United States women’s national soccer team
The United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) represents the U.S in international women’s soccer. USWNT is considered one of the most successful teams in women’s international soccer.
The United States Women’s national soccer team has medaled in every World Cup and Olympic tournament in women’s soccer since 1991. but before being knocked out in the quarterfinal of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The USWNT is officially governed by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF ( which includes the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association football).
The United States women’s national soccer team was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s team of the year in 1997 and 1999 also in Sports illustrated chose the entire team was 199 Sportswomen of the year.
The USWNT mostly being ranking at No.2 from 2003 to 2008 in Women’s FIFA rankings, and from 2008 to 2014 they continuously with No. 1 Women’s FIFA ranking, and the only team has the longest consecutive top ranking.
United States Current History and Information
| Team | Unites States Football Team |
|---|---|
| FIFA code | USA |
| FIFA Current Ranking | 1st (June 17, 2022) |
| Top Scorer | Abby Wambach (184) |
| Most caps | Kristine Lilly (354) |
| Nickname(s) | The Stars and Stripes |
| Captain | Becky Sauerbrunn |
| World Cup Appearances | 8 times
Best Results- 4 times(1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) |
| Olympic | 8 times Best Results (Gold) – 4 times (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
| CONCACAF & Gold Cup- | 9 time Best Results- 8 times(1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) |
United States women’s 2022 Squad |United States women’s national soccer team
The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Alyssa Naeher, Casey Murphy, Aubrey Kingsbury |
| Defenders | Alana Cook, Becky Sauerbrunn (captain), Kelley O’Hara, Sofia Huerta, Naomi Girma, Emily Sonnett, Emily Fox |
| Midfielders | Danilo Pereira, Joao Palhinha, Ruben Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Moutinho, Joao Mario, Otavio. |
| Forwards | Trinity Rodman, Mallory Pugh, Sophia Smith , Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe , Margaret Purce. |
| Captain | Becky Sauerbrunn. |
| Coach | Vlatko Andonovski. |
FIFA Women’s World Cup
United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) is most successful in World Cup they have won FIFA Women’s World Cup Four-time (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012).
USWNT Schedule
| S.R NO | Team | Date | Time |
| 1. | USWNT vs Nigeria | Sep 3, 2022 | 1:00 PM |
| 2. | USWNT vs Nigeria | Sep 6, 2022 | 6:00 PM |
| 3. | USWNT vs England | Oct 7, 2022 | – |
