2017 in American soccer

The 2017 season was the 105th season of competitive soccer in the United States.

Soccer in the United States
Season2017
Men's soccer
Supporters' ShieldCanada Toronto FC
USLLouisville City FC
NASLSan Francisco Deltas
NPSLElm City Express
PDLCharlotte Eagles
US Open CupSporting Kansas City
MLS CupCanada Toronto FC
Women's soccer
NWSLPortland Thorns FC
WPSLFire & Ice SC
UWSGrand Rapids FC
← 2016 United States 2018 →

National teams

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Men's

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Senior

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Main article: United States men's national soccer team
Wins Losses Draws
10 2 7
Results and fixtures
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Friendlies
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January 29 United States  0–0  Serbia San Diego, California
16:00 ET Report Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium
Attendance: 20,079
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
February 3 United States  1–0  Jamaica Chattanooga, Tennessee
19:00 ET Morris 59' Report Stadium: Finley Stadium
Attendance: 17,903
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
June 3 United States  1–1  Venezuela Sandy, Utah
22:00 ET Pulisic 61' Report Velázquez 29' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,315
Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)
July 1 United States  2–1  Ghana East Hartford, Connecticut
16:45 ET Dwyer 19'
Acosta 52'		 Report Gyan 60' Stadium: Rentschler Field
Attendance: 28,754
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
November 14 Portugal  1–1  United States Leiria, Portugal
15:45 ET Antunes 31' Report McKennie 21' Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Attendance: 19,107
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
World Cup qualifying
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Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Fifth round
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Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fifth round

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Costa Rica Panama Honduras United States Trinidad and Tobago
1  Mexico 10 6 3 1 16 7 +9 21 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1
2  Costa Rica 10 4 4 2 14 8 +6 16 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1
3  Panama 10 3 4 3 9 10 −1 13 0–0 2–1 — 2–2 1–1 3–0
4  Honduras 10 3 4 3 13 19 −6 13 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 3–2 1–1 0–1 — 1–1 3–1
5  United States 10 3 3 4 17 13 +4 12 1–2 0–2 4–0 6–0 — 2–0
6  Trinidad and Tobago 10 2 0 8 7 19 −12 6 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
March 24 Fifth round United States  6–0  Honduras San Jose, California
20:30 ET Lletget 5'
Bradley 27'
Dempsey 32', 49', 54'
Pulisic 46'		 Report Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 17,729
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)
March 28 Fifth round Panama  1–1  United States Panama City, Panama
20:00 ET Gómez 44' Report Dempsey 40' Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
June 8 Fifth round United States  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago Commerce City, Colorado
19:50 ET Pulisic 52', 62' Report Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 19,188
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
June 11 Fifth round Mexico  1–1  United States Mexico City, Mexico
20:30 ET Vela 23' Report Bradley 6' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 71,537
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
September 1 Fifth round United States  0–2  Costa Rica Harrison, New Jersey
18:30 ET Report Ureña 30', 82' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
September 5 Fifth round Honduras  1–1  United States San Pedro Sula, Honduras
17:30 ET Quioto 27' Report Wood 85' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 37,325
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
October 6 Fifth round United States  4–0  Panama Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET Pulisic 8'
Altidore 19', 43' (pen.)
Wood 63'		 Report Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,303
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
October 10 Fifth round Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  United States Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
20:00 ET Gonzalez 17' (o.g.)
A. Jones 37'		 Report Pulisic 47' Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium
Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group B
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3  Martinique 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
July 8 Group B United States  1–1  Panama Nashville, Tennessee
16:30 ET Dwyer 50' Report Camargo 60' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 47,622
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
July 12 Group B United States  3–2  Martinique Tampa, Florida
21:00 ET Gonzalez 53'
Morris 64', 76'		 Report Parsemain 66', 74' Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 23,368
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
July 15 Group B Nicaragua  0–3  United States Cleveland, Ohio
19:00 ET Report Corona 37'
Rowe 56'
Miazga 88'		 Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
Attendance: 27,934
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
July 19 Quarter-finals United States  2–0  El Salvador Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21:00 ET O. Gonzalez 41'
Lichaj 45+2'		 Report Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field
Attendance: 31,615
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
July 22 Semi-finals Costa Rica  0–2  United States Arlington, Texas
22:00 ET Report Altidore 72'
Dempsey 82'		 Stadium: AT&T Stadium
Attendance: 45,516
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
July 26 Final United States  2–1  Jamaica Santa Clara, California
21:30 ET Altidore 45'
Morris 88'		 Report Watson 50' Stadium: Levi's Stadium
Attendance: 63,032
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Goalscorers
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Goals are current as of November 14, 2017, after match against  Portugal.

Player Goals
Christian Pulisic 6
Clint Dempsey 5
Jordan Morris 4
Jozy Altidore 4
Michael Bradley 2
Dom Dwyer 2
Omar Gonzalez 2
Bobby Wood 2
Sebastian Lletget 1
Kellyn Acosta 1
Joe Corona 1
Kelyn Rowe 1
Matt Miazga 1
Eric Lichaj 1
Weston McKennie 1
Managerial changes
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This is a list of changes of managers:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Incoming manager Date of appointment
United States United States Bruce Arena Resigned October 13 United States Dave Sarachan (caretaker) October 24

U-23

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U-20

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CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group stage
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship § Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Classification stage
2  United States 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
February 18 Group B United States  0–1  Panama Tibás, Costa Rica
16:00 ET Report Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
February 21 Group B United States  4–1  Haiti San José, Costa Rica
17:30 ET Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
February 24 Group B United States  4–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis Tibás, Costa Rica
17:30 ET Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Classification stage
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship § Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Mexico 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
February 27 Group D United States  1–0  Mexico Tibás, Costa Rica
17:00 ET Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
March 3 Group D United States  2–1  El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
18:30 ET Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
March 5 Final United States  0–0
(5–3 p)		  Honduras San José, Costa Rica
16:00 ET Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Henry Bejarano Matarrita (Costa Rica)
Penalties
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2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group F
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Ecuador 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
May 22 Group F Ecuador  3–3  United States Incheon, South Korea
04:00 ET Lino 5'
Cabezas 7', 64'		 Report Sargent 36', 54'
de la Torre 90+4'		 Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium
Attendance: 3,886
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
May 25 Group F Senegal  0–1  United States Incheon, South Korea
07:00 ET Report Sargent 34' Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium
Attendance: 5,864
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
May 28 Group F United States  1–1  Saudi Arabia Daejeon, South Korea
05:00 ET Lennon 40' Report Alamri 74' Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 5,460
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
June 1 Round of 16 United States  6–0  New Zealand Incheon, South Korea
07:00 ET Sargent 32'
Ebobisse 64'
Lennon 65'
Glad 76'
Trusty 84'
Kunga 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium
Attendance: 5,667
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
June 4 QF Venezuela  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States Jeonju, South Korea
02:00 ET Peñaranda 96'
Ferraresi 115'		 Report Ebobisse 117' Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

U-19

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Friendlies
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February 5 United States  2–1  El Salvador Fort Lauderdale, Florida
13:00 EST Report Stadium: Broward Regional Park

U-18

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2017 Slovakia Cup
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April 24 United States  1–1  Hungary Trnava, Slovakia
09:00 ET Report Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice
April 25 United States  2–1  Belarus Trnava, Slovakia
09:00 ET Report Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice
May 28 United States  1–1
(4–3 p)		  Slovakia Trnava, Slovakia
05:00 ET Report Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice
2017 U-18 Lisbon International Tournament
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June 14 United States  0–2  Japan Lisbon, Portugal
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June 16 United States  v  Norway Lisbon, Portugal
June 18 United States  2–1  Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
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U-17

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Friendlies
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February 1 United States  0–6 United StatesD.C. United Bradenton, Florida
07:00 EST Report Vincent 22'
Sam 24'
Neagle 27'
Ortiz 48'
Le Toux 53'
Büscher 66'		 Stadium: IMG Academy
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Group stage
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Classification stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
April 23 Group C Jamaica  0–5  United States Panama City, Panama
01:30 ET Report Durkin 53'
Weah 77'
Sargent 87'
Akinola 88', 90+2'		 Stadium: Estadio Maracaná
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)
April 26 Group C Mexico  3–4  United States Panama City, Panama
18:30 ET González 6', 44'
Lindsey 90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Sargent 26', 40'
Ferri 51'
Akinola 84'		 Stadium: Estadio Maracaná
Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)
April 29 Group C El Salvador  0–1  United States Panama City, Panama
14:00 ET Report Jones 52' Stadium: Estadio Maracaná
Referee: Michele Rodriguez (Cuba)
Classification stage
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3  Cuba 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
May 3 Group D Honduras  0–3  United States Panama City, Panama
16:30 ET Report Sargent 26', 82'
Akinola 65'		 Stadium: Estadio Maracaná
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)
May 5 Group D Cuba  2–6  United States Panama City, Panama
17:30 ET Savigne 19'
Vasquez 47' (o.g.)		 Report Vassilev 15'
Coll 37' (o.g.)
Carleton 39'
Jones 49'
Reynolds 83'
Weah 88'		 Stadium: Estadio Maracaná
Referee: Daneion Parchment (Jamaica)
May 7 Final United States  1–1
(4–5 p)		  Mexico Panama City, Panama
15:00 ET Report Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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Main article: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group A
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Colombia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6[a]
3  United States 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6[a]
4  India (H) 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.
Ranking of third-placed teams
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Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  United States 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Knockout stage
2 E  Honduras 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 3
3 D  Niger 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4 F  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
5 B  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1[a]
6 C  Guinea 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1[a]
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fair play points: New Zealand −6, Guinea −9.
Matches
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October 6 Group A India  0–3  United States New Delhi, India
10:30 ET Report Sargent 30' (pen.)
Durkin 51'
Carleton 84'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 46,750
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
October 9 Group A Ghana  0–1  United States New Delhi, India
7:30 ET Akinola 75' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
October 12 Group A United States  1–3  Colombia Navi Mumbai, India
10:30 ET Acosta 24' Report Vidal 3'
Peñaloza 67'
Caicedo 87'		 Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 22,263
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
October 16 Round of 16 Paraguay  0–5  United States New Delhi, India
10:30 ET Weah 19', 53', 77'
Carleton 63'
Sargent 74'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
October 21 QF United States  1–4  England Margao, India
10:30 ET Sargent 72' Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 16,148
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

U-16

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Montaigu Tournament
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Group phase
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11 April United States  1–0  Belgium Mouilleron-le-Captif, France
6:30 PM CEST Konrad de la Fuente 47' (pen.) Report Stadium: Espace sportif Gaston Renaud
13 April United States  2–3  Japan Mouilleron-le-Captif, France
6:30 PM CEST Konrad de la Fuente 3'
Gabel Segal 76'		 Report Ten Miyagi 30'
Shota Fujio 66' (pen.)
Taiki Yamada 68'		 Stadium: Espace sportif Gaston Renaud
Classification stage
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15 April United States  3–0  Mexico Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, France
6:00 PM CEST Stefan Stojanovic 31', 78'
Konrad de la Fuente 66'		 Report
17 April United States  0–2  Brazil La Chaize-le-Vicomte, France
10:00 AM CEST Report Rodrygo Sylva de Goes 42'
Joao Castro Olivera 80+2'

U-15

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2017 Torneo Delle Nazioni
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April 25 United States  4–0  Slovenia Ajdovščina, Slovenia
11:30 ET Report Stadium: Ajdovščina Stadium
April 26 United States  2–1  Russia Nova Gorica, Slovenia
11:00 ET Report Stadium: Vipolze Stadium;
April 27 England  3–2  United States Precenicco, Italy
11:00 ET Report Stadium: Stadio di Precenicco
April 29 United States  4–2  Portugal Gorizia, Italy
11:00 ET Report Stadium: Stadio di Cormons
May 1 United States  2–1  England Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy
10:00 ET Report Stadium: Stadio di Gradisca;

U.S. Beach National Team

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Main article: United States national beach soccer team
2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
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Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Group stage
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February 20 Group C United States  8–1  U.S. Virgin Islands Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility
February 22 Group C Antigua and Barbuda  2–7  United States Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility
February 23 Group C United States  5–1  Trinidad and Tobago Nassau, Bahamas
20:00 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility
Knockout stage
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February 24 QF United States  4–6  Panama Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility
February 25 5th-SF United States  6–2  Jamaica Nassau, Bahamas
17:30 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility
February 26 5th Place Bahamas  2–4  United States Nassau, Bahamas
17:30 ET Report Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

Women's

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Senior

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Main article: United States women's national soccer team
Wins Losses Draws
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Results and fixtures
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Friendlies
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April 6 United States  4–0  Russia Frisco, Texas
20:30 ET Dunn 10', 41'
Long 18', 70'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 15,191
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
April 9 United States  5–1  Russia Houston, Texas
14:00 ET Lloyd 20' (pen.)
Lavelle 37'
Dunn 38', 48'
Kovalenko 45+2' (o.g.)		 Report Karpova 42' (pen.) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 11,347
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
June 8 Sweden