A focused and aggressive U.S. Women’s National Team booked its seventh consecutive trip to the FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 victory against Mexico in the semifinals of the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship at PPL Park. Carli Lloyd scored two first-half goals and Christen Press tallied in the second half as the USA became [...]
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 20 players to the roster for the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship that will be contested from Oct. 15-26 in four U.S. cities. CONCACAF will officially announce the rosters for all the competing teams today. “I’ve said on numerous occasions, I feel this is one of [...]
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 28 players for a training camp prior to two matches against Mexico, on Sept. 13 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, and on Sept. 18 at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, New York. The Sept. 13 kickoff time has changed to 7:30 p.m. MT and [...]
Since debuting for the Women’s National Team in 2000, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo has earned 71 shutouts in her 152 games, tying another U.S. legend Briana Scurry. Solo’s next clean sheet will put her alone in the record books with the most shutouts in U.S. history. We are calling it #Solo72. As the U.S. Women’s [...]
PARCHAL, Portugal (March 12, 2014) – The U.S. Women’s National Team won its final game of the 2014 Algarve Cup, taking seventh place in the tournament with a 3-0 victory against Korea DPR on two goals from Abby Wambach and a late clincher from Heather O’Reilly. Continue Reading...(US Soccer)
ALBUFEIRA, Portugal (March 7, 2014) – For the second straight match at the Algarve Cup, the U.S. Women’s National Team dominated in possession and scoring chances, but this time fell short in a 1-0 loss to Sweden that knocked the USA out of contention for a place in the championship game. Schelin’s goal came after [...]
U.S. WNT FACES SWEDEN IN CRUCIAL GROUP B MATCH: The U.S. Women’s National Team will face Sweden in the second Group B match at the Algarve Cup for both teams, with the USA needing a win to stay on track for the championship game. The first meeting between the USA and Sweden since last year’s Algarve [...]
The United States women's national team opened their 2014 Algarve Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against defending FIFA World Cup champions Japan in the first Group B match on Wednesday. Sydney Leroux scored USA's lone goal in the 59th minute, beating Japan goalkeeper Erina Yamane and slotting home an open rebound with ease. Leroux came close [...]
U.S. WNT OPENS 21ST ALGARVE CUP WITH MARQUEE MATCHUP VS. JAPAN: The U.S. Women’s National Team will open its 19th Algarve Cup in Portugal on March 5 with a match against Japan at Belavista Municipal Stadium in Parchal (7:45 a.m. ET). The marquee opening fixture of the 12-team tournament will pit the finalists from the last [...]
U.S. women’s national team coach Tom Sermanni has named four Reign FC players to his 24-player roster for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal: goalkeeper Hope Solo, defender Stephanie Cox, midfielder Megan Rapinoe and forward Sydney Leroux. The tournament goes from March 5-12, and the team leaves Tuesday. Here is a link to the schedule, where the U.S. will face Japan, Sweden and Denmark in [...]