Lida Dodge
Writing- 4
December 19, 2017
7 Fun Facts About the US Women’s National Soccer Team
Millions of fans scream and chant in unison for the team they love. As soon as they step onto the field the other team is intimidated. The US Women’s National Soccer Team is widely known as the most successful women’s soccer team ever and they are ranked number one in the world. Regardless of their popularity, most people don’t know these 7 surprising facts about the team.
1. Women’s soccer is a recent Olympic sport.
Although the Olympics have been around since ancient Greece, women’s soccer wasn’t included until 1996. Held in Atlanta, Georgia, the US Women’s National Soccer Team competed in the summer games and their record for that Olympics was
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Women’s soccer is heading towards being the most popular girls sport in the US.
The US Women’s National Team is the best women’s soccer team in the world, but that’s not a coincidence. 1.5 million girls play soccer in the United States which is almost all of the population of women’s soccer players in the world. Also, interest in women’s soccer in the US in rising. In the rest of the world, they don’t embrace the game like they do for the men. It is also risen in popularity in high schools around the US. With that said, it is surprising that the USA isn’t dominating every country they
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Chris Petrucelli, her coach, told her “you’re really talented, but there’s holes in your game that need to be fixed if your going to be a national team player.” Carli Lloyd was ready to quit. Her goal was to play on the full national team so she thought that if she can’t even make the U-21 team, then there was no way she could ever make the full team. James Galanis, a soccer trainer, was contacted by her dad and ended up deciding to train her. He believed Lloyd had to train her mindset more than anything. James thought that she was not fit and not a good defender. Carli Lloyd’s work ethic got her back. Now she is one of the most popular players on the
The American triumph in the Championship match was viewed by a live gathering of people of 92,000 at the Rose Bowl, the biggest group ever to witness a ladies' wearing occasion. The TV live audience in the United States for the final surpassed 40 million watchers, the most elevated evaluations for any soccer game at any point appeared on U.S. TV. Twelve years passed until the USWNT made it to another World Cup final. This World Cup was an evolution of women’s wage in soccer it started a trend that received more support in the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Carli Lloyd’s goal picture shows a theme of hardwork and dedication of a women’s team in soccer. The 2011 Women’s World Cup was one of the best world cups is women’s soccer because it consisted of high rated games like the USA vs Brazil which is considered soccer's greatest comeback. As McCauley stated that the soccer game was “ an absolutely incredible comeback by the United States, culminating in a penalty shootout win, the USWNT are through to the semifinals of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.”(McCauley) The
In 1996, the US women's soccer team won the Olympic gold medal and, in the summer of 1999, they faced down the best international competition in the World Cup beating China in the World championship game to win the grueling, month-long tournament.
In Bend It Like Beckham, it showed a girl who idealizes playing soccer. However, with her being a Punjabi Sikh Indian from Hounslow in west London her parents forbidden her to play because of the solo fact that she was a girl. In America girls playing a sport has become more of a norm and are
Mia Hamm is the most talented women’s soccer player in the United States of America to date. She is one of the most recognizable soccer figures for both genders. She has dominated the soccer world since the late 1980’s, inspiring athletes across the United States and as well as the world. During her years on the U.S Women’s National Soccer team, she received numerous awards most notably the title for best all-around female soccer player. Because of these successes, she has developed one of the biggest fan bases across the world. Mia Hamm serves as a model for all collegiate and professional athletes combining her celebrity and passion for the
The team encounters lots of tests, allies, and enemies. The test they saw could be seen in selling out the stadium, convincing the public to watch women’s soccer, battling through injuries or health problems such as fatigue syndrome. As for allies, I believe they see that they have one another to depend on and help as well as the U.S fans and public who now understand and love the team. As for the enemies the first thought that comes to mind would be the Norway Women’s national team who were nicknamed the Viking Bitches. Additionally, it can be also said the Chinese women’s national team were also an enemy in the nail-biting
From a young age, children are conditioned to always think about what they want to be when they grow up. Many of them dream to be a ballerina, firefighter, or an astronaut. With age comes maturity, and those aspirations pass, but simultaneously new, more realistic ones arise. To reach these new goals, these children work toward their dream through dedication, which can be seen in the studying or training they do. In today’s society females have more opportunity to do what they dream. There are young women who are assiduously working to get a college degree and a steady job. Then, there are also women who are training to become a professional athlete, with the aspiration of becoming a member of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT). In today’s society, women can pursue their goals, however, if compared to men’s sports, there can be differences seen that keep women from reaching full potential, equality, and their dreams.
The team has qualified and competed in every Olympic woman’s soccer tournament to date (Reiher). Overall the team has won four Olympic gold medals and one silver medal. The men, on the other hand, have failed to even qualify for the 2004, 2012, and 2016 games. They have also only managed to get to fourth place out of any of the Olympic games they participated in, not even winning any type of medal (Reiher).
Woman’s American Soccer is popular. But it could be even more popular. The sport has the potential to be considered an equal to Men’s Soccer. How many other sports can say that ? If the transformation does happen it will be thanks to Alex Morgan.
was serious and the World Cups finally came to America in 1994, only four to five percent of the country heard about it that some went to the game and other outdoor leagues that struggled to “gain footing” (Eggers pg. 3). Soccer is mostly popular for the youths. The United States Soccer Federation, USSF, had registered about 1 million youngsters in 1983 and had estimated that eight million Americans play soccer at all levels. Soccer in America rapidly grows due to the youth and that soccer holds the effects of the characters, families, communities, and the country. “The YMCA reports soccer as its largest team sport with 400,000 boys and girls participating through 900 YMCAs. In the metropolitan Washington D.C., youngsters registered, Illinois reported 9,000 registered young players in 19777 and 46,000 in 1983, and the high schools like Centerville in Ohio regularly draw 4,000 fans to a game…By 1998, over 17 million Americans played soccer at all levels, with nearly 800 men’s and 800 women’s varsity college teams, over 8,000,000 youth participants” (Oliver
Through the movies viewed in this course this semester, we saw women who were able to play against men and still keep their femininity. Nothing is lost when playing sports not traditionally meant for a particular race or gender. Society must become more understanding when it comes to the sports different types of people play and hinder from stereotyping anyone when they participate and perform well in that sport.
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Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been popular in the United States for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most everywhere else. The sport dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport has grown to a global pastime, including men’s and women’s teams, and the World Cup (which is played every four years).
Soccer has been on the minds of many people lately as the U.S. Women’s Team took the World Cup in a glorious final game, beating China with their Enthusiasm, from the 24 Characteristics of Genius.
I knew that America's most popular sport is football but I did not heard of a women's football game yet. I am not sure football exists a girl team or not. However, if there no female player, I want to guess about it. The biggest reason is the structure of the body that a man has a body specializing in strength, physique, skeleton, and bone density such as hunting or combat, while a woman has a body that is specialized for delicate and meticulous action and overwhelming flexibility.
In the last one hundred years women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life. Of that there can be little doubt. Women may now hold jobs, own property and participate in professional sports. Today women can compete in sports, once a vestige of male domination; there is now room for women in that arena. But even today women in sports are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts. To a large degree this is because of today's cultural ideal of women.