The United States girls’s nationwide crew ended the 12 months as No. 1 within the FIFA rankings.
Emma Hayes’ crew received gold on the Paris Olympics to mark its turnaround in type after its reign as world champion ended final 12 months and Spain established itself because the dominant power in girls’s soccer.
The U.S.’s triumph in France — beating Brazil 1-0 within the closing — noticed it climb 4 locations to prime the FIFA rankings in August. And it maintained prime spot within the closing rankings of the 12 months, which have been launched Friday.
World champion Spain was prime in the beginning of the 12 months, however dropped to 3rd after dropping the bronze medal match on the Olympics. It’s as much as second within the newest rankings.
European champion England is all the way down to fourth from second. Olympic bronze medal winner Germany is third.
The U.S. has dominated girls’s soccer, successful 4 World Cups and 5 Olympic golds, however was eradicated within the spherical of 16 from final 12 months’s World Cup when knocked out by Sweden.
Hayes, who received 15 main trophies with Chelsea, together with seven Girls’s Tremendous League titles, took over as U.S. coach in Could and shortly delivered a event triumph on the Paris Video games.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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