U.S. Women's Soccer Team

Updated through the 2012 Olympics.<br><br>In the second edition of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team Clemente A. Lisi looks at how women's soccer has gained popularity over the last couple of decades detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985 Lisi recounts the development of the women's team highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's World Cup (1991 and 1999) and four Olympic women's gold medals (1996 2004 2008 and 2012). In addition to chronicling the history of the team as a whole this book offers miniprofiles and photographs of some of the best players over the years including Julie Foudy Amy Rodriguez Hope Solo and Mia Hamm.<br><br><BR />