By The Numbers: USWNT at Paris 2024

On August 10, the U.S. Women’s National Team capped off its remarkable run at the 2024 Summer Olympics in victorious fashion, defeating Brazil 1-0 in the final to claim the program’s fifth Olympic gold medal. The U.S. played six matches – all of them wins – in a span of 17 days across four different cities in France, culminating in the final victory at Parc des Princes in Paris. Take a look back and the memorable milestones and notable figures from the USA’s journey to gold at Paris 2024.

AMERICANS ATOP THE PODIUM

• The USA claimed its fifth Olympic gold medal, four more than any other nation in Olympic Women’s Soccer history. The USA is now 5W-1L-0D all-time in Olympic gold medal matches, with the lone loss coming to Norway on a “golden goal” in overtime in 2000.
• The USWNT has now won seven total Olympic medals, five golds (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2024), one silver (2000) and one bronze (2020). Germany has won the next-most Olympic medals with five (one gold, four bronze).
• The USWNT has now won nine world championships: five Olympics and four FIFA Women’s World Cups (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019). The rest of the world combined has won eight major championships (three Olympics, five World Cups).
• For the second time in its Olympic history and first since 2012, the U.S. went a perfect 6W-0L-0D during an Olympic tournament, winning every match enroute to gold. It marked the fourth world championship where the USWNT has won every match, also doing so at the 1991 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cups .
• The USWNT never trailed at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The only other time the USWNT went an entire Olympics without trailing was during its run to the 2004 gold medal in Greece. The USWNT has now won five world championships without trailing, also doing so at the 1991, 2015 and 2019 World Cups.
• The gold medal match against Brazil marked the 751st all-time match for the USWNT and continued the program’s streak of winning a major tournament in every 100-game stretch.
  • Match #65 – 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final
  • Match #145- 1996 Olympic Gold Medal Match
  • Match #212 – 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final
  • Match #334 – 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Match
  • Match #427 – 2008 Olympic Gold Medal Match
  • Match #503 – 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Match
  • Match #570 – 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final
  • Match #657 – 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final
  • Match #751 – 2024 Olympic Gold Medal Match

IT TAKES A TEAM

• Comprised of 22 players – 18 on the final roster plus four alternates – the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team featured players from 11 different clubs – eight in the NWSL and three in Europe. NJ/NY Gotham FC led the way with six players, followed by the Washington Spirit with four. The Chicago Red Stars, Portland Thorns FC and San Diego Wave FC had two players each while the North Carolina Courage, Orlando Pride, Houston Dash, Olympique Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal had one representative apiece on the 22-player roster.
• Seventeen different players saw the field for the U.S. at the Paris Olympics, eight of whom made their Olympic debuts. The Olympic debutants were Korbin Albert, Croix Bethune, Sam Coffey, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Jenna Nighswonger, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith.
• The USA’s Olympic roster was its youngest since 2008 and the starting lineup for the final against Brazil averaged 26.7 years of age, making it the second-youngest lineup to ever start for the USWNT in a gold medal match, trailing only the XI that started the 1996 Olympic final (25.8 years old). It was the third-youngest starting lineup for the USWNT in a world championship final, after the 1996 Olympics (25.8 average age) and the 1991 Women’s World Cup (23.8).

TRIPLE ESPRESSO ENERGIZES NATION

• The self-proclaimed “Triple Espresso” frontline of Trinity Rodman, Sopha Smith and Mallory Swanson was dominant throughout the tournament, scoring 10 of the USA’s 12 goals at the Paris Olympics. Their combined 10 goals outscored every other nation in the tournament.
• Swanson led the team with four goals and also added two assists, followed by Smith with three goals and two assists and Rodman with three goals and one assist. The only other time the U.S. had three or more players score three or more goals each at the same Olympics was London 2012 (Abby Wambach – 5 goals, Carli Lloyd – 4 goals, Alex Morgan – 3 goals, Megan Rapinoe – 3 goals).
• Swanson’s four goals tied for second among all players at the 2024 Olympics, trailing only France’s Marie-Antoinette Katoto with five goals, and tied for the second-most by a USWNT player at a single Olympics. Only Abby Wambach had more, scoring five at London 2012.
• Swanson’s goal in the gold medal match, which came just 490 days after a rupturing her patella tendon. The goal made her the sixth player all-time to score for the USWNT in an Olympic final, joining Tiffeny Milbrett (3 goals), Carli Lloyd (3), Abby Wambach, Shannon MacMillan and Lindsay Tarpley.
• Smith led the tournament in both shots (27) and shots on target (11), while Rodman led all players with 39 ball recoveries and ranking third in shots (19) and tied for fourth in shots on target (8).

DOMINANT DEFENSE

• The U.S. allowed just two goals all tournament, tied for the fewest by any team in the field, while also recording a tournament-high four clean sheets. The USA ended the tournament with three consecutive clean sheets, becoming the first team in Olympic history to not concede a goal in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final.
• With her shutout in the gold medal game, Alyssa Naeher became the first goalkeeper in women’s soccer history to keep a clean sheet in both a World Cup Final and an Olympic gold medal game, having also shut out Netherlands in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final in Lyon, France. Hope Solo was the only other goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in an Olympic gold medal match, doing so in 2008 also against Brazil.
• The gold medal match also marked Naeher’s fourth shutout of Paris 2024, passing Hope Solo for the most shutouts by any USWNT goalkeeper at a single Olympics.
• Naeher finished the tournament with 22 saves, 12 of which came in the knockout rounds including a seven in the semifinal against Germany, her most saves ever in a world championship match.
• ·Center back Naomi Girma led all field players at the Paris Olympics with 600 total minutes of action, never once stepping off the field. Girma also played every minute for the USA at the 2023 Women’s World Cup and has helped the U.S. to seven shutouts in her 10 career matches at the World Cup and Olympics.
• ·Grima also led all players at Paris 2024 with 29 clearances and completed 95% of her total pass attempts, the highest completion percentage of any player in the tournament (min. 10 pass attempts).

HISTORY FOR HAYES

• Just 84 days after leading Chelsea FC to a fifth consecutive FA Women’s Super League title in her final match with the club, Emma Hayes coached the USWNT to victory in the Olympic gold medal match.
• The victory came in just Hayes’ 10th match at the helm of the USWNT, the fewest matches before winning a World Cup or Olympics by any head coach in women’s soccer history.
• Hayes joined Anson Dorrance as the only head coaches in USWNT history to win every match in their first major tournament, with Dorrance winning all six games at the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She also becomes the fourth head coach in USWNT history to win their first major competition, joining Dorrance (1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup), Pia Sundhage (2008 Olympics) and Jill Ellis (2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup).