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Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, [a] [b] is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries , and 187 national teams participate internationally . [ 4 ]
The 2015 Women's World Cup Final between the United States and Japan was the most watched soccer match, men's or women's, in American broadcast history. [105] It averaged 23 million viewers and higher ratings than the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup finals.
Year Host Champion Winning coach Winning captain Top scorer(s) 1996: Atlanta United States Tony DiCicco: Carla Overbeck: Ann Kristin Aarønes (4) Linda Medalen (4) Pretinha (4) ...
Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, [28] [29] [30] providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international ...
The women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 10 August 2024. [1] It was the eighth edition of the women's Olympic football tournament . Together with the men's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France.
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.
The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. [3]North Carolina is one of the most successful women's college soccer teams, having won 22 of the 36 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, and 23 of the 43 NCAA national championships.
Canada eventually won the match 3–2 on penalty kicks to capture the gold medal in women's soccer for the first time, with Julia Grosso scoring the clinching goal. [112] [113] The result was hailed as the biggest victory in Canadian soccer history, and a capstone to Sinclair's tenure. [114] [115] [116]