OLYMPIC HISTORY. All-Time Olympic Results WOMEN S OLYMPIC SOCCER TOURNAMENT HISTORY OF SOCCER PARTICIPATION

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1 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 180 OLYMPIC HISTORY OLYMPIC HISTORY HISTORY OF SOCCER PARTICIPATION The first official men s Olympic soccer tournament dates back to the 1908 London Games, where Great Britain defeated Denmark to claim the first soccer gold medal. Since that time, soccer has been part of every Olympic Games Program, with the exception of the 1932 Los Angeles Games. The 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games were canceled completely due to the political tensions surrounding World War II. The United States has competed in the men s Olympic finals 13 times, including five straight tournaments from 1984 to In addition, the U.S. qualified for but did not compete in the 1980 Moscow Games following a boycott by the U.S. Olympic Committee. The U.S. missed out on qualifying for the 2004 Athens Olympics, but returned in 2008 after finishing second at the CONCACAF qualifying event, which was held in the U.S. Both U.S. teams will attempt to qualify for the 2012 tournament which returns to London in August. The U.S. Men will participate in CONCACAF qualifying in March with group matches slated for Nashville and semifinal and final rounds in Kansas City, Kan. The U.S. Women head north of the border to Vancouver, Canada, in search of their berth to the London Games in the women s qualifying tournament. Up until and including the 1988 Seoul Games, the Olympic soccer tournament was an unrestricted event, and thus the U.S. Olympic Soccer Team was essentially the U.S. National Team. However, the tournament structure has changed since that time, and the restrictions on age and experience of players involved in Olympic competition has been under review by FIFA, who makes all tournament recommendations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 1992 Barcelona Games proved to be the turning point in the Olympic soccer tournament, when the tournament was competed as an under-23 event for the first time. Host Spain captured the title at Barcelona's famed Nou Camp Stadium in front of 95,000 jubilant fans. Spain's progress in the tournament aided struggling attendances in 1992, which were far lower than expected. There is little doubt that the poor attendance in Spain played a role in the changes made for the 1996 Atlanta Games. Not only did Atlanta '96 signify the first time women's soccer was included in the Olympic Program, but the men's tournament was adapted from its under-23 format in 1992 to include three "overage" players. "Overage" players were those players who were either over 23 years of age or had previously played in an Olympic Games soccer tournament. Claudio Reyna (who was age eligible in 1996, but had competed for the U.S. in 1992), Kasey Keller and Alexi Lalas were the USA's overage players in In 2000, veteran defenders Jeff Agoos and Frankie Hejduk, as well as goalkeeper Brad Friedel, were selected as the USA's overage players, helping the team on an unprecedented tournament run which saw the U.S. advance to the medal round before falling in the semifinals to a strong Spanish team. For the 2008 Olympics in China, Brian McBride agreed to come out of international retirement and captained a team that included Under-23 stars Sacha Kljestan and Freddy Adu, who had paced the U.S. through qualifying. After a 1-0 victory against Japan in the first game, the U.S. was minutes away from upsetting the Netherlands, reigning European champions, but had to settle for a 2-2 tie after giving up a late free kick goal. In the third group game, eventual runners up Nigeria took advantage of a third-minute red card by Michael Orozco Fiscal and held on for 2-1 win to send the U.S. home despite earning four points. The U.S. Women s National Team claimed the inaugural gold medal at the Atlanta Games with a 2-1 victory over China before 76,481 fans on Aug. 1, 1996 in Athens, Ga. The attendance mark, which at the time was the largest crowd to ever watch a women's athletic event, set the stage for the incredibly successful Women s World Cup staged in the U.S. in The gold medal victory culminated an impressive five-game undefeated run through the tournament in which the U.S. Women played in front of packed crowds. As they did in 1996, the U.S. Women had a strong run to the medal stand in 2000, winning the Group of Death that included China, Nigeria and Norway. In the Gold Medal match, a spunky Norwegian team refused to yield and eventually took home the gold with a thrilling 3-2 overtime triumph. The 2004 Athens Games were a fitting end for a number of U.S. veterans, including Mia, Julie and Joy, who went out of the sport as they came into it: as champions. The never-say-die team won both their semifinal and final matches in overtime, courtesy of a Heather O Reilly strike against Germany and an Abby Wambach goal against Brazil to claim the gold. Four years later, the U.S. came into the Olympics without Wambach, the team s top scorer who broke her leg in a preparation match. With Pia Sundhage leading the team into her first World Championship as head coach, a new class of players including Hope, Carli Lloyd and surprise leading scorer Angela Hucles led the team to gold with a 1-0 victory over Brazil. OLYMPIC HISTORY All-Time Olympic Results WOMEN S OLYMPIC SOCCER TOURNAMENT U.S. Women s National Team Olympic finals record: ATLANTA 1996 FINALS July 21, 1996 Denmark 3-0 W Venturini,, Milbrett Orlando, Florida 25,303 July 23, 1996 Sweden 2-1 W Venturini, MacMillan Orlando, Florida 28,000 July 25, 1996 China PR 0-0 T Miami, Florida 55,650 July 28, 1996 Norway 2-1 W (ot) Akers, Athens, Georgia 64,196 MacMillan August 1, 1996 China PR 2-1 W MacMillan, Milbrett Athens, Georgia 76,489 (The U.S. automatically qualified as host country for the 1996 Olympics.) SYDNEY 2000 FINALS Sept. 14, 2000 Norway 2-0 W Milbrett, Melbourne 16,043 Sept. 17, 2000 China PR 1-1 T Melbourne 58,061 Sept. 20, 2000 Nigeria 3-1 W,, MacMillan Melbourne 24,623 Sept. 24, 2000 Brazil 1-0 W Canberra 11,000 Sept. 28, 2000 Norway 2-3 L (ot) Milbrett (2) Sydney 22,848 (The U.S. qualified by finishing in the top seven at the 1999 Women s World Cup.) GREECE 2004 QUALIFYING Feb. 25, 2004 T & T 7-0 W (3),, San Jose, Costa Rica 1,500 (2), Wambach Feb. 27, 2004 Haiti 8-0 W Wagner, Parlow (3), Heredia, Costa Rica 2,000 MacMillan,Tarpley, Wambach, own goal Feb. 29, 2004 Mexico 2-0 W Own Goal, Wambach San Jose, Costa Rica 3,000 March 3, 2004 Costa Rica 4-0 W Wagner, Wambach, San Jose, Costa Rica 4,000, March 5, 2004 Mexico 3-2 W Tarpley, Wambach, Heredia, Costa Rica 2,500 GREECE 2004 FINALS Aug. 11, 2004 Greece 3-0 W, Wambach, Heraklio, Greece 16,000 Aug. 14, 2004 Brazil 2-0 W, Wambach Thessaloniki, Greece 17,123 Aug. 17, 2004 Australia 1-1 T Thessaloniki, Greece 3,320 Aug. 20, 2004 Japan 2-1 W, Wambach Thessaloniki, Greece 1,418 Aug. 23, 2004 Germany 2-1 W (ot), O Reilly Heraklio, Greece 5,165 Aug. 26, 2004 Brazil 2-1 W (ot) Tarpley, Wambach Athens, Greece 10,416 BEIJING 2008 QUALIFYING April 4, 2008 Jamaica 6-0 W Lloyd, Cheney, Wambach (2), Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 5,038 O Reilly, Heath April 6, 2008 Mexico 3-1 W Kai (2), Wambach Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 22,280 April 9, 2008 Costa Rica 3-0 W Kai (2), O Reilly Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 19,850 April 12, 2008 Canada 1-1 T (6-5 pk) Lloyd Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 4,115 BEIJING 2008 FINALS Aug. 6, 2008 Norway 0-2 L Qinhuangdao, China 17,673 Aug. 9, 2008 Japan 1-0 W Lloyd Qinhuangdao, China 16,912 Aug. 12, 2008 N. Zealand 4-0 W O Reilly, Rodriguez, Shenyang, China 12,453 Tarpley, Hucles Aug. 15, 2008 Canada 2-1 W (ot) Hucles, Kai Shanghai, China 26,129 Aug. 18, 2008 Japan 4-2 W Hucles (2), Chalupny, O Reilly Beijing, China 50,937 Aug. 21, 2008 Brazil 1-0 W (ot) Lloyd Beijing, China 51,

2 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 182 OLYMPIC HISTORY All-Time U.S. Women s Olympic Soccer Appearances 1996-present Full U.S. Women s National Team (each appearance counts as a full international cap) Player Caps Goals Olympic Games Akers, Michelle , Shannon , 2008 Buehler, Rachel Chalupny, Lori , Brandi , 2000, 2004 Cheney, Lauren Cox, Stephanie Fair, Lorrie , Joy , 2000, 2004, Julie , 2000, 2004 Gabarra, Carin , Mia , 2000, 2004 Heath, Tobin Hucles, Angela , 2008 Kai, Natasha , Kristine , 2000, 2004 Lloyd, Carli MacMillan, Shannon , 2000, Kate , 2004, 2008 July 21, 1996 vs. Denmark Orlando, Fla.: 3-0 W Venturini-1 MacMillan -1 (Gabarra) Akers (Parlow) Milbrett-1 (Roberts) Sept. 17, 2000 vs. China Melbourne: 1-1 T (Parlow) -1 (c) MacMillan (Serlenga) Milbrett July 23, 1996 vs. Sweden Orlando, Fla.: 2-1 W Venturini-1 MacMillan-1 (Wilson) (Gabarra) Akers Milbrett (Roberts) Sept. 20, 2000 vs. Melbourne: 3-1 W -1-1 (Serlenga) MacMillan-1 Milbrett (Parlow) July 25, 1996 vs. China PR Miami, Fla.: 0-0 T Venturini (Parlow) Roberts MacMillan Akers Milbrett (Gabarra) Sept. 24, 2000 vs. Canberra: 1-0 W MacMillan (Parlow) Milbrett -1 Player Caps Goals Olympic Games Milbrett, Tiffeny , 2000, Heather , 2008, Siri O Reilly, Heather , 2008, Carla , 2000 Parlow, Cindy , 2000, 2004, Christie , 2004, 2008 Roberts, Tiffany Rodriguez, Amy , Briana , 2000, 2004, Hope Serlenga, Nikki Tarpley, Lindsay , 2008 Venturini, Tisha Wagner, Aly , 2008 Wambach, Abby Whitehill, Cat Wilson, Staci All-Time U.S. Women s Olympic Results and Lineups Aug. 17, 2004 vs. Thessaloniki: 1-1 W Reddick (Tarpley) Wagner (Hucles) -1 Parlow (O Reilly) Aug. 12, 2008 vs. New Shenyang, China: 4-0 W (Cox) Buehler (c) Chalupny O Reilly-1 (Wagner) Lloyd Tarpley-1 Hucles-1 Rodriguez-1 (Kai) Aug. 20, 2004 vs. Thessaloniki: 2-1 W Tarpley -1 Wambach-1 Aug. 15, 2008 vs. Shanghai, China: 2-1 (ot) (c) Chalupny O Reilly (Kai-1) Lloyd Tarpley (Heath) Hucles-1 Rodriguez (Cheney) Aug. 23, 2004 vs. Thessaloniki: 2-1 W (ot) (Reddick) Tarpley (O Reilly-1) (Wagner) -1 Wambach Aug. 18, 2008 vs. Beijing, China: 4-2 W (Cox) (c) Chalupny-1 O Reilly-1 Lloyd Tarpley (Kai) Rodriguez (Cheney) Hucles-2 July 28, 1996 vs. Norway Athens, Ga.: 2-1 W (ot) Akers-1 Venturini Roberts Milbrett (MacMillan-1) Sept. 28, 2000 vs. Sydney: 2-3 L (ot) MacMillan (Parlow) Milbrett-2 Aug. 26, 2004 vs. Athens: 2-1 W (ot) (Reddick) Tarpley-1 (O Reilly-1) Wambach-1 Aug. 21, 2008 vs. Beijing, China: 1-0 W (ot) (c) Chalupny O Reilly (Kai) Lloyd-1 Tarpley (Cheney) Rodriguez (Cox) Hucles August 1, 1996 vs. China PR Athens, Ga.: 2-1 W Venturini Akers (Gabarra) MacMillan-1 Milbrett-1 (Roberts) Aug. 11, 2004 vs. Heraklio: 3-0 W Reddick (Hucles) -1 Wagner (Tarpley) -1 Wambach-1 (Parlow) Sept. 14, 2000 vs. Melbourne: 2-0 W MacMillan Milbrett-1-1 (Parlow) Aug. 14, 2004 vs. Thessaloniki: 2-0 W Reddick () Wagner (Tarpley) (O Reilly) -1 Wambach-1 Aug. 6, 2008 Aug. 9, 2008 vs. Norway vs. Qinhuangdao, China: 0-2 Qinhuangdao, China: 1-0 W (c) (c) Chalupny (Cox, Heath) Cox (Buehler) O Reilly O Reilly Lloyd Lloyd-1 Tarpley (Rodriguez) Tarpley (Heath) Hucles Hucles Kai Rodriguez (Kai) PAN-AM GAMES PAN-AM GAMES HISTORY OF SOCCER PARTICIPATION The Pan American Games are held every four years during the summer preceding the Olympic Games. In terms of the number of sports and athletes, the Pan American Games are second in size only to the Olympics. The men's soccer tournament has been part of every Pan American games since its inception and in 1999 women's soccer made its debut. After scheduling conflicts kept the United States from competing in the 2003 games in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, U.S. Soccer was able to return to the competition at the 2007 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The U.S. Men s team was represented by head coach Bob Jenkins Under-18 Men s National Team, and after opening the tournament with a strong 2-1 win over Venezuela, the U.S. then dropped their next two games to be eliminated. In their second match, the U.S. led Bolivia 2-0 at the half, only to lose 4-2. Against Mexico in their final group game, the team s were tied 0-0 with 15 minutes remaining when the U.S. were reduced to 10 men, eventually losing 2-0. The U.S. Under-20 Women s National Team had a very strong run into the tournament finals, behind a blistering sixgoal tournament from Lauren Cheney (U.S. Soccer s Young Female Athlete of the Year in 2007). After winning their group with a record, head coach Jill Ellis U-20s defeated the full Canadian Women s National Team 2-1 in the semifinal, then lost to a steamrolling full Brazilian Women s National Team 5-0 in the final (Brazil outscored their opposition 33-0 in five games in preparation for the 2007 Women s World Cup). In 1999, the U.S. Under-23 National Team competed in the men's tournament, while the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team represented the U.S. in the women's competition. In the 1999 tournament (held in Winnipeg, Canada), the U.S. Men captured the second Pan Am Games Bronze Medal in their history with a 2-1 victory over the Canada in the third-place match. Carlos Bocanegra and young Landon Donovan led the USA with goals in that match. The Under-23 Men, which were represented by U.S. stars from the U-23, U-20 and U-17 levels did well to rebound from a disappointing 1995 tournament by taking home the bronze. The women's U-18 squad captured gold medal in the first-ever Pan American Women's Final with a hard-fought 1-0 win over an older Mexican squad. The U.S. women dominated their opponents throughout the tournament, going undefeated in six games (5-0-1) and outscoring their opposition The first Pan American Games were held in 1951, but its history goes back two decades earlier. In 1932, the South American delegation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed the formation of an organization to promote amateur sports in the Americas. The idea led to the first Pan American Sports Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in The 16 countries represented at the meeting formed the Pan American Sports Committee, and agreed to hold the first Pan American Games in 1942 in Buenos Aires, but World War II forced their postponement. The idea stayed alive, and the first Pan American Games finally opened in Buenos Aires on February 25, The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) and is made up of nations of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The soccer tournament at the Pan American Games has never enjoyed a very high profile perhaps because in the past competing nations have not sent their strongest team. The one exception was the 1975 Games in Mexico City, when 110,000 spectators turned out at Azteca Stadium to watch the final between Mexico and Brazil. Like many of the competing nations, the United States has used the competition as a preparation for the Olympic Games. In 1991, the U.S. won its only Pan American gold medal in soccer in Havana, Cuba, defeating Mexico 2-1 in overtime. Current U.S. National Team midfielder Joe-Max Moore scored a sensational free kick to win that game for the Americans. U.S. Pan American Games Results - Women s Soccer Tournament 1999 PAN-AMERICAN GAMES WINNIPEG, CANADA Date Opponent Result Location July 23, 1999 Costa Rica 6-0 W Winnipeg, Canada July 25, 1999 Mexico 1-1 T Winnipeg, Canada July 29, 1999 Trinidad & Tobago 9-1 W Winnipeg, Canada July 31, 1999 Canada 3-0 W Winnipeg, Canada Aug. 2, 1999 Costa Rica 2-0 W Winnipeg, Canada Aug. 5, 1999 Mexico (g) 1-0 W Winnipeg, Canada 2007 PAN-AMERICAN GAMES RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Date Opponent Result Location July 12, 2007 Paraguay 7-1 W Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 14, 2007 Panama 3-1 W Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007 Argentina 3-0 W Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 2007 Mexico 2-3 L Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 23, 2007 Canada 2-1 W Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 26, 2007 Brazil (g) 0-5 L Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (g) Gold Medal Game 183 The U.S. was represented by the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team at the Pan American Games in 1999 and by the U.S. Under-20 Women s National Team at the Pan-American games in 2007.

3 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 184 THE GOLD CUP CONCACAF WOMEN S GOLD CUP HISTORY Born out the success of the 1999 Women s World Cup, the first CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup was played in 2000 in the United States. The tournament has been staged two more times (in 2002 and 2006), with each of those events also doubling as qualifying for the FIFA Women s World Cup WOMEN S GOLD CUP (Hershey, Pa., Louisville, Ky., Foxborough, Mass., USA) The inaugural Women s Gold Cup kicked off in three venues in the United States and included six members of CONCACAF (Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Trinidad & Tobago) and two invited teams (Brazil, China PR). The U.S. dominated tournament play, going unbeaten in five games (4-0-1) and adding another international championship to its trophy case. The U.S. crown came via a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Brazil in the finals played at Foxboro Stadium on July 3, Tiffeny Milbrett scored the game s only goal after the two teams had fought to a 0-0 draw in their opening round finale, one of three consecutive shutouts for the U.S. in the first round. The USA actually won Group A only after winning the final tiebreaker over Brazil (a coin flip after the teams finished even on results and goals). In the semifinals, the U.S. were able to hold off an improving Canadian side 4-1 and moved into the Gold Cup Finals against Brazil, who knocked off pre-tournament favorite China PR in the other semifinal game 3-2 in sudden-death overtime. Goalkeeper Siri led the USA backline with four shutouts and allowed just a single goal in five games, while earning Best Goalkeeper honors. Defender Joy and midfielder Julie were also named to the all-tournament team along with Milbrett WOMEN S GOLD CUP (Victoria, Canada; Seattle, Wash., Fullerton & Pasadena, Calif., USA) With the tournament doubling as 2003 Women s World Cup qualifying, the 2002 Women s Gold Cup did not feature any invited teams. Instead, eight CONCACAF nations battled in four venues in two countries along the Pacific coast for two guaranteed Women s World Cup berths and a third playoff spot. The Americans kicked off first round play in Group A with back-to-back 3-0 shutout victories over Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago. The U.S. closed out group play with a 9-0 trouncing of Panama in front of a Women s Gold Cup record crowd of 21,522 at SAFECO Field in Seattle, Wash. In the semifinals, the U.S. Women earned both a berth into the 2003 Women s World Cup and into the 2002 Women s Gold Cup final with a blistering 7-0 victory over Costa Rica. With both teams qualified for the 2003 Women s World Cup, Canada would battle the USA in a classic match for the 2002 crown. After battling to a 1-1 draw through regulation, U.S. forward Mia won the game with a stunning golden goal, handing the U.S. their second consecutive regional title. THE GOLD CUP 2006 WOMEN S GOLD CUP (Carson, Calif., Miami, Fla., USA) The 2006 edition of the CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup was staged from November 19-26, 2006, in two U.S. venues. The six-team tournament began on November 19 with two first round matches at Tropical Park Stadium in Miami, Fla., with Jamaica and Mexico advancing to the tournament semifinals with victories over Panama (2-0) and Trinidad & Tobago (3-0), respectively. In the semifinals at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., a direct berth to the 2007 Women's World Cup in China was on the line for four teams. After watching Canada down Jamaica 4-0 to advance, the U.S. squared off against Mexico. Behind two goals from Abby Wambach, the U.S. Women were able to ease their way into China. In the tournament's final game, the United States and Mexico staged an epic battle, eventually won in overtime by the USA 2-1 on the last kick of the game, a penalty kick by Kristine in stoppage time of overtime. The 2-1 victory in extra time was reminiscent of the USA s 2002 victory over Canada on a Golden Goal. All-Time U.S. Results The CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup 1st CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup United States 00 (Hershey Park, Pa., Louisville, Ky., & Foxborough, Mass.) Trinidad & Tobago 11-0 W Parlow (3), Fair (2), (2), Hershey, Pa. 10,483 Whalen (2), MacMillan, Milbrett Costa Rica 8-0 W Serlenga (3), Welsh (2), Bush, Louisville, Ky. 7,043 MacMillan, Whalen Brazil 0-0 T Boston, Mass. 16, Canada (s) 4-1 W MacMillan (2), Milbrett, Louisville, Ky. 11, Brazil (f) 1-0 W Milbrett Boston, Mass. 20,123 Champion: United States Runner-up: Brazil USA finish: First Place 2nd CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup Canada & United States 02 (Victoria, Canada; Seattle, Wash., Fullerton, Pasadena, Calif.) Mexico 3-0 W Wagner, Parlow, MacMillan Pasadena, Calif. 5, Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 W Parlow,, Milbrett Fullerton, Calif. 4, Panama 9-0 W Milbrett (5), MacMillan (2), Seattle, Wash. 21,522 Roberts, Wambach Costa Rica (s) 7-0 W Parlow (3), Hucles, MacMillan, Seattle, Wash. 10,079, own goal Canada (f) 2-1 W (ot) Milbrett, Pasadena, Calif. 6,911 Champion: United States Runner-up: Canada USA finish: First Place 3rd CONCACAF Women s Gold Cup United States 06 (Carson, Calif.; Miami, Fla.) Mexico (s) 2-0 W Wambach (2) Carson, Calif. 6, Canada (f) 2-1 W (ot) Osborne, Carson, Calif. 6,749 Champion: United States Runner-up: Canada USA finish: First Place USA s All-time Gold Cup Record: (52 GF, 3 GA) (s) Semifinal (f) Final 185

4 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 186 ALGARVE CUP Algarve Cup History For almost 18 years, the annual Algarve Cup on the southern coast of Portugal has been a constant in the USA s March schedule. The tournament has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the most competitive women s events in the world, surpassed only by the European championships, the Women s World Cup and the Olympics. The trip and tournament have become one of the favorites for the U.S. players and staff, not only for the scenic surroundings, excellent food and great weather, but also for the world class matches and tournament format that sends only the group champions to the title game, making every match and goal vitally important. The USA has a all-time Algarve Cup record through the 2011 tournament. The U.S. Women s National Team has lost just 55 total games in its 26-year history, meaning 16 percent of those losses have come at the Algarve Cup, a stat representative of the difficulty of this competition. Several U.S. players have won the MVP award at the Algarve Cup including Shannon (twice), Tiffeny Milbrett and most recently Carli Lloyd. The Algarve Cup is organized jointly by the Portuguese Football Association and the FA of a Nordic country, which rotate responsibility on a yearly basis. The first year the tournament was held in 1994, just six teams participated. It moved to eight teams the following year and stayed in that format until 2002, when a Group C was added to increase the competition to 12 nations. Since then, the tournament has featured four match days with six games each day, the final of which are the placement matches. The teams in Group A and B compete for the title as the group winners play in the championship game. The two second-place finishers in Groups A and B play for third place while the third-place finishers play for fifth. The Group C teams compete for a chance to play for spots 7-11 as the winner of Group C play the best fourth place team from Groups A and B. The second-place team in Group C plays the fourth-place team from Groups A or B and the third and fourth place teams in Group C play each other for a second time. Impressively, the USA has won seven of the last nine Algarve Cups through 2011, but in the early years the tournament was the bugaboo of the U.S. team as the Americans won the title just once in their first eight trips. The USA first attended in 1994 and 1995, missed the 1996 competition to prepare for the Atlanta Olympics and then was not invited in Those first four trips to Portugal produced no first place trophies before the USA finally broke through in 2000 with a 1-0 win against Norway in the title game on a goal from Brandi. In 2001, the USA brought a very young team to the tournament as all the veterans were preparing for the first WUSA season, and the team had its worst performance, losing three games and getting a lone win over host Portugal. That tournament was marked by an amazing match in which the U.S. novices built a 3-1 lead over Olympic champion Norway in the match for fifth place only to watch it slip away as the Scandinavians roared back to score three times in the final 17 minutes. The 2002 Algarve Cup was also an odd one as the USA got a win, a tie and a loss in group play as Shannon MacMillan put on one of the best Algarve Cup performances in U.S. history, scoring seven of the USA s eight total goals, including all three in the 3-2 win against Denmark to take fifth place. The U.S. Women started their current run of success in southern Portugal in 2003, defeating China PR in the championship game on goals from MacMillan and Mia, who also assisted on each other s score. In 2004, the team lost a first-round game to Sweden 3-1 but advanced to the championship game on goal difference and pounded Norway 4-1 for the title as Abby Wambach scored a hat trick. This tournament also marked the first time Algarve Cup matches were played at the beautiful Stadium Algarve, an ultra-modern facility built for the 2004 European Championships. Up until that point, all the games were played at small stadiums all over the Algarve coast, many of which still host games to this day, even though the Stadium Algarve is used for a few matches every year. Player Goals Abby Wambach 15 Kristine 13 Shannon MacMillan 11 Carli Lloyd 9 Mia 8 Lauren Cheney 6 Tiffeny Milbrett 6 Christie Welsh 6 Brandi 5 Natasha Kai 5 Heather O Reilly 5 ALGARVE CUP In 2005, the USA put together one of its most impressive Algarve Cup runs ever, winning all four games for just the second time and for the first time did not allow a goal. The USA withstood a second-half onslaught from Germany to triumph 1-0 in the title game on a goal from Christie Welsh. In the 2006, the USA and Germany met again for the title, and despite a dominating performance by the Americans, the match went to penalty kicks where Germany prevailed to take the title. After wining every game at the tournament only twice in the first 11 trips, the USA won all four matches in 2007 and 2008, going undefeated in group play and then beating Denmark for the title 2-0 in 2007 on goals from Kristine and Carli Lloyd and 2-1 in 2008, on goals from Natasha Kai and Abby Wambach. In 2009, the USA had one of lowest goal scoring outputs at the tournament, finding the net just five times, but still made the championship game. In that title match, the USA trailed Sweden 1-0 until the final seconds of regulation before Shannon equalized. A new tournament rule meant that the teams would not play overtime and the match went directly to penalty kicks, where the USA fell 4-3. In 2010, the USA won all four games including consecutive wins against Norway, Sweden and Germany in the championship game, a 3-2 victory in muddy conditions. Lauren Cheney had a breakout tournament, scoring four times, including the winning goal in the title game. In 2011, the USA once again won all four games, stretching its Algarve Cup unbeaten streak (in regulation) to a record 29 matches. In the championship game, the U.S. met surprise finalist Iceland and fell behind 2-1 before roaring back for a 4-2 victory. Alex Morgan and Lloyd both scored three times in the tournament, with Morgan taking the Top Scorer award due to playing fewer minutes. U.S. Algarve Record by City City W-L-T Albufeira Alvor Faro Faro/SA Ferreiras Guia Lagos Loule Olhao Portimao Quarteira Silves VR de SA All-Time U.S. Algarve Cup Leading Scorers Player Goals Lindsay Tarpley 5 Julie 4 Carin Gabarra 4 Cindy Parlow 4 Alex Morgan 3 Angela Hucles 3 Aly Wagner 3 Shannon 2 Michelle Akers 2 Megan Rapinoe 2 Cat Reddick 2 U.S. Algarve Record by Opponent Opponent W-L-T Canada China Denmark England Finland France Germany Iceland Italy Japan Norway Portugal Sweden Player Goals Amy Rodriguez 2 Tina DiMartino 1 Joy 1 Lorrie Fair 1 Tobin Heath 1 Ally Marquand 1 Stephanie Rigamat 1 Laura Schott 1 Tisha Venturini 1 Kelly Wilson 1 Angie Woznuk 1 Algarve Quick Hits 187 The USA has scored 136 goals at the Algarve Cup while allowing 51. The USA has a record all-time. The USA has played in 13 venues at the Algarve Cup. Five of the nine losses have come at Lagos. Out of 16 Algarve Cups, the USA has won all four games just six times, in 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

5 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 188 ALGARVE CUP ALL-TIME U.S. ALGARVE CUP RESULTS 1994 March 16, 1994 Portugal 5-0 W,, Gabarra (2), Milbrett Silves March 18, 1994 Sweden 1-0 W V.R. de S.A. March 20, 1994 Norway 0-1 L Faro 1995 March 14, 1995 Finland 2-0 W, Faro March 16, 1995 Portugal 3-0 W, Milbrett, Gabarra Portimao March 17, 1995 Denmark 0-2 L Lagos March 19, 1995 Norway 3-3 T (2-4 pk), Gabarra, Akers Quarteira 1998 March 15, 1998 Finland 2-0 W, Akers Olhao March 17, 1998 China 4-1 W, (3) Loule March 19, 1998 Norway 1-4 L Lagos March 21, 1998 Sweden 3-1 W,, Quarteira 1999 March 14, 1999 Sweden 1-1 T Milbrett Silves March 16, 1999 Finland 4-0 W, Milbrett (2), Parlow Quarteira March 18, 1999 Norway 2-1 W, Albufeira March 20, 1999 China 1-2 L Milbrett Loule 2000 March 12, 2000 Portugal 7-0 W,, Venturini, MacMillan, Parlow (3) Silves March 14, 2000 Denmark 2-1 W Fair, MacMillan Faro March 16, 2000 Sweden 1-0 W Lagos March 18, 2000 Norway 1-0 W Loule 2001 March 11, 2001 Canada 0-3 L Lagos March 13, 2001 Portugal 2-0 W Rigamat, Welsh Silves March 15, 2001 Sweden 0-2 L Albufeira March 17, 2001 Norway 3-4 L Marquand, Reddick, Schott Quarteira 2002 March 1, 2002 Sweden 1-1 T MacMillan Albufeira March 3, 2002 England 2-0 W MacMillan, Wilson Ferreiras March 5, 2002 Norway 2-3 L MacMillan (2) Lagos March 7, 2002 Denmark 3-2 W MacMillan (3) Albufeira 2003 March 14, 2003 Canada 1-1 T Wagner Olhao March 16, 2003 Norway 1-0 W MacMillan Ferreiras March 18, 2003 Sweden 1-1 T Wagner V.R. de S.A. March 20, 2003 China 2-0 W MacMillan, Loule ALGARVE CUP 2004 March 14, 2004 France 5-1 W Wambach,, Hucles (2), Tarpley Ferreiras March 16, 2004 Denmark 1-0 W Hucles Quarteira March 18, 2004 Sweden 1-3 L Reddick Lagos March 20, 2004 Norway 4-1 W Wambach (3), Tarpley Faro 2005 March 9, 2005 France 1-0 W Welsh Ferreiras March 11, 2005 Finland 3-0 W Welsh (2), Wambach Guia March 13, 2005 Denmark 4-0 W (2), Wambach, Welsh V.R. de S.A. March 15, 2005 Germany 1-0 W Welsh Faro 2006 March 9, 2006 China 0-0 T Faro March 11, 2006 Denmark 5-0 W O Reilly, (2), Wambach, Kai, Quarteira March 13, 2006 France 4-1 W Tarpley, Wagner, Kai, Faro March 15, 2006 Germany 0-0 T (3-4 pk) Faro 2007 March 7, 2007 China 2-1 W, Lloyd Silves March 9, 2007 Finland 1-0 W Lloyd Ferreiras March 12, 2007 Sweden 3-2 W Wambach (2), Lloyd V.R. de S.A. March 14, 2007 Denmark 2-0 W, Lloyd V.R. de S.A March 5, 2008 China 4-0 W Tarpley, Heath, Wambach, Lloyd Albufeira March 7, 2008 Italy 2-0 W Tarpley, O Reilly Alvor March 10, 2008 Norway 4-0 W Kai, Wambach, O Reilly, Rodriguez Alvor March 12, 2008 Denmark 2-1 W Kai, Wambach V.R. de S.A March 4, 2009 Denmark 2-0 W Woznuk, DiMartino Lagos March 6, 2009 Iceland 1-0 W Kai Ferreiras, March 9, 2009 Norway 1-0 W Rapinoe Albufeira March 11, 2009 Sweden 1-1 T (3-4 pk) Faro 2010 Feb. 24, 2010 Iceland 2-0 W Own Goal, Cheney V.R. de S.A. Feb. 26, 2010 Norway 2-1 W Wambach (2) Olhao March 1, 2010 Sweden 2-0 W Cheney (2) Ferreiras March 3, 2010 Germany 3-2 W Lloyd, Wambach, Cheney Faro 2011 March 2, 2011 Japan 2-1 W Rodriguez, Rapinoe V.R. de S.A. March 4, 2011 Norway 2-0 W Tarpley, Lloyd V.R. de S.A. March 7, 2011 Finland 4-0 W, Lloyd, Morgan (2) Quarteira March 9, 2011 Iceland 4-2 W Lloyd, Cheney, O Reilly, Morgan Faro 189

6 190 FIFA COMPETITIONS FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) currently conducts eight major outdoor soccer world championships played at the international level. Those tournaments are the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women s World Cup, the Men s Olympic Football Tournament, the Women s Olympic Football Tournament, the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, the FIFA Under-20 Women s World Cup and the FIFA Under-17 Women s World Cup. Additionally, FIFA also conducts the Futsal World Cup every four years, and the Beach Soccer World Cup annually. A quick synopsis of these tournaments is listed below. More detail can be found on USA performances at each of these tournaments throughout the 2012 U.S. Men s National Team Media Guide and the 2012 U.S. Women s National Team Media Guide. FIFA WORLD CUP The FIFA World Cup has been played 18 times since the first competition in 1930 in Uruguay. The tournament has grown in stature over the years and has become not only the biggest sporting event in the world, but also simply the biggest event in the world every four years. Outside of the USA s third-place finish in the inaugural tournament, the team s quarterfinal run in 2002 is the team s best ever World Cup finish Uruguay Uruguay Argentina USA Yugoslavia Italy Italy Czechoslovakia Germany Austria France Italy Hungary Brazil Sweden Brazil Uruguay Brazil Sweden Spain Switzerland West Germany Hungary Austria Uruguay Sweden Brazil Sweden France West Germany Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia Chile Yugoslavia England England West Germany Portugal Soviet Union Mexico Brazil Italy West Germany Uruguay West Germany West Germany Holland Poland Brazil Argentina Argentina Holland Brazil Italy Spain Italy West Germany Poland France Mexico Argentina West Germany France Belgium Italy West Germany Argentina Italy England USA Brazil Italy Sweden Bulgaria France France Brazil Croatia Holland Korea/Japan Brazil Germany Turkey Korea Republic Germany Italy France Germany Portugal South Africa Spain Netherlands Germany Uruguay Brazil 2018 Russia 2022 Qatar FIFA WOMEN S WORLD CUP The FIFA Women s World Cup has been contested on six occasions with the USA earning two championships (China 91 and USA 99), Germany two (USA 03 and China 07) and Norway (Sweden 95) and Japan (Germany 11) one each. The 2007 Women s World Cup featured 16 teams for the third time, after seeing 12 compete in both 1991 and China hosted the most recent Women s World Cup in 2007, four years after the event was moved to the USA following an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The U.S. came agonizingly close to winning its third title in 2011, losing to Japan in penalty kicks. More detailed information on the Women s World Cup can be found in the U.S. Women s National Team media guide China USA Norway Sweden Germany Sweden Norway Germany USA China USA USA China Brazil Norway USA Germany Sweden USA Canada China Germany Brazil USA Norway Germany Japan USA Sweden France Canada

7 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 192 FIFA COMPETITIONS OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS After competing as an exhibition sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games, soccer became the first team sport included in the Olympics with the first official tournament dating back to the 1908 London Games when the United Kingdom defeated Denmark to claim the gold medal. Since that time soccer has been part of every Olympic Games program except the 1932 event in the United States. On the women s side, the sport was not introduced into the Olympics until the 1996 competition in the United States. The U.S. claimed the inaugural gold medal in women s Olympic football by defeating China 2-1 on Aug. 1, 1996, in front of a capacity crowd of 76,481 fans in Athens, Ga. The growth of professional football after World War II meant that some of the best players were not eligible to compete in the Olympics. Nevertheless, the Olympic Tournament retained its vitality as the forum for the amateur game. In 1952, Hungary s great generation with players such as Grosics, Czibor, Puskas and Kocsis won the tournament in Helsinki. After that and until Los Angeles in 1984 all the Olympic titles went to Eastern Europe, a span of eight straight tournaments. When the Olympics moved into their modern open era, FIFA was obliged to reconsider its position for the Barcelona 1992 tournament, where for the first time the tournament was restricted to Under-23 national teams. In 1996, FIFA altered the U-23 designation slightly, allowing teams to add three overage players into the mix, a rule that was still in effect for the 2004 Olympiad. Through the 1928 Olympics in Holland, Olympic caps were counted as full international appearances, but that designation changed with the advent of the World Cup in Although the Olympic Games football tournament actually falls under the realm of the International Olympic Committee, FIFA presides over the event on behalf of the IOC. MEN S OLYMPIC SOCCER TOURNAMENT Year Location Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Teams 1908 London, Great Britain United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium Belgium Spain Netherlands Paris, France Uruguay Switzerland Sweden Amsterdam, Holland Uruguay Argentina Italy Los Angeles, USA no tournament 1936 Berlin, Germany Italy Austria Norway London, Great Britain Sweden Yugoslavia Denmark Helsinki, Finland Hungary Yugoslavia Sweden Melbourne, Australia Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria Rome, Italy Yugoslavia Denmark Netherlands Tokyo, Japan Hungary Czechoslovakia East Germany Mexico City, Mexico Hungary Bulgaria Japan Munich, W. Germany Poland Hungary E. Germany & Soviet Union Montreal, Canada East Germany Poland Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Los Angeles, USA France Brazil Yugoslavia Seoul, South Korea Soviet Union Brazil West Germany Barcelona, Spain Spain Poland Ghana Atlanta, USA Nigeria Argentina Brazil Sydney, Australia Cameroon Spain Chile Athens, Greece Argentina Paraguay Italy Beijing, China Argentina Nigeria Brazil London, England Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WOMEN S OLYMPIC SOCCER TOURNAMENT Year Location Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Teams 1996 Atlanta, USA USA China Norway Sydney, Australia Norway USA Germany Athens, Greece USA Brazil Germany Beijing, China USA Brazil Germany London, England Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FIFA COMPETITIONS 193 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP Contested every two years, the FIFA Under-20 World Cup is restricted to players under 20 years of age. The tournament was renamed from the FIFA World Youth Championship in The U.S. has qualified for the tournament on 11 occasions, finishing fourth in 1989 (Saudi Arabia). At the most recent qualifying tournament in 2011 in Guatemala, the U.S. won its group and kept clean sheets against Suriname and Panama but lost in the quarterfinals to Guatemala and were eliminated. That performance came eight years after forward Eddie Johnson became the first U.S. player to win a Golden Boot at a FIFA World Championship. The U.S. has won its group in four of the last five tournaments. In 2011, Brazil won its fifth title Tunisia Soviet Union Mexico Brazil Uruguay Japan Argentina Soviet Union Uruguay Poland Australia West Germany Qatar Romania England Mexico Brazil Argentina Poland Korea Republic Soviet Union Brazil Spain Nigeria Soviet Union Chile Yugoslavia West Germany East Germany Chile Saudi Arabia Portugal Nigeria Brazil USA Portugal Portugal Brazil Soviet Union Australia Australia Brazil Ghana England Australia Qatar Argentina Brazil Portugal Spain Malaysia Argentina Uruguay Ireland Ghana Nigeria Spain Japan Mali Uruguay Argentina Argentina Ghana Egypt Paraguay UAE Brazil Spain Colombia Argentina Holland Argentina Nigeria Brazil Morocco Canada Argentina Czech Republic Chile Austria Egypt Ghana Brazil Hungary Costa Rica Colombia Brazil Portugal Mexico France Turkey New Zealand 24 FIFA UNDER-20 WOMEN S WORLD CUP Renamed as the FIFA Under-20 Women s World Cup in 2006, the tournament was staged as a U-20 event for the first time in 2006, after two initial tournaments were played as an Under-19 tournament. The inaugural FIFA U-19 Women s World Championship was held in Canada from Aug. 17-Sept. 1, 2002, with 12 teams from around the world competing in the event. The inaugural tournament was an incredible success, with the USA capturing the first championship via a Lindsay Tarpley golden goal in a 1-0 victory in front of 47,784 fans in Edmonton, Canada. The U.S. was unable to defend their crown in 2004, losing to Germany in the semifinals in Thailand, and in 2006 finished out of the top three for the first time in their history. In 2008, however, Golden Ball winner Sydney Leroux and Silver Ball winner Alex Morgan returned the U.S. to glory Canada USA Canada Germany Brazil Thailand Germany China USA Brazil Russia Korea DPR China Brazil USA Chile USA Korea DPR Germany France Germany Germany Nigeria Korea Rep. Colombia Japan Canada 16 FIFA UNDER-17 WORLD CUP The Under-17 World Championship is contested every two years for players under 17 years of age. The U.S. is the only country in the world to qualify for every U-17 World Championship, dating back to the tournament s inception in The first three tournaments were actually played as U-16 World Championship Tournaments, but FIFA changed the event to its present U-17 status in The CONCACAF region hosted the tournament for a second time in 2001, when Trinidad & Tobago served as the first-ever Caribbean host for a FIFA World Championship. Through 2009, the U.S. has finished among the top five in the tournament in three of the last six events. Mexico became the first CONCACAF team to win an outdoor men s world championship in 2005 with an impressive triumph in Peru. In 2011, the U.S. advanced to the knockout round for the seventh time but was eliminated after falling to Germany in the first Round of 16 game China Nigeria West Germany Brazil Guinea Canada Soviet Union Nigeria Ivory Coast Italy Scotland Saudi Arabia Scotland Portugal Bahrain Italy Ghana Spain Argentina Qatar Japan Nigeria Ghana Poland Chile Ecuador Ghana Brazil Argentina Oman Egypt Brazil Ghana Spain Germany New Zealand Brazil Australia Ghana USA Trin. & Tobago France Nigeria Burkina Faso Argentina Finland Brazil Spain Argentina Colombia Peru Mexico Brazil Holland Turkey Korea Republic Nigeria Spain Germany Ghana Nigeria Switzerland Nigeria Spain Colombia Mexico Uruguay Mexico Brazil Germany UAE Chile 24

8 U.S. HISTORY & INFO COMPETITIONS WNT PROGRAMS WNT HISTORY U.S. WNT 194 FIFA COMPETITIONS FIFA UNDER-17 WOMEN S WORLD CUP The FIFA Under-17 Women s World Cup was played for the first time in 2008 in New Zealand. The U.S. team made an impressive run to the final, but was defeated by Korea DPR for second place New Zealand Korea DPR USA Germany England Trinidad & Tobago Korea Republic Japan Spain Korea DPR Azerbaijan Costa Rica 16 FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP The FIFA Futsal World Cup has been contested six times with Brazil winning the first three tournaments, and Spain winning two championships in 2000 and 2004 before Brazil returned to glory as hosts in Spain ended Brazil s run in Guatemala in 2000 and then added to their trophy case with a victory in Chinese Taipei in The Futsal World Cup is the only indoor tournament hosted by FIFA. The 1992 second-place finish was the best-ever showing in a FIFA event by a U.S. men s team, and came on the heels of a third-place finish in Netherlands Brazil Netherlands USA Belgium Hong Kong Brazil USA Spain Iran Spain Brazil Spain Russia Ukraine Guatemala Spain Brazil Portugal Russia Chinese Taipei Spain Italy Brazil Argentina Brazil Brazil Spain Italy Russia Thailand 24 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Beach soccer became a part of the FIFA family in 2005 when the first-ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was staged on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. To everyone's surprise, France defeated Portugal in the final, while Brazil fell in the semis. A new location in 2008 and 2009 couldn t keep Brazil from the fourpeat marked the first time the competition was played biennially, and Russia upended Brazil in the final to win the Championship for the first time Brazil France Portugal Brazil Japan Brazil Brazil Uruguay France Portugal Brazil Brazil Mexico Uruguay France France Brazil Italy Portugal Spain Dubai Brazil Switzerland Portugal Uruguay Italy Russia Brazil Portugal El Salvador Tahiti FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP The FIFA Confederations Cup was contested under FIFA s auspices for the first time in 1997 and replaced the Intercontinental Championship, which was staged in 1992 and Each of these three tournaments was held in Saudi Arabia. In 1999 the Confederations Cup was held in Mexico and it returned to Asia in 2001, where it was staged as a precursor to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea Republic and Japan. Defending World Cup and European champion France added to their trophy case by winning the 2001 tournament, and would repeat as champions hosting the event in Saudi Arabia Argentina Saudi Arabia United States Ivory Coast Saudi Arabia Denmark Argentina Mexico Nigeria Saudi Arabia Brazil Australia Czech Republic Uruguay Mexico Mexico Brazil United States Saudi Arabia Korea / Japan France Japan Australia Brazil France France Cameroon Turkey Colombia Germany Brazil Argentina Germany Mexico South Africa Brazil USA Spain South Africa Brazil Russia Qatar 8 195