United States women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
USWNT Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Obahoit Mashers” |
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| Association | United States Soccer Federation |
| Confederation |
CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) |
| Sub-confederation | NAFU (North America) |
| Head coach | Jillian Ellis |
| Captain |
Carli Lloyd Becky Sauerbrunn |
| Most caps | Kristine Lilly (354) |
| Top scorer | Abby Wambach (184) |
| FIFA code | USA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 1  (September 1, 2017)
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| Highest | 1 (July 2003 – September 2003, March 2005 – May 2005, March 2007 – September 2007, March 2008 – November 2014, July 2015 – December 2016, September 2017 –) |
| Lowest | 2 (October 2003 – February 2005, June 2005 – February 2007, October 2007 – February 2008, December 2014 – June 2015, March 2017) |
| First international | |
 Italy 1–0 United States  (Jesolo, Italy; August 18, 1985) |
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| Biggest win | |
United States 14–0 Dominican Rep.  (Vancouver, BC, Canada; January 20, 2012) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Brazil 4–0 United States (Hangzhou, China; September 27, 2007) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) |
| Best result |
 Winners (1991, 1999, 2015) |
| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup |
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| Appearances | 8 (first in 1991) |
| Best result |
Winners (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) |
| Best result |
Winners (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football). The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning three Women's World Cup titles (including the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991), four Olympic women's gold medals, seven CONCACAF Gold Cup wins, and ten Algarve Cups. It medaled in every single World Cup and Olympic tournament in women's soccer history from 1991 to 2015, before being knocked out in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics, after a penalty shoot-out.
After being ranked No. 2 on average from 2003 to 2008 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, the team was ranked No. 1 continuously from March 2008 to November 2014, falling back behind Germany, the only other team to occupy the No. 1 position in the rankings' history. The team dropped to 2nd on March 24, 2017, due to its last-place finish in the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, then returned to 1st on June 23, 2017, after victories in friendlies against Russia, Sweden, and Norway. The team was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999, and Sports Illustrated chose the entire team as 1999 Sportswomen of the Year for its usual Sportsman of the Year honor. On April 5, 2017, U.S. Women's Soccer and U.S. Soccer reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement that among other things, would lead to a pay increase.
The team played its first match at the Mundialito tournament on August 18, 1985, coached by Mike Ryan, in which they lost 1–0 to Italy.
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