:
[edit] Top WNT goalscorers
[edit] WNT managers
| Manager |
USA career |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Win % |
| Ryan, MikeMike Ryan |
1985 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
12.5 |
| Dorrance, AnsonAnson Dorrance |
1986 - 1994 |
93 |
66 |
22 |
5 |
73.7 |
| DiCicco, TonyTony DiCicco |
1994 - 1999 |
119 |
103 |
8 |
8 |
89.9 |
| Gregg, LaurenLauren Gregg |
2000 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
83.3 |
| Heinrichs, AprilApril Heinrichs |
2000 - 2004 |
124 |
87 |
17 |
20 |
78.2 |
| Ryan, GregGreg Ryan |
2005 - 2007 |
55 |
45 |
9 |
1 |
81.8 |
| Sundhage, PiaPia Sundhage |
2008 - |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
100.0 |
- ^ a b c d e f g Still available for selection
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