2012 United States women's national soccer team
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.
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| Nickname(s) | The Yanks The Stars and Stripes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | United States Soccer Federation | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Pia Sundhage | ||
| Captain | Christie Rampone | ||
| FIFA code |  | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 1 | ||
| Highest | 1 (January 2012) | ||
| First international | |||
 (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; January 20, 2012) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; January 20, 2012) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 (Faro, Portugal; March 5, 2012) | |||
2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Group Stage
| Dominican Republic | 0–14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Wambach  Lloyd Buehler O'Reilly Heath Rodriguez Cheney |
| United States | 13–0 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Wambach Cheney Rodriguez Lloyd Lindsey Leroux Rapinoe Morgan |
Report |
| United States | 4–0 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd O'Reilly |
Report |
Final
International friendly
| February 11 Friendly | United States | 2–1 |  | Frisco, Texas |
| 15:15 UTC−06 | Morgan |
Report | Wilkinson |
Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 20,677 Referee: Moo Hackett Assistant referees: Veronica Perez Jennifer Jones Fourth official: Juliana Duncan |
Group Stage
| Japan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Takase |
Report |
Third Place Match
2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
| Japan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kinga |
Report | Morgan |
2012 Sweden Invitational
Squad
The following is the United States squad in the women's soccer tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
Coach: 
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Hope Solo | 30 July 1981 (aged 30) | 118 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Heather Mitts | 9 September 1978 (aged 33) | 126 | 2 | Unattached |
| 3 | DF | Christie Rampone (c) | 24 June 1975 (aged 37) | 260 | 4 | Unattached |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | 6 June 1985 (aged 27) | 24 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | 4 August 1988 (aged 23) | 19 | 0 | Unattached |
| 6 | DF | Amy LePeilbet | 12 March 1982 (aged 30) | 70 | 0 | Unattached |
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | 29 June 1977 (aged 35) | 168 | 23 | Unattached |
| 8 | FW | Amy Rodriguez | 17 February 1987 (aged 25) | 89 | 25 | Unattached |
| 9 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 2 January 1985 (aged 27) | 166 | 34 | |
| 10 | MF | Carli Lloyd | 16 July 1982 (aged 30) | 135 | 36 | Unattached |
| 11 | FW | Sydney Leroux | 7 May 1990 (aged 22) | 14 | 7 | |
| 12 | FW | Lauren Cheney | 30 September 1987 (aged 24) | 67 | 18 | Unattached |
| 13 | FW | Alex Morgan | 2 July 1989 (aged 23) | 42 | 27 | |
| 14 | FW | Abby Wambach | 2 June 1980 (aged 32) | 182 | 138 | Unattached |
| 15 | MF | Megan Rapinoe | 5 July 1985 (aged 27) | 52 | 12 | |
| 16 | DF | Rachel Buehler | 26 August 1985 (aged 26) | 82 | 3 | Unattached |
| 17 | MF | Tobin Heath | 29 May 1988 (aged 24) | 45 | 6 | |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 10 October 1981 (aged 30) | 43 | 0 | Unattached |
Group G
| United States | 1–0 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Wambach |
Report |
Semi-finals
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|---|---|---|
| Sinclair |
Report | Rapinoe Wambach Morgan |
Gold medal match
 | 2–1 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd |
Report | Ōgimi |
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. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- "Morgan Scores Twice as U.S. WNT Defeats Denmark 5–0 to Open 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- "U.S. WNT Nets 2–1 Win Against Norway in Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- "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. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- "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. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. 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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