Though the USWNT had captured the 1991 Women’s “World Championship” (not World Cup), FIFA did not begin approving full-length matches and full sanctioning until the 1995 WWC. [Read more…] about Aug. 1, 1996 – U.S. Women’s National Team first title in FIFA-sanctioned tournament – U.S. 2:1 China, Olympic Games, Athens, Ga. (Att.: 76,489)
Largest crowd (50,484) for women’s sporting event in New England as the U.S. and Italy won 1999 Women’s World Cup group play matches. [Read more…] about June 27, 1999 – U.S. 3:0 North Korea; Italy 2:0 Mexico, WWC at Foxboro Stadium (Att.: 50,484)
The U.S. Women’s National Team has compiled a 7W-0L-1D record (28-1 goal differential) in Foxborough in games from 1998 through 2013. [Read more…] about April 14, 2007 – U.S. 5:0 Mexico, women’s international at Gillette Stadium
Kristine Lilly inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame, along with Bob Bradley and Brian McBride.
[Read more…] about Feb. 14, 2014 – Kristine Lilly inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame
A National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) semifinal match between Bethlehem Steel and the Fall River Marksmen ended up being contested before a crowd of 20,000 at Dexter Park in Brooklyn on March 9, 1924. [Read more…] about Jan. 30, 1924 – Bethlehem Steel ‘Declines to Play at Fall River’
Kristine Lilly (b. July 22, 1971 in New York City) made her international debut while a 16-year-old student at Wilton High School (she led Wilton to three Connecticut State championships) in 1987. Lilly became the youngest player to score a goal for the U.S. in a 1-1 draw with China at Punyu on Aug. 13, 1987 and the oldest in a 4-0 win over Germany in Cleveland on May 22, 2010. [Read more…] about Nov. 5, 2010 – Kristine Lilly plays 352nd and final international match
The UConn Huskies women’s team pulled off a stunning upset in Storrs, Conn., and the Maryland Bays won the APSL title in a soaking rainstorm in Boston. [Read more…] about Sept. 22, 1990 – UConn upsets North Carolina; APSL championship game at Nickerson Field
Kristine Lilly’s 63rd-minute goal off a feed from ex-UConn star Alexa Borisjuk extended the Boston Breakers’ home unbeaten streak. The Breakers (6-8-7, 25 points) finished in sixth place for the second successive season, but became the first WUSA team with an unbeaten (5-0-5) home mark. [Read more…] about Sept. 14, 2002 – Boston Breakers 1:0 Washington Freedom, Michelle Akers Testimonial, Nickerson Field (Att.: 10,279)
The first four-figure home crowds in U.S. Women’s National Team history witnessed previews of the inaugural Women’s World Championship final matchup. [Read more…] about Sept. 1, 1991 – U.S. 1:2 Norway, NE Sports Museum Challenge Cup at Tufts University Ellis Oval, Medford, Mass. (Att.: 4,752)
Kristine Lilly made her international debut as a 16-year-old junior at Wilton (Conn.) High School, along with Mia Hamm (15 years, 140 days). Just more than a week later, Lilly scored her first goal. This was a two-game visit to China – Lilly played her first game in the U.S. in 1990 and her first match in New England in 1991. [Read more…] about Aug. 3, 1987 – Kristine Lilly (b. July 22, 1971) earns first cap