The U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Subtitle: an American success story
By: Clemente A. Lisi.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780810874152; 9780810874169
Subjects: Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography; Soccer for women
Genres: Biography
Description: In The U.S. Women's Soccer Team, Clemente A. Lisi looks at how women's soccer has gained popularity over the last couple of decades, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Clemente Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999) and three Olympic Women's Gold Medals (1996, 2004, and 2008). In addition to chronicling the history of the team as a whole, this book offers mini profiles, as well as photographs, of some of the best players over the years, including Julie Foudy, Amy Rodriguez, Hope Solo, and Mia Hamm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.