the last time the usa women's national soccer team missed the women's world cup was never.
the last time the usa women's national soccer team missed the women's world cup was never.
when was the last time the usa women's national soccer team missed the women's world cup?
never
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.
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