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United States Soccer Federation
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Greg Ryan , 2005 &mdash
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Kristine Lilly (306)
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Mia Hamm (158)
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Italy 1&ndash0 USA<br>( Jesolo , Italy 18 August 1985 )
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USA 12&ndash0 Mexico <br>( Port-au-Prince , Haiti 18 April 1991 )<br />USA 12&ndash0 Martinique <br>( Port-au-Prince , Haiti 20 April 1991 )
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Norway 4&ndash1 USA<br>( Lagos , Portugal 19 March 1998 )<br /> Canada 3&ndash0 USA<br>( Lagos , Portugal 11 March 2001 )<br />USA 0&ndash3 Germany <br>( Portland, Oregon , USA 5 October 2003 )
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1991
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Winners, 1991 , 1999
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1996
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The (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 Cup s (
1991 and
1999 ); two
Olympic Women's Tournaments (1996 and 2004) and four
Algarve Cup s (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005). The national under-19 side 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 (no relationship 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.
- 1996 - (coach Tony DiCicco)
- 2000 - Silver (coach April Heinrichs )
- 2004 - (coach April Heinrichs )
''Unlike the men's Olympic competition featuring Under-23 teams, the women's Olympic teams allow players of any age and are effectively the same national teams that compete for the World Cup.
The US WNT draws its players from several sources, including the U-20, the
Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and the [W-League]. As of 2006, there is no
Full-time, Paid (professional) women's soccer league in America. This is a serious challenge in developing the WNT.
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:
Other notable players include:
- 1985: Mike Ryan W–L–T 0–3–1, Pct. .125
- 1986–1994: Anson Dorrance W–L–T 66–22–5, Pct. .737
- 1994–1999: Tony DiCicco W–L–T 103–8–8, Pct. .899
- 2000: Lauren Gregg (for AU tournament only) W–L–T 2–0–1, Pct. .833
- 2000–2004: April Heinrichs W–L–T 87–17–20, Pct. .782
- 2005–: Greg Ryan W–L–T 4–0–0, Pct. 1.000
