United States women's national soccer team

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 four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019); five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2024) 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).

### 2011

The United States lost to Japan in the finals, so United States finishes as runner-up (for the first time). They also beat Brazil, which had beaten them in the semifinals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

### 1999

The United States won their second title on this year. After they defeated China 5-4 in the penalty kicks, a lot more people began to watch Women's football. Also, after Brandi Chastain made the last penalty, she randomly slid on the grass and ripped of her shirt. This brought a lot of attention, but Brandi Chastain said "Momentary insanity, nothing more, nothing less. I wasn’t thinking about anything. I thought, ‘This is the greatest moment of my life on the soccer field."

### 1991

The United States won their first title on this year. They defeated Norway 2-1.

## Most appearances

The U.S. women's team boasts the first six players in the history of the sport to have appeared 200 times for their national team. Three of these (Kristine Lilly, Carli Lloyd, Christie Pearce) have over 300.

|Pos|Player|Apps|Goals|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Kristine Lilly|352|130|1987–2010|
|2|Carli Lloyd|315|134|2005–2021|
|3|Christie Pearce|311|2|1997–2015|
|4|Mia Hamm|275|158|1987–2004|
|5|Julie Foudy|274|45|1987–2004|
|6|Abby Wambach|255|184|2001–2015|
|7|Joy Fawcett|241|27|1987–2004|
|8|Heather O'Reilly|231|47|2002–2016|
|9|Alex Morgan|224|123|2010–2024|
|10|Becky Sauerbrunn|219|0|2008–2004|

## Top scorers

|Pos|Player|Goals|Apps|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Abby Wambach|184|255|2001-2015|
|2|Mia Hamm|158|276|1987–2004|
|3|Carli Lloyd|134|315|2005–2021|
|4|Kristine Lilly|130|354|1987–2010|
|5|Alex Morgan|123|224|2010–2024|
|6|Michelle Akers|107|155|1985–2000|
|7|Tiffeny Milbrett|100|206|1992–2006|
|8|Cindy Parlow|75|158|1995–2006|
|9|Christen Press|64|155|2013–2021|
|10|Megan Rapinoe|63|203|2006–2023|

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: United States
- **badge**: Crest of the United States women's national soccer  team.png
- **badge size**: 150
- **nickname**: _USWNT_
_Team USA_
_The Stars and Stripes_
- **association**: United States Soccer Federation
- **sub-confederation**: North American Football Union, NAFU (North America)
- **confederation**: CONCACAF
(North, Central America and the Caribbean)
- **fifa trigramme**: USA
- **coach**: Jill Ellis
- **captain**: Lindsey Heaps
- **most caps**: Kristine Lilly (354)
- **top scorer**: Abby Wambach (List of international goals scored by Abby Wambach, 184)
- **fifa max**: 1
- **fifa max date**: various times
- **fifa min**: 2
- **fifa min date**: various times
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- **american**: true
- **first game**: 1–0
(Jesolo, Italy; August 18, 1985)
- **largest win**:
(Vancouver, British Columbia, BC, Canada; January 20, 2012)
- **largest loss**: 4–0
(Hangzhou, China; September 27, 2007)
- **world cup apps**: 8
- **world cup first**: 1991
- **world cup best**: _Champions:_ (1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1991, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1999, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019)
- **regional name**: Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
- **regional cup first**: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996
- **regional cup apps**: 6
- **regional cup best**: _Gold:_ (Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996, Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004, Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008, Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012, Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2024)
- **2ndregional name**: CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 9
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 1991
- **2ndregional cup best**: _Champions:_ (1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 1991, 1993 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 1993, 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 1994, 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, 2000, 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, 2002, 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, 2006, 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 2014, 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, 2018)
- **type**: women