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this team was the Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. and supported the troups in WWI
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the league was made up of two team, and played only two seasons.
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the first game was played in a Mudialito tournament, with Mike Ryan as coach.
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US beat Norway 2-1, Michelle Akers scoring both goals
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Tony DiCicco is the winningest head coac of the womens national team ever
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they won the four-time international event
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The first national women's league wasn't launched until 1995
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this was declared in February
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Women's Soccer was officially added to the Olympics, making practically another World Cup
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US defeated China 1-2
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They beat China in a shootout in the Rose Bowl Stadium filled witrh over 90,000 people, the largest attendence in women's sports history, and one of the largest for a world sports tournament.
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The WUSA (women's united soccer association) was the first league to pay professional women soccer players
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The fundong for the WUSA wasn't great enough, and after three seasons the organization folded
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US beat Brazil 2-1
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US beat Brazil 1-0
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The US beat Brazil on penalty kicks, only getting there because they tied it in the 2nd minute of overtime, Abby Wambach with a haeder goal assisted by a left-foot cross from megan Rapinoe. they did this playing a man down, Rachael Buehler having been given a redcard earlier on, leading to a controversial PK by Brazil's Marta. this is one of the most iconic, non-final matches in Women's Soccer
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they lost to Japan in penalty kicks, 5-3
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Beat Japan 2-2 in a "rematch", both goals scored by Carli Lloyd (she also is the only woman ever to score the winning goal in two separate Olympic finals, in 2008 and 2012)
