The roller coaster of US Womens Soccer

Women’s soccer didn’t actually start till about 1970’s.Now even then there where some difficult times. One of those times where when they this thing called Title IX which mandates gender equity in education. That didn’t stop the women; college varsity was sky rocketing in numbers. So because of that they had no chose but to make a national team. They made a great move and few years later and established a national women’s soccer team. The year of 1987 was the best year the US team could have had because they got the player, Mia Hamm.

The years were going and the women’s team was still doing badly but the men’s team was doing great and won the 1994 World Cup title. FIFA was the thing that got the US women’s team to be great again for making a women’s World Cup championship. Now they can show everyone what they are made of. They didn’t shoot off right away though because their coach Dorrance wanted to see what kind of talents they had and what they can do. The real test came in 1991.” Dorrance then tested his strength against tougher competition, and showed that the Cup was anybody’s game.”( Litterer, Dave)

Although the US had some losses to Norway, China, and Denmark they always played a close game, and never gave up. The US still went to the World Cup. That world cup was held in china and there were approximately 20,000 people per game. They had won World Cup, but after that the team had fell apart. They seemed that there was no use to practice because no big tournament that was coming so they fell apart. “A key gap in the women’s soccer landscape was filled this year by the United States Interregional Soccer League.”( Litterer, Dave).

The journey to the 1995 World Cup was a struggle was a challenge for them. No less disappointing loss to Norway in the semifinals didn’t not stop the team. ”This loss to Norway was a bitter pill to swallow, and marked the launch of a fierce rivalry, but nothing could be taken away from the players’ performances.”(Litterer, Dave) They didn’t make it to the World Cup finals, but that more then ever thieved the team more than ever to make it in the 1996 World Cup. The year that the USA team made it in the 1996 really, got the attention of the American public. The US men had made it in to the World Cup, but unfortunately they lost, while the women took the gold home.

After the Olympics the team took another rest, and didn’t regroup till February 1997. “Now the task was not just keeping the team going, but making plans for the 1999 World Cup, which had the potential to be an even bigger blockbuster than the Olympics.”(Litterer, Dave) Meanwhile the USA team was continuing to beef up the talents while they had a chance. There were no tournaments at this time. The US had a dizzy schedule by winning 16 out of the 18 games of there season. “Coming on the heels of Major League Soccer’s successful debut, there were soon calls for the establishment of a professional women’s league to be in place before the 1999 World Cup, and soon a group was organizing what would be the National Soccer Alliance for 1998.”(Litterer, Dave) The playing and practice schedule was more than ever hard, but that seemed to make the players more determined to win.

So winning two World Cup titles, and an Olympic gold and sliver medal, US obviously were dominating the World in women’s soccer