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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.

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

Group stage

Dominican Republic  0–14  United States
ReportWambach 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  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  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  3–0  Costa Rica
Heath 16'
Lloyd 72'
Morgan 89'		Report
BC Place (Vancouver)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)

Final

Canada  0–4  United States
ReportMorgan 4', 56'
Wambach 24', 28'
BC Place (Vancouver)
Attendance: 25,427
Referee: Quetzalli Godinez (Mexico)

International friendly

v  New Zealand
February 11 Friendly United States  2–1  New Zealand Frisco, Texas
15:15 UTC−06Morgan 88', 90+3'ReportWilkinson 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

Group stage

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'		ReportThorsnes 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

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

Kirin Challenge Cup

Japan  1–1  United States
Kinga 31'ReportMorgan 72'
Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Li Juan (CHN)
United States  3–0  Brazil
Lloyd 18'
Boxx 23'
Buehler  77'
Rodriguez 83'		ReportEster  82'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi

Sweden Invitational

Sweden  1–3  United States
Schelin 35'ReportWambach 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'		ReportNagasato 28'
Örjans Vall (Halmstad)
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Linn Andersson (SWE)

2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Squad

Head coach: Pia Sundhage

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

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11GKHope Solo (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 30)1180 Seattle Sounders
22DFHeather Mitts (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 34)1262Unattached
32DFChristie Rampone (captain) (1975-06-24)24 June 1975 (aged 37)2604Unattached
42DFBecky Sauerbrunn (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 27)240 D.C. United
52DFKelley O'Hara (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 23)190Unattached
62DFAmy LePeilbet (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 30)700Unattached
73MFShannon Boxx (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 35)16823Unattached
84FWAmy Rodriguez (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 25)8925Unattached
93MFHeather O'Reilly (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 27)16634 Boston Breakers
103MFCarli Lloyd (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30)13536Unattached
114FWSydney Leroux (1990-05-07)7 May 1990 (aged 22)147 Seattle Sounders
124FWLauren Cheney (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 24)6718Unattached
134FWAlex Morgan (1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 23)4227 Seattle Sounders
144FWAbby Wambach (1980-06-02)2 June 1980 (aged 32)182138Unattached
153MFMegan Rapinoe (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 (aged 27)5212 Seattle Sounders
162DFRachel Buehler (1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 26)823Unattached
173MFTobin Heath (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 24)456 New York Fury
181GKNicole Barnhart (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 30)430Unattached

Group G

United States  4–2  France
Wambach 19'
Morgan 32', 66'
Lloyd 56'		ReportThiney 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

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

Semi-finals

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

Gold-medal match

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

References

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