2012 United States women's national soccer team season

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)

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 CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

Group stage

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

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

Final

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

International friendly

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

Main article: 2012 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'		 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

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

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 Yellow card 77'
Rodriguez 83'		 Report Ester Yellow card 82'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi

Sweden Invitational

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

Squad

Head coach: Sweden 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States New York Fury
18 1GK Nicole Barnhart (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 30) 43 0 Unattached

Group G

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

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' Report Rapinoe 54', 70'
Wambach 80' (pen.)
Morgan 120+3'
Attendance: 26,630[12]

Gold-medal match

1st place, gold medalist(s) United States 2–1 Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lloyd 8', 54' Report Ōgimi 63'
Attendance: 80,203[13]

References

  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.