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).

 World Cups 

 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.

PosPlayerAppsGoalsCareer 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 
PosPlayerGoalsAppsCareer 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

References

Category:North American women's national association football teams
Category:Soccer in the United States
Category:National sports teams of the United States