2012 United States women's national soccer team

2012 United States Women's National Soccer Team

Nickname(s)

The Yanks
The Stars and Stripes

Association

United States Soccer Federation

Confederation

CONCACAF
(North America)

Head coach

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

Highest

1 (January 2012)

First international

United States 14–0 Dominican Rep.

(Vancouver, Canada; January 20, 2012)

Biggest win

United States 14–0 Dominican Rep.

(Vancouver, Canada; January 20, 2012)

Biggest defeat

United States 0–1 Japan

(Faro, Portugal; March 5, 2012)

The 2012 United States women's national soccer team season was dominated by the 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament. The start of the year saw the team compete in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and then in July they participated in the main event itself. The team won both tournaments. In between they also played in Algarve Cup, the Kirin Challenge Cup and the 2012 Sweden Invitational. They also won the latter tournament.

2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Group Stage

Dominican Republic v United States

20 January 2012
19:30

Dominican Republic	0 – 14	United States
	Report	Wambach 1', 19' Lloyd 4' Buehler 7' O'Reilly 17', 32', 78' Heath 30' Rodriguez 46', 48', 58', 70', 75' Cheney 64'

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 6,321^[1]
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

United States v Guatemala

22 January 2012
16:30

United States	13 – 0	Guatemala
Wambach 12', 15' Cheney 25' Rodriguez 29' Lloyd 33' Lindsey 34' Leroux 48', 50', 57', 70', 87' Rapinoe 75' Morgan 83'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 6,738
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)

United States v Mexico

24 January 2012
19:30

United States	4 – 0	Mexico
Lloyd 8', 57', 86' O'Reilly 9'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 7,599
Referee: Carol Ann Chenard (Canada)

Semi-finals

United States v Costa Rica

27 January 2012
17:00

United States	3 – 0	Costa Rica
Heath 16' Lloyd 72' Morgan 89'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)

Final

Canada v United States

29 January 2012
17:00

Canada	0 – 4	United States
	Report	Morgan 4', 56' Wambach 24', 28'

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 25,427
Referee: Quetzalli Godinez (Mexico)

International friendly

February 11 Friendly	United States	2–1	New Zealand	Frisco, Texas
15:15 UTC−06	Morgan 88', 90+3'	Report	Wilkinson 49'	Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 20,677 Referee: Moo Hackett United States Assistant referees: Veronica Perez United States Jennifer Jones United States Fourth official: Juliana Duncan United States

2012 Algarve Cup

Group Stage

United States v Denmark

29 February 2012
17:00

United States	5–0	Denmark
Morgan 21', 82' Wambach 45+1' Lloyd 77' Leroux 90+1'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Lagos
Attendance: 300^[2]
Referee: Liang Qin (China PR)^[2]

United States v Norway

2 March 2012
15:00

United States	2–1	Norway
Wambach 52' Leroux 83'	Report	Thorsnes 90+3'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos
Attendance: 300^[3]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)^[3]

Japan v United States

5 March 2012
14:10

Japan	1–0	United States
Takase 84'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 1,000^[4]
Referee: Pernill Larsson (Sweden)^[4]

Third Place Match

Sweden v United States

7 March 2012
11:00

Sweden	0–4	United States
	Report	Morgan 4', 33', 73' Wambach 36'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal
Attendance: 400^[5]
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)^[5]

2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup

Japan v United States

1 April 2012
6:30 a.m. EDT

Japan	1 – 1	United States
Kinga 31'	Report	Morgan 72'

Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Li Juan (CHN)

United States v Brazil

3 April 2012
3:00 a.m. EDT

United States	3 – 0	Brazil
Lloyd 18' Boxx 23' Buehler 77' Rodriguez 83'	Report	Ester 82'

Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi

2012 Sweden Invitational

Sweden v United States

16 June 2012

Sweden	1 – 3	United States
Schelin 35'	Report	Wambach 8' Morgan 22' Heath 56'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)

United States v Japan

18 June 2012

United States	4 – 1	Japan
Morgan 3', 61' Wambach 10', 90+2'	Report	Nagasato 28'

Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Linn Andersson (SWE)

2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Squad

The following is the United States squad in the women's soccer tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Coach: Pia Sundhage

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	1GK	Solo, HopeHope Solo	(1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 30)	118	0	Seattle Sounders
2	2DF	Mitts, HeatherHeather Mitts	(1978-09-09)9 September 1978 (aged 33)	126	2	Unattached
3	2DF	Rampone, ChristieChristie Rampone (c)	(1975-06-24)24 June 1975 (aged 37)	260	4	Unattached
4	2DF	Sauerbrunn, BeckyBecky Sauerbrunn	(1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 27)	24	0	D.C. United
5	2DF	Ohara, KelleyKelley O'Hara	(1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 23)	19	0	Unattached
6	2DF	Lepeilbet, AmyAmy LePeilbet	(1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 30)	70	0	Unattached
7	3MF	Boxx, ShannonShannon Boxx	(1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 35)	168	23	Unattached
8	4FW	Rodriguez, AmyAmy Rodriguez	(1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 25)	89	25	Unattached
9	3MF	Oreilly, HeatherHeather O'Reilly	(1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 27)	166	34	Boston Breakers
10	3MF	Lloyd, CarliCarli Lloyd	(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30)	135	36	Unattached
11	4FW	Leroux, SydneySydney Leroux	(1990-05-07)7 May 1990 (aged 22)	14	7	Seattle Sounders
12	4FW	Cheney, LaurenLauren Cheney	(1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 24)	67	18	Unattached
13	4FW	Morgan, AlexAlex Morgan	(1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 23)	42	27	Seattle Sounders
14	4FW	Wambach, AbbyAbby Wambach	(1980-06-02)2 June 1980 (aged 32)	182	138	Unattached
15	3MF	Rapinoe, MeganMegan Rapinoe	(1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 27)	52	12	Seattle Sounders
16	2DF	Buehler, RachelRachel Buehler	(1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 26)	82	3	Unattached
17	3MF	Heath, TobinTobin Heath	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 24)	45	6	New York Fury
18	1GK	Barnhart, NicoleNicole Barnhart	(1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 30)	43	0	Unattached

Group G

United States v France

25 July 2012
17:00

United States	4–2	France
Wambach 19' Morgan 32', 66' Lloyd 56'	Report	Thiney 12' Delie 14'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 18,090^[7]
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

United States v Colombia

28 July 2012
17:00

United States	3–0	Colombia
Rapinoe 33' Wambach 74' Lloyd 77'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,313^[8]
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

United States v North Korea

31 July 2012
17:15

United States	1–0	North Korea
Wambach 25'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 29,522^[9]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

United States v New Zealand

3 August 2012
14:30

United States	2–0	New Zealand
Wambach 27' Leroux 87'	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 10,441^[10]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Semi-finals

Canada v United States

6 August 2012
19:45

Canada	3–4 (a.e.t.)	United States
Sinclair 22', 67', 73'	Report	Rapinoe 54' (cnr.), 70' Wambach 80' (pen.) Morgan 120+3'

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 26,630^[11]
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)

Gold medal match

01 ! United States v Japan 02 !

9 August 2012
19:45

01 ! United States	2–1	Japan 02 !
Lloyd 8', 54'	Report	Ōgimi 63'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,203^[12]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

2012 in American soccer

« 2011

2013 »

Leagues

Men	Major League Soccer MLS Cup Playoffs MLS Reserve NASL Playoffs Soccer Bowl USL Pro PDL MISL 2011–12 2012–13 PASL 2011–12 2012–13 NPSL SPSL NCAA Division I

Women	WPSL Elite W-League WPSL WLS

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2011–12
- 2012–13

National teams

Men	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

Women	Olympic Qualifying Tournament Algarve Cup Kirin Challenge Cup Sweden Invitational Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Team seasons

Men

MLS

East	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Houston Dynamo Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC

West	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Women

D.C. United Women

WPSL EL

Indoor

PASL

United States women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists

1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Leroux 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Wambach 15 Rapinoe 16 Buehler 17 Heath 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage

References

↑ "U.S. Women’s National Team Opens 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying With Record Performance in 14-0 Rout of Dominican Republic". USSoccer.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
1 2 "Morgan Scores Twice as U.S. WNT Defeats Denmark 5–0 to Open 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
1 2 "U.S. WNT Nets 2–1 Win Against Norway in Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
1 2 "Japan Edges U.S. Women's National Team 1–0 to Take First Place in Group B at 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
1 2 "U.S. Women's National Team Routs Sweden 4–0 to Take Third Place at 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "2012 WNT Olympic Roster". ussoccer.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
↑ "United States – France". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
↑ "United States – Colombia". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
↑ "United States – North Korea". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
↑ "United States – New Zealand". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
↑ "Canada – United States". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
↑ "United States – Japan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

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