United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) is the world's most successful national team in women's football. They have been world champions four times, Olympic champions four times and CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup winners seven times. Along with Germany and Norway, the USA is the only country to have won the Olympics, the World Cup and the continental championships. The US girls were also the first team to be made up entirely of professional women footballers.
In March 2004, two of her great idols, Michelle Akers and Mia Hamm, were chosen by Brazilian "footballer of the century" Pelé as the only women on the FIFA 100 list, which - contrary to what the name suggests - lists the 125 best footballers still alive at the time. Both players selected are no longer active. Thirty-seven players on the US team have played at least 100 international matches, while eleven have played at least 200 (only two Chinese players, Gemma Fay, Birgit Prinz, Patrizia Panico, Katrine Pedersen, Therese Sjögran and Caroline Seger from Europe, Canadians Christine Sinclair and Diana Matheson and Japan's Homare Sawa have also played at least 200 matches). With Kristine Lilly and Christie Pearce and Carli Lloyd no longer active, the USA are the only players with at least 300 caps.
The U.S. has played the most international matches of any women's national team with 683, 78.6% of which have been won. The USA vs. Canada matches are the most common international matchups in women's soccer with 62, and there have been the most intercontinental matchups against China (58).
Team USA was ranked No. 1 in the FIFA World Rankings from March 2008 until December 2014, when it was overtaken by Germany, but took back the No. 1 spot by winning the 2015 World Cup. After finishing only fourth in the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, the team lost the No. 1 spot again to the German team in March 2017, but regained it in June 2017.
Tournament Record
World Cup
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| Year | Result | Trainer | Most games | Most goals |
| 1991 | World Champion | Anson Dorrance | 08 players with 6 games | Michelle Akers (10), top scorer |
| 1995 | 3rd place | Tony DiCicco | 09 players with 6 games | 3 players with 3 goals |
| 1999 | World Champion | Tony DiCicco | 10 players with 6 games | Tiffeny Milbrett (3) |
| 2003 | 3rd place | April Heinrichs | 08 players with 6 games | Abby Wambach (3) |
| 2007 | 3rd place | Greg Ryan | 07 players with 6 games | Abby Wambach (6) |
| 2011 | 2nd place | Pia Sundhage | 08 players with 6 games | Abby Wambach (4) |
| 2015 | World Champion | Jill Ellis | 07 players with 7 games | Carli Lloyd (6) |
| 2019 | World Champion | Jill Ellis | 04 players with 7 games | Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe (6) |
| All | Kristine Lilly (30) | Abby Wambach (14) |
Olympics
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- 1996: 1st place
- 2000: 2nd place
- 2004: 1st place
- 2008: 1st place
- 2012: 1st place
- 2016: Quarter-finals
- 2020: qualified
The participants for 2020 were determined at a tournament in February 2020 in the USA.
Pan American Games
The USA participated twice in the women's football tournament at the Pan American Games. In each case, a junior women's team was sent into the race, where they competed mainly against senior national teams.
- 1999: Winner (the U-18 team took part)
- 2003: not participated
- 2007: Second (the U-20 team took part)
- 2011: not participated
- 2015: not participated
- 2019: not participated
Central and North American Championship (CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup)
- 1991: 1st place
- 1993: 1st place
- 1994: 1st place
- 1998: not participated
- 2000: 1st place
- 2002: 1st place
- 2006: 1st place
- 2010: 3rd place
- 2014: 1. place
- 2018: 1st place
Note: To date, the U.S. has lost only one match at the championship, to Mexico in the semifinals in 2010.
Algarve Cup
The US national team is the record winner of the Algarve Cup, a tournament in which almost all of the best women's national teams participate every year, with 10 titles. Between 2003 and 2011, they always reached the final. Their worst finish was seventh in 2014 after a draw and two defeats in their group matches and a win over Group C winners North Korea.
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Four Nations Tournaments
China
The USA are record winners of the annual four-nation tournament held in China in January. After weaker teams were invited from 2012 onwards, the USA no longer took part.
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Brazil
- 2009 until 2013: Not participated
- 2014: 2nd place
- 2015 and 2016: Not participated
U.S. Cup
- 1995: 1st place
- 1996: 1st place
- 1997: 1st place
- 1998: 1st place
- 1999: 1st place
- 2000: 1st place
- 2001: cancelled because of 9-11
- 2002: 1st place
Various
- Mundialito:
- 1985: 4th place (first international match)
- 1986: 2nd place
- 1988: 3rd place
- FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament 1988: Quarter-finals
- Chiquita Cup 1994 in the USA: 1st place (participants: USA, Germany, China and Norway)
- Tournoi International Feminin 1995 in France: 1st place (participants: USA, France, Italy and Canada)
- Brazil Cup 1996: 1st place (participants: USA, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine)
- Goodwill Games 1998 in the USA: 1st place (participants: USA, China, Norway and Denmark)
- Australia Cup 2000: 1st place (participants: USA, Sweden, Australia and Czech Republic)
- DFB Women Centenary Tournament 2000: 1st place (participants: USA, Norway, China and Germany)
- SheBelieves Cup:
- 2016: 1st place (participants: USA, Germany, England and France)
- 2017: 4th place (participants: USA, Germany, England and France)
- 2018: 1st place (participants: USA, Germany, England and France)
- 2019: 2nd place (participants: USA, Brazil, England and Japan)
- 2020: 1st place (participants: USA, Spain, England and Japan)
- 2021: 1st place (participants: USA, Brazil, Canada and Argentina)
- Tournament of Nations 2017: 2nd place (Participants: USA, Australia, Brazil and Japan)
- Tournament of Nations 2018: 1st place (participants: USA, Australia, Brazil and Japan)
Honors
In 1999, the team became the first football team to win Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year award. Also a first that year was the Associated Press' Sportsman of the Year award, which had never before gone to a team in women's sports.
Questions and Answers
Q: What is the United States women's national soccer team?
A: The United States women's national soccer team is a soccer team controlled by the United States Soccer Federation.
Q: Where is the United States women's national soccer team based?
A: The United States women's national soccer team is based in the United States.
Q: How many Women's World Cup titles has the United States women's national soccer team won?
A: The United States women's national soccer team has won three Women's World Cup titles.
Q: How many Olympic Women's Gold Medals has the United States women's national soccer team won?
A: The United States women's national soccer team has won four Olympic Women's Gold Medals.
Q: How many Algarve Cups has the United States women's national soccer team won?
A: The United States women's national soccer team has won eight Algarve Cups.
Q: Has the United States women's national soccer team won any awards?
A: Yes, the team won the U.S. Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999, and Sports Illustrated chose the team as the Sportspeople of the Year in 1999.
Q: What is the current ranking of the United States women's national soccer team by FIFA?
A: Currently, the United States women's national soccer team is ranked the second best team by FIFA.
