The U.S. women's soccer team : an American success story
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The U.S. women's soccer team : an American success story
Taylor Trade Pub., c2013
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In this new edition-updated through the team's spectacular win at the 2012 London Olympics-Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport of women's soccer 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 1999 World Cup win on U.S. soil, Lisi details 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.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Danielle Fotopoulos
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Top of the World
Chapter 2: Norwegian Heartbreak
Chapter 3: The Golden Girls
Chapter 4: Party Like It's 1999
Chapter 5: Feeling Down Under
Chapter 6: Revenge
Chapter 7: New World Order
Chapter 8: Going Solo
Chapter 9: Top of the World Again
Chapter 10: Golden Again
Appendix A: U.S. Women's National Team Year-by-Year All-Time Results, 1985-2012
Appendix B: U.S. Women's National Team All-Time Team Leaders, 1985-2012
Index
About the Author
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