U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 18-player roster for the 2016 Olympic Games. Seven players make a return to the Olympics after helping the USA to the gold medal in 2012 in London while 14 players who were members of the USA’s 2015 Women’s World Cup championship team were named. […]
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U.S. WNT Tops South Africa In Olympic Prep
Hope Solo became the first goalkeeper in international history to earn 100 international shutouts as the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated South Africa, 1-0 in the first meeting between the two teams. With the win, the USWNT remains unbeaten after 14 games in 2016. The crowd of 19,272 fans at Soldier Field in Chicago, Il., […]
2-0 Win Over Japan Called In 76th Minute
The U.S. Women’s National Team rebounded from a disappointing draw earlier in the week and defeated Japan 2-0 on goals from Julie Johnston and Alex Morganin front of 23,535 fans – a record attendance for a WNT game in the State of Ohio – in a match that was abandoned in the 76th minute due to inclement weather. […]
USWNT Settles For Surprising Draw With Japan
The U.S. Women’s National Team fought back from an early 2-0 deficit to take a late lead only to see Japan score a stoppage-time equalizer in a 3-3 draw before a sold out crowd of 18,572 fans at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Japan took a surprising 2-0 lead midway through the first half as Mana Iwabuchi’s curling […]
Lloyd Suffers Knee Injury In Club Game
Carli Lloyd’s night was over five minutes into her Houston Dash’s game with the Orlando Pride when she went down with a non-contact knee injury. She tried to continue to play after the injury, but left the game a minute later for treatment. She was scheduled for an MRI on Sunday and results are due […]
Morgan Stoppage-Time Goal Beats France, 1-0
A dramatic stoppage-time goal from Alex Morgan lifted the U.S. Women’s National Team past France 1-0 in front of a record crowd of 25,363 at Nissan Stadium. It was the USA’s second 1-0 win in its second match of the SheBelieves Cup after defeating England on March 3. The USA currently sits atop the tournament […]
Dunn Leads U.S. SheBelieves Cup Win
By Jeremy Rasmussen After securing its berth in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil with an impressive sweep of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, the US Women’s National team traveled to Tampa, Florida for the inaugural SheBelieves Cup. The elite tournament featured three of the final four teams in last summer’s Women’s World Cup finals. One of the players who […]
Dunn Scores Five, U.S. Advances
The U.S. Women’s National Team finished atop Group A at the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, securing nine points and a 3-0-0 record after a 10-0 shutout of Puerto Rico at Toyota Stadium. Crystal Dunn scored five goals in the match – a brace in the first half and three in the second – […]
Lloyd’s PK Sinks Mexico 1-0 In Qualifier
The US WNT had 16 shots, six on goal, but it took a penalty kick by Carli Lloyd to beat Mexico 1-0. The U.S. Women’s National Team assured itself a place in the semifinal of the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship with the win against Mexico at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TX. With the […]
U.S. Women Win First Olympic Qualifier
The U.S. Women’s National Team opened Group A play at the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship with a 5-0 shutout against Costa Rica at Toyota Stadium behind a pair of Alex Morgan goals. Morgan opened the scoring just 12 seconds into the match with the fastest goal in CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship […]