United States women's national soccer team
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The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF, the FIFA confederation for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U . team is the most successful team in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2024), nine CONCACAF W Championship titles, and one CONCACAF W Gold Cup title. It has medaled in every Women's World Cup and Olympic women's soccer tournament except for the 2016 Olympic tournament and the 2023 Women's World Cup; on both occasions, the U . was eliminated by Sweden after a penalty shootout in the first round of the knockout stage. After mostly being ranked No. 2 from 2003 to 2008 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, the team was ranked No. 1 continuously from March 2008 to November 2014, the longest consecutive top ranking of any team. Since FIFA rankings were established in 2003, the team has been ranked No. 1 for a total of 13 years; the team with the next-longest tenure, Germany, has been ranked No. 1 for a total of 41⁄2 years. The USWNT has never been ranked lower than fifth in the world. The team was selected as the U . Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Team of the Year in 1997 and 1999, and Sports Illustrated chose the entire team as the 1999 Sportswomen of the Year for its traditional Sportsman of the Year honor. On April 5, 2017, USWNT players and the U . Soccer Federation reached a new collective bargaining agreement that would, among other things, lead to a pay increase for players. In February 2022, numerous current and former players of the USWNT settled a lawsuit with U . Soccer for $24 million and a requirement that male and female soccer players be paid equally, regardless of the proportion of prize money they receive; this was the first instance of this standard in the world. FIFA still distributes significantly more funds to its member associations for the men's event. The United States will be a co-host of the 2031 Women's World Cup, and the USWNT will earn automatic entry as a result.