The United States Women's National Soccer Team (often called "The WNT") is operated by the United States Soccer Federation. It is the world's first women's soccer (football) team made up of full-time
professionals and is also one of the most successful teams (women's or men's) in history. The WNT has won two
Women's World Cups (1991 and
1999); two Olympic Women's
Tournaments (1996 and 2004) and five Algarve Cups (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007).
The United States U-19 women's national soccer team also won the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002.
The WNT played its first match on August 19, 1985, coached by
Mike Ryan (not related to current coach Greg Ryan). In March 2004, two of its stars,
Mia Hamm (who retired later that year after a post-Olympic team tour of the USA) and Michelle Akers (who had
already retired), were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest
living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary
observances.
Among its many other honors, the team was selected the US Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999.
Sports Illustrated magazine chose the entire team as its 1999 Sportspeople of the Year.
Competition record
Women's Olympic teams have no age restrictions.
- 1991 - Champions
- 1993 - Champions
- 1994 - Champions
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 1994 2nd Place
- 1995 4th Place
- 1996 Did not enter
- 1997 3rd Place
- 1998 3rd Place
- 1999 2nd Place
- 2000 Champions
- 2001 6th Place
- 2002 5th Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2005 Champions
- 2006 2nd Place
- 2007 Champions
- 1998 Champions
- 2002 3rd Place
- 2003 Champions
- 2004 Champions
- 2006 Champions
- 2007 Champions
- 1995 Champions
- 1996 Champions
- 1997 Champions
- 1998 Champions
- 1999 Champions
2007 World Cup Squad
- Source: http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1605653.html
Most Capped Players
The WNT boasts all five players in the history of the game to have earned 200 caps
(international appearances). In descending order of number of caps, they are:
Notable Former Players
WNT coaching history
See also
External links
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