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Since January 2020, Canadian forward Christine Sinclair is the leading all-time international goalscorer. [1] She overtook Abby Wambach of the United States, who had held the top position for over six years. [2] Wambach's former teammate Mia Hamm topped the list between 1999 and 2013, who was preceded by Italian player Elisabetta Vignotto.
The 1971 Women's World Cup (Spanish: 1971 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenil) was an association football tournament for women's national teams organised by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF) in Mexico in August–September 1971. [ 1] Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it is the second known tournament to be named as a ...
Team. The Costa Rica women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in women's international football. The national team is controlled by the governing body Costa Rican Football Federation. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along ...
The United States women's national soccer team ( USWNT) represents the United States of America in international women's soccer. The team is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football). The team is the most successful in international ...
The United States women's national soccer team is the most successful women's national team in the history of the Women's World Cup, having won four titles, earning second-place once and third-place finishes three times. The United States is one of five countries including Germany, Japan, Norway, and Spain to win a FIFA Women's World Cup.
UEFA Women's Champions League. Women's football has been played in England for over a century, sharing a common history with the men's game in the country in which the Laws of the Game were codified. [1] Women's football was originally very popular in the early 20th century, but after being banned by the men's Football Association, its ...
The England women's national football team is widely nicknamed the Lionesses. The moniker was developed in-house by The Football Association's digital marketing department as a way of increasing the visibility and reach of the women's team to a dedicated women's football audience and community, particularly on social media.
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic ...