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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams. For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament.
The women's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 6 to 21 August 2008. The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Mallory Swanson scored the game-winner for the Americans, who won a record fifth Summer Games title.
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
Team USA won gold in women's soccer, with Tarpley on their team, in 2004 in Athens and in 2008 in Beijing. On top of that, in 2007, she was a part of the US women's national team that finished ...
Team Coaches 1996 United States: Tony DiCicco: 2000 Norway: Per-Mathias Høgmo: 2004 United States: April Heinrichs: 2008 United States: Pia Sundhage: 2012 United States: Pia Sundhage: 2016 Germany: Silvia Neid: 2020 Canada: Bev Priestman: 2024 United States: Emma Hayes
The U.S. women's team is now the winningest team in the Olympics with five gold medals. The Americans have defeated Brazil twice in an Olympic final — in 2004 and 2008.