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FIFA members are eligible to enter the FIFA Women's World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams. Some national teams that are ...
(Named Honorary FIFA President over a month after leaving office) 12 years, 222 days England: 7: João Havelange [note 5] (1916–2016) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 (Named Honorary FIFA President on the day he left office, resigned on 30 April 2013) 24 years, 31 days Brazil: 8: Sepp Blatter (born 1936) 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (impeached) [note 6]
The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed as nominees or nomination candidates are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state (or, before the institution of ...
The team won another gold medal in the 2008 Olympics, [41] but interest in the Women's National Team had diminished since their performance in the 1999 World Cup. However, the second women's professional league was created in March 2009, Women's Professional Soccer .
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is fielded by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the governing body of soccer in the United States, and competes as a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ...
CONMEBOL: one vice-president and two members; AFC: one vice-president and three members; UEFA: two vice-presidents and five members; CAF: one vice-president and three members; CONCACAF: one vice-president and two members; OFC: one vice-president; Member for special tasks; The FIFA ExCo met for the final time on 18 March 2016.
Ellis had previously been president of San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) since its expansion in 2021. [5] Ellis coached the United States women's national team from 2014 to 2019 and won two FIFA Women's World Cups in 2015 and 2019, making her the second coach to win consecutive World Cups. [6]
The currently active most-capped women's international football player is Sherida Spitse of the Netherlands, with 239 caps. Three American players, Kristine Lilly, Carli Lloyd and Christie Pearce , and one player from Canada , Christine Sinclair, have 300 or more caps.