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2012 United States women's national soccer team season

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 United States Women's National Soccer Team
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Yanks
The Stars and Stripes
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF
(North America)
Head coachPia Sundhage
CaptainChristie Rampone
FIFA codeUSA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current1
Highest1 (January 2012)
First international
 United States 14–0 Dominican Rep. 
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; January 20, 2012)
Biggest win
 United States 14–0 Dominican Rep. 
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; January 20, 2012)
Biggest defeat
 United States 0–1 Japan 
(Faro, Portugal; March 5, 2012)

2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

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Group stage

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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]
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
United States  4–0  Mexico
Lloyd   8', 57', 86'
O'Reilly   9'		 Report
BC Place (Vancouver)
Attendance: 7,599

Semi-finals

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United States  3–0  Costa Rica
Heath   16'
Lloyd   72'
Morgan   89'		 Report
BC Place (Vancouver)
Attendance: 10,000

Final

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Canada  0–4  United States
Report Morgan   4', 56'
Wambach   24', 28'
BC Place (Vancouver)
Attendance: 25,427

International friendly

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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

Algarve Cup

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Main article: 2012 Algarve Cup

Group stage

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United States  5–0  Denmark
Morgan   21', 82'
Wambach   45+1'
Lloyd   77'
Leroux   90+1'		 Report
Estádio Municipal (Lagos, Portugal)
Attendance: 300[2]
Referee: Liang Qin (China PR)[2]
United States  2–1  Norway
Wambach   52'
Leroux   83'		 Report Thorsnes   90+3'
Estádio Municipal (Lagos, Portugal)
Attendance: 300[3]
Japan  1–0  United States
Takase   84' Report
Attendance: 1,000[4]
Referee: Pernill Larsson (Sweden)[4]

Third-place match

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Sweden  0–4  United States
Report Morgan   4', 33', 73'
Wambach   36'
Estádio Municipal (Parchal)
Attendance: 400[5]
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)[5]

Kirin Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
Japan  1–1  United States
Kinga   31' Report Morgan   72'
Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Li Juan (CHN)
United States  3–0  Brazil
Lloyd   18'
Boxx   23'
Buehler   77'
Rodriguez   83'		 Report Ester   82'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi

Sweden Invitational

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Main article: 2012 Sweden Invitational
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  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

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Squad

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Head coach:   Pia Sundhage

The United States named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.[6][7]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hope Solo (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 30) 118 0   Seattle Sounders
2 2DF Heather Mitts (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 34) 126 2 Unattached
3 2DF Christie Rampone (captain) (1975-06-24)24 June 1975 (aged 37) 260 4 Unattached
4 2DF Becky Sauerbrunn (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 27) 24 0   D.C. United
5 2DF Kelley O'Hara (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 23) 19 0 Unattached
6 2DF Amy LePeilbet (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 30) 70 0 Unattached
7 3MF Shannon Boxx (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 35) 168 23 Unattached
8 4FW Amy Rodriguez (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 25) 89 25 Unattached
9 3MF Heather O'Reilly (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 27) 166 34   Boston Breakers
10 3MF Carli Lloyd (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30) 135 36 Unattached
11 4FW Sydney Leroux (1990-05-07)7 May 1990 (aged 22) 14 7   Seattle Sounders
12 4FW Lauren Cheney (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 24) 67 18 Unattached
13 4FW Alex Morgan (1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 23) 42 27   Seattle Sounders
14 4FW Abby Wambach (1980-06-02)2 June 1980 (aged 32) 182 138 Unattached
15 3MF Megan Rapinoe (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 27) 52 12   Seattle Sounders
16 2DF Rachel Buehler (1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 26) 82 3 Unattached
17 3MF Tobin Heath (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 24) 45 6   New York Fury
18 1GK Nicole Barnhart (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 30) 43 0 Unattached

Group G

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United States  4–2  France
Wambach   19'
Morgan   32', 66'
Lloyd   56'		 Report Thiney   12'
Delie   14'
Attendance: 18,090[8]
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
United States  3–0  Colombia
Rapinoe   33'
Wambach   74'
Lloyd   77'		 Report
Attendance: 11,313[9]
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
United States  1–0  North Korea
Wambach   25' Report
Attendance: 29,522[10]

Quarter-finals

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United States  2–0  New Zealand
Wambach   27'
Leroux   87'		 Report
Attendance: 10,441[11]

Semi-finals

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Canada  3–4 (a.e.t.)  United States
Sinclair   22', 67', 73' Report Rapinoe   54', 70'
Wambach   80' (pen.)
Morgan   120+3'
Attendance: 26,630[12]

Gold-medal match

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  United States  2–1  Japan  
Lloyd   8', 54' Report Ōgimi   63'
Attendance: 80,203[13]

References

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  1. ^ "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 March 10, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Morgan Scores Twice as U.S. WNT Defeats Denmark 5–0 to Open 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. WNT Nets 2–1 Win Against Norway in Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. March 2, 2012. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "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. March 5, 2012. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "U.S. Women's National Team Routs Sweden 4–0 to Take Third Place at 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "USA – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "2012 WNT Olympic Roster". ussoccer.com. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "United States – France". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  9. ^ "United States – Colombia". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  10. ^ "United States – North Korea". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  11. ^ "United States – New Zealand". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  12. ^ "Canada – USA". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. August 6, 2012. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  13. ^ "United States – Japan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
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