United States women's national soccer team

Author: Leandro Alegsa Creation date: November 14, 2022

The United States women's national soccer team is the United States women's team that is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The United States team has for a long time been a great team, and is currently ranked the second best team, by FIFA. The team has won three Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015); four Olympic Women's Gold Medals (1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and eight Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011).

The team was also selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee's Team of the Year (1997 and 1999). Sports Illustrated chose the team as the Sportspeople of the Year (1999).

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.

1994: 2nd place
1995: 4th place
1996: Not participated
1997: Not participated
1998: 3rd place
1999: 2nd place
2000: 1st place
2001: 6th place
2002: 5th place

2003: 1st place
2004: 1st place
2005: 1st place
2006: 2nd place
2007: 1st place
2008: 1st place
2009: 2nd place
2010: 1st place
2011: 1st place

2012: 3rd place
2013: 1st place
2014: 7th place
2015: 1st place
2016: not participated
2017: not participated
2018: not participated
2019: not participated

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.

1998: 1st place
2002: 3rd place
2003: 1st place
2004: 1st place
2005: Not participated
2006: 1st place
2007: 1st place

2008: 1st place
2009: Not participated
2011: 1st place
2012 to 2019: Not participated

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.