brazil has won the world cup five times.
brazil has won the world cup five times.
how times have brazil won the world cup?
five
perhaps the second most influential victory came on july 10, 2011, in the quarterfinal of the 2011 women's world cup in germany, where the u.s. defeated brazil 5–3 on penalty kicks. brazil had annihilated the usa in the previous world cup (2007), handing the usa their worst defeat in the history of the program: 4–0 in the semifinal. coming into the match, the usa had never failed to advance to the semifinal round in (women's) world cup history. brazil also featured reigning five time fifa women's world player of the year, marta. brazil had been finalists in the past three major international tournaments (2004 and 2008 olympics; 2007 world cup), but had yet to win a championship. thanks to a blistering cross by shannon boxx and a charging run by abby wambach, the usa forced an own goal in the opening minutes of the match and went up 1–0. midway through the second half, marta made a run at the usa's goal and usa defender rachel buehler challenged. the referee, jacqui melksham, ruled it a foul, gave brazil a penalty kick, and red carded buehler, sending her off in the 65th minute. hope solo saved the initial penalty kick made by cristiane, but this was controversially overruled by the referee, and the penalty kick was ordered to be retaken. marta converted, tying the game 1–1. melksham initially claimed the reason for the red was that hope solo had stepped off the line. solo was yellow-carded for either this offense or for protesting (the reason for the card was never confirmed). video replay proved solo had not come off the line, and after the match, the official record claimed that the true offense was a us player encroaching into the box before the initial pk was taken. in the first overtime, marta scored, again controversially as the player who assisted her looked to be offsides, but this was not called. the us had less than 20 minutes to equalize, all while playing down a player since the 65th minute. in the 117th minute, the brazilian erika received a yellow card for gamesmanship, when she faked injury for several minutes, was placed on a stretcher and carried to the corner flag before she leapt off the stretcher and ran back onto the pitch. this confused everyone as to how much injury time was left. in the 121st minute, carli lloyd took a shot and missed, giving possession back to brazil. cristiane took the ball to the usa's corner and stood on it, wanting to waste the clock. usa captain christie rampone pressured her to pass and the ball was intercepted by ali krieger. krieger passed to lloyd who dribbled upfield and drew several brazilian players, leaving megan rapinoe open on the wing. lloyd passed to rapinoe who hugged the sideline. just past the midstripe, rapinoe hammered a left-footed (she's dominantly right-footed) 45 yard cross to the brazilian back post where abby wambach was crashing. it was the 122nd minute, and abby scored on her signature header. the goal was called the "header heard round the world" and it tied the game 2–2. it has been voted the greatest goal in us soccer history and the greatest goal in women's world cup history. commentator ian darke shouted, "oh do you believe this?! abby wambach has just saved the usa's life in this world cup!" and later, "brazil is denied at the death!" all of the usa's penalty kick takers – shannon box, carli lloyd, abby wambach, megan rapinoe, and ali krieger – converted their pks. hope solo saved daiane's attempt at a pk, allowing the us to win 5–3 in pks. solo was named mvp of the match. coincidentally, the usa-brazil match (nicknamed the "miracle in dresden") was played on the 12th anniversary of the memorable 1999 world cup final (described above), which the us also won on penalty kicks. brianna scurry and hope solo each made a save on the third pk taker, and the usa players who scored the winning penalty kicks (brandi chastain and ali krieger, respectfully) were both defenders who didn't normally take pks.
history of the united states women's national soccer team
brazil's qualifying for the event marked the first time in history in which a returning champion (the country had won the 2002 world cup) had to play for a berth in the next world cup — that had a direct effect in the organization of the 2006 world cup: since the 1990 world cup, the competition has had an opening match, which is played immediately after the opening ceremonies; until the last world cup, this match was a privilege of the winner of the previous world cup, who would play its first match as the first match of the given world cup, against an opponent from its group, as decided by the official draw (in the 1990 world cup, argentina, winner of the 1986 fifa world cup, played cameroon in the opening match; in 1994, germany, winner of the 1990 world cup, played bolivia; in 1998, brazil played scotland and in 2002 france played senegal). as of the 2006 world cup, because of the change in the rules, with the last champion no longer having a secured berth in the competition, the opening match has become another privilege of the host nation (in the 2006 world cup, germany, as the host nation, played costa rica in the opening match). despite being the returning champion, the brazilian team debuted, against croatia, only four days after the opening ceremonies and the opening match.
brazil at the 2006 fifa world cup