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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 five
Algarve Cup s (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 .
- 1994 2nd Place
- 1995 4th Place
- 1996 ''Did not enter''
- 1997 3rd Place
- 1998 3rd Place
- 1999 2nd Place
- 2000
- 2001 6th Place
- 2002 5th Place
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006 2nd Place
- 2007
- 1998
- 2002 3rd Place
- 2003
- 2004
- 2006
- 2007
The US WNT draws its players from several sources, including the
United States U-20 Women's National Soccer Team , the
Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and the semi-professional
W-League . As of 2006, there is no
Full-time, Paid (professional) women's soccer league in the United States.
Source: http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1605653.html
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:
Famous Former Players
