in light of recent events i wanted to put some black girl magic on the tl
(thread of black women on the uswnt)
#BlackLivesMatter

kim crabbe: became the first black woman to be called into the uswnt in 1986

sandi gordon: became the first black woman to earn a cap for the uswnt in 1987

staci wilson: 1996 olympic gold medalist; at unc she was named 1994 national freshman player of the year, and in 2001 unc retired her number, 27

thori staples bryan: in her freshman year at ncsu she started all 22 games and was named acc rookie of the year (1992); she earned 64 caps with the uswnt

saskia webber: became the first female athlete inducted into the rutgers athletic hall of fame in 1998 and played on the uswnt as a goalkeeper from 1992 to 1999

danielle slaton: youngest member of the uswnt’s 2000 olympic team; she was named ncaa’s scholar athlete of the year in 2001; she was the first over-all draft pick for the north carolina courage in 2002 and the league’s defender of the year

briana scurry: starting goal keeper from 1995 to 2008 with 173 total caps and 71 shutouts; she became the first female goalkeeper and first black woman to be inducted into the national soccer hall of fame in 2017

angela hucles: earned 109 caps with the uswnt and won 2 olympic gold medals, with the second most goals scored in the 2008 olympic games

shannon boxx: became the first uncapped player named to a wwc roster in 2003; she played every minute of the 2008 olympic games and has won 3 gold medals and 1 world cup; she retired in 2015 with 195 caps

sydney leroux: at 15 syd became the youngest player to ever play for the vancouver whitecaps; she was the # 1 overall pick in the 2012 wps draft and scored 5 goals in her 2nd cap for the uswnt, tied for the current nt record; youngest player on 2012 olympic roster and a wc winner

christen press: recipient of 2010 hermann trophy & holder of the all-time scoring/assists record at stanford; 1st american woman to earn the golden boot in the swedish league; only american woman to score 3 goals in her 1st 2 caps; appeared in every game for the us in 2017 & 2019

crystal dunn: crystal was the recipient of the 2012 hermann trophy and was selected first overall in the 2014 nwsl draft; in 2015, she became the youngest player ever to receive both the nwsl mvp and the nwsl golden boot awards; she earned her 100th cap in february 2020

casey short: started every match for the chicago red stars in the 2016 season and was named to the nwsl team of the month for 6 consecutive months in 2019; she earned her first uswnt cap in 2016 and played all 90 minutes

taylor smith: led ucla to its first ever national title in 2013; she was ranked as the eighth top national college recruit by espn in 2017, the same year she earned her first uswnt cap

lynn williams: in 2011 at pepperdine she was named wcc freshman of the year and was a hermann trophy finalist; she earned her first uswnt cap in 2016 and scored the fastest debut goal in team history (49 seconds); in her 1st five games in 2019, she tallied 5 goals and 5 assists

mallory pugh: named us soccer’s 2015 young female athlete of the year; in 2016 mal became the youngest player to debut for the uswnt since hao, & the youngest player to ever score a goal for the us in an olympic game; she was named a finalist for nwsl rookie of the year in 2017

jessica mcdonald: she was the first nwsl player to reach 33 regular-season goals; in 2014 she scored the fastest goal in nwsl history (33 seconds) and was named mvp of the championship match in 2018

adrianna franch: ad set and still holds the record for shutouts at osu and set the nwsl league record in 2017; she was named nwsl goalkeeper of the year in 2017 and 2018, the only player to win the award twice

imani dorsey: while at duke, imani was named acc offensive player of the year and was a semifinalist for the hermann trophy; she was named rookie of the year in the w-league in 2015 and again in the nwsl in 2018; she received her first uswnt call-up in 2019

midge purce: while at harvard, midge scored 42 goals and was named ivy league player of the year twice in 2015 and 2016; she played in the 2012 u-17 wwc and the 2014 u-20 wwc; she earned her first uswnt cap in 2019