Soccer

    United States Women's National Team

    USA 2019 World Cup winners

    The United States National Women’s Football Team (USWNT) are the most successful women’s soccer team in the world, having won the FIFA World Cup a record four times.

    The USWNT have also won eight CONCACAF Championships and four Olympic gold medals.

    Some of the great players to have played for USWNT are Kristine Lilly, Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe.

    The USWNT have been involved in a dispute with the USSF (United States Soccer Federation) for some time over equal pay. They have claimed that they have been discriminated against on the basis of gender with regards to their incomes.
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    Kristine Lilly, USWNT record caps holder

    The team's formation and early years

    World Cup success in the 1990s

    USWNT and the 2000s

    The Jill Ellis era

    The long-running equal pay dispute

    Rivalries

    USWNT's substantial fanbase

    United States Women's National Team News