To Celebrate the 2023 World Cup, Revisit the Biggest Moments in USWNT History

The US women’s soccer team (known as the USWNT) shows no signs of slowing their gold-medal roll. The team is just starting their run at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which kicked off July 20, and have already qualified for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. They’re also currently ranked the no. 1 women’s team in the world by FIFA, which, NBD.

It might seem like the team has been dominating the field for eons — and you’re not wrong to think that it’s made a mark on the sport — but in truth, the team has only been in the international field for a couple of decades. After all, the first Women’s World Cup only happened in 1991.

While the US team has had its ups and downs (it’s soccer!), it’s also been part of more than a handful of memorable moments in soccer history. It’s hard to narrow it down to just a few highlights of some of the sport’s biggest names, from legends like Mia Hamm, Megan Rapinoe, and Carli Lloyd to newcomers like Carson Pickett, Naomi Girma, and Trinity Rodman, but that’s just what we’ve done. Keep reading to revisit some of the brightest moments of the US women’s soccer team, on and off the field — and expect this list to keep on growing.