Fresh off her 101st career goal and a U.S. 1-0 win against Germany yesterday, it was announced that Women's National Team and Washington Freedom forward Abby Wambach is the only American nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Award.

Freedom teammate and French National player Sonia Bompastor is also on the list of ten nominees.

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Fresh off her 101st career goal and a U.S. 1-0 win against Germany yesterday, it was announced that Women's National Team and Washington Freedom forward Abby Wambach is the only American nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Award.

Freedom teammate and French National player Sonia Bompastor is also on the list of ten nominees.

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Soccer hall of famer Joy Fawcett

The ultimate soccer mom reached the pinnacle of her sport Sunday.

"In my life, I've had two dreams: To play soccer at the highest level and to be a mother," former United States Women's National Team standout defender Joy Fawcett said midway through her induction speech at the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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Soccer hall of famer Joy Fawcett

The ultimate soccer mom reached the pinnacle of her sport Sunday.

"In my life, I've had two dreams: To play soccer at the highest level and to be a mother," former United States Women's National Team standout defender Joy Fawcett said midway through her induction speech at the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach scored her 100th career goal in her hometown to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 1-0 victory against Canada in front of 8,443 wildly appreciative fans at Marina Auto Stadium.

Wambach, who was a high school All-American at Our Lady of Mercy in Rochester, becomes the ninth woman in soccer history to score 100 career international goals, and the fifth American, joining Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (129), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100).

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Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach scored her 100th career goal in her hometown to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 1-0 victory against Canada in front of 8,443 wildly appreciative fans at Marina Auto Stadium.

Wambach, who was a high school All-American at Our Lady of Mercy in Rochester, becomes the ninth woman in soccer history to score 100 career international goals, and the fifth American, joining Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (129), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100).

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TORONTO, Canada (May 25, 2009) – The U.S. Women's National Team scored twice in each half, getting goals from four different players to defeat Canada 4-0 in front of 10,255 fans at BMO Field. It was the USA's first match in Canada since 2001.

Midfielder Shannon Boxx opened the scoring just 93 seconds into the match and midfielder Megan Rapinoe added a second just before the halftime.

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U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named a 21-player roster to face Japan on May 20 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas (7:30 p.m. CT) and on May 23 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah (4 p.m. MT).

The roster to face Japan is chock-full of veterans, including team captain Christie Rampone, co-captain Lori Chalupny, and outside back Heather Mitts, as well as midfielders Carli Lloyd, Shannon Boxx, Angela Hucles, Heather O'Reilly and Lindsay Tarpley.

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The U.S. Soccer Supporters Club (is that kinda like a fan club?) just sent an email announcing that they're launching the Official Fan Membership Program of U.S. Soccer (maybe that's the fan club). Either way, looks like some cool stuff in store for fans of U.S. Soccer (both the men's and women's national teams).

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The U.S. Women's National Team got its 2009 Algarve Cup campaign off to a rousing start, defeating Denmark 2-0 in nasty weather conditions as midfielders Angie Wonzuk and Tina DiMartino scored in the first half.  With the wind whipping through the stadium and a drizzling rain falling almost the entire match, the opening 20 minutes were [. Click to continue reading...

January 9, 2009 - We've been waiting for this news since September when it was announced that Marta was chosen as a draft pick by the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer. Now, according to the LA Times, the Brazilian striker is close to finalizing a deal with the Sol to play when the WPS  launches its [. Click to continue reading...

 December 19, 2008 -  This guy says it all. The U.S. Women's Soccer Team wrapped up the year and their Achieve Your Gold Tour with a 1-0 win over China PR on Wednesday. More than 11,000 fans showed up at Ford Field in Detroit to watch the team finish off the year with its 33rd victory of [...] Click to continue reading...

December 18, 2008 - For her excellence at the highest levels of the sport, U.S. Soccer named U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Carli Lloyd as the 2008 Female Athlete of the Year.  U-17 WNT midfielder Kristie Mewis won the Young Female Awards. The U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award is the highest honor awarded to soccer [. Click to continue reading...

December 14, 2008 - The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team defeated China PR 1-0 in an entertaining match on a cool night at The Home Depot Center in Los Angeles as Tina Ellertson scored her first international goal in the 61st minute. Ellertson, a defender in her previous 32 caps for the USA, was a forward [. Click to continue reading...

December 12, 2008 -  U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo showed up at training camp this week with a bit of a different look. Seems the former blond has changed teams to the brunettes. Since Hope always has fun whether she's blond or brunette, we'll put that old adage to rest. The WNT Blog thinks it's a [...] Click to continue reading...

December 10, 2008 - While a lot of soccer fans were watching the College Cup last weekend,  the USA U-20 Team was in Chile capturing the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Coach Tony DiCicco blogged about the competition allowing fans to follow the team's journey to victory over champion North Korea 2-1. Click to continue reading...

December 10, 2008 - U.S. legend Kristine Lilly trained with the U.S. National Team today for the first time since October of 2007. The only woman in history to play in five Women's World Cup tournaments took most of 2008 off to have her first child, a baby girl, who was born last June. The Women's National [. Click to continue reading...

November 22, 2008 - It's that time of year again. Time to vote for your favorites of 2008. If you're a soccer fan, you'll want to take part in the on-line voting for U.S. Soccer's "Best of" awards honoring standout performances on and off the field during the year. Female Athlete of the Year: With the finalists announced for [. Click to continue reading...

October 30, 2008 - A 10-name shortlist for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award has been published, including Arsenal's Kelly Smith and Brazil's Marta, who is aiming to win the award for the third year running. Other female nominees include Canadian Christine Sinclair, Birgit Prinz of Germany and Americans Hope Solo and Shannon [. Click to continue reading...

August 21, 2008 - USA soccer clinched the gold medal today in Beijing, as Carli Lloyd scored the game-winner in 1-0 overtime thriller against Brazil. By most accounts goalkeeper Hope Solo, who made six saves to earn the shutout victory, was the star of the game but let's not forget the other 17 members of the [. Click to continue reading...

August 18, 2008 - Here are some highlights from Day 10 of the Summer Games: Gymnastics: China's He edges Liukin on uneven bars - He Kexin has won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics. Both scored 16.725, but He got the nod. Click to continue reading...

August 6, 2008 - Surprising results in the first round of games as women's soccer got underway two days before the Olympic Games officially open. In a disappointing start for the U.S., Norway scored twice in the first four minutes and won the opening game 2-0; Japan went 2-0 down but fought back in the last 20 minutes [. Click to continue reading...

August 4, 2008 - As the media machine has undoubtedly made you aware, the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing will take place on August 8, 2008.  For women's soccer fans, however, the Games commence Wednesday when first-round group-play action kicks off. With all eyes on Beijing, there's plenty being written about the Golden Girls - the U. Click to continue reading...

August 1, 2008 - For 10 days in June, Stephanie (Lopez) Cox knew she wasn't going to the Olympics. For the next days 10 days it appeared she might. What caused the rollercoaster ride and how did the star soccer player deal with the ups and downs? Stephanie's story deals with personal setbacks, overcoming obstacles and second chances. Click to continue reading...

July 17, 2008 - It started out a friendly soccer game Wednesday night between the U.S. Women's National Team and Brazil in preparation for next month's Olympics. With only 32 minutes played, team forward and former Gator star Abby Wambach rushed to try to reach a ball that was closer to Brazilian defender Maria Rosa. Click to continue reading...

June 24, 2008 - U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18-player roster for the 2008 Olympic Team. Sundhage made her final selections after the USA's 1-0 victory over Canada in the 2008 Peace Queen Cup championship game on June 21 in Suwon, South Korea. Nine players on the roster were members [. Click to continue reading...

June 21, 2008 - The United States won the Peace Queen Cup tournament Saturday, beating Canada 1-0 on a 92nd-minute goal by Angela Hucles. Goalkeeper Hope Solo made two game-preserving saves at the end of the match for the American women, who tuned up for the Beijing Olympics by winning their fourth tournament of the year. Click to continue reading...

June 17, 2008 - USC soon-to-be-senior Amy Rodriguez scored the only goal late in the first half as the United States women's national team edged Brazil, 1-0, in the Peace Queen Cup on Tuesday. The United States, which beat Australia in its first match 2-1, leads Group B. The U.S. plays winless Italy in its final [. Click to continue reading...

June 12, 2008 - The three most dreaded letters in the alphabet for a female athlete are A. C. L. Veteran soccer player Cat Whitehill learned the hard way. The star defender dreamed of playing in the Olympics this year, joining a new women's pro league next year and then playing for the U.S. in the London Games in 2012. Click to continue reading...

June 11, 2008 - The U.S. Women's National Team has a slew of games scheduled this summer to get ready for Olympic competition. Among other things, Coach Pia Sundhage needs to get her team focused on specific strategies to help prepare them against a diverse group of opponents. There may be new faces, but the [. Click to continue reading...

June 10, 2008 - Get Ready! On June 14, 2008 South Korea will host the second annual Peace Queen Cup. The Peace Queen Cup is a women's soccer tournament  created after the success of the Men's Peace Cup. The goal of the Peace Cup is "to harness the splendor and energy of football, the most popular [. Click to continue reading...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico April 12, 2008 – The U.S. Women's National Team got a dramatic overtime free-kick goal from Carli Lloyd before Canada tied the game three minutes from the end, sending the match into a penalty kick shootout where the Americans prevailed 6-5 to win the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament. Click to continue reading...

March 12, 2008 - Abby Wambach scored her 88th international goal today to help the United States win the Algarve Cup for a record sixth time with a 2-1 victory over Denmark. The Algarve Cup is a prestigious invitational tournament for national women's soccer (football) teams held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal. Click to continue reading...

March 05, 2008 ALBUFEIRA, Portugal  - The WNT came flying out of the gates in their 2008 Algarve Cup opener vs. China, scoring just five minutes in, and never looking back enroute to a 4-0 thrashing. The U.S. received goals from Lindsay Tarpley, Tobin Heath, Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd. On the tournament's opening day, Denmark upset [. Click to continue reading...