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The U. S. Women's Soccer Team
An American Success Story
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2010
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Updated through the 2012 Olympics.
On a July afternoon in 1999, the proudest moment for U.S. soccer occurred in Pasadena, California. In the presence of more than 90,000 fans and viewed by another 40 million on television, the U.S. women outlasted China to win the World Cup. Although the United States has lagged far behind other countries in the men's game, it has been at the forefront when it comes to women's soccer.
In the second edition of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport has gained popularity over the past few decades. While other books have been written about the team during a specific year, such as those focused solely on the World Cup win on U.S. soil, Lisi looks beyond this event, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe.
Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999) and four Olympic women's gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012). In addition to chronicling the history of the team as a whole, this book offers mini profiles and photographs of some of the best players over the years, including Julie Foudy, Amy Rodriguez, Hope Solo, and Mia Hamm.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-7415-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7416-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
150
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 01. Top of the World No access Pages 1 - 21
Chapter 02. Norwegian Heartbreak No access Pages 22 - 38
Chapter 03. The Golden Girls No access Pages 39 - 51
Chapter 04. Party Like It’s 1999 No access Pages 52 - 71
Chapter 05. Feeling Down Under No access Pages 72 - 82
Chapter 06. Revenge No access Pages 83 - 94
Chapter 07. New World Order No access Pages 95 - 107
Chapter 08. Going Solo No access Pages 108 - 119
Chapter 09. Top of the World Again No access Pages 120 - 130
Appendix A. U.S. Women’s National Team Year-by-Year All-Time Results, 1985–2009 No access Pages 131 - 144
Appendix B. U.S. Women’s National Team All-Time Team Leaders, 1985–2009 No access Pages 145 - 146
Index No access Pages 147 - 148
About the Author No access Pages 149 - 150
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