U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team

The women’s soccer team slated for Olympic competition in Beijing in August had a shock to overcome when their leading scorer, Abby Wambach, broke her leg during a game against Brazil in mid-July. Her replacement is Lauren Cheney, a junior at UCLA. That gives the 18-member U.S. team three players who are in college. Lindsay Tarpley, pictured, warms up during practice in Beijing in preparation for the Olympic games. The U.S. women’s soccer coach is Pia Sundhage.  

Nicole Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Pa.) – age 26, goal keeper

Shannon Boxx (Redondo Beach, Calif.) – age 31, midfield

Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.) – age 22, defense

Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.) – age 24, defense

Stephanie Cox (Elk Grove, Calif.) – age 28, defense

Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.) – age 26, midfield

Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, Va.) – age 30, midfield

Natasha Kai (Kahuku, Hawaii) – age 25, forward

Carli Lloyd (Delran, N.J.) – age 26, midfield

Kate Markgraf (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) – age 31, defense

Heather Mitts (Cincinnati, Ohio) – age 30, defense

Heather O’Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.) – age 23, midfield

Christie Rampone (Point Pleasant, N.J.) – age 33, defense

Amy Rodriguez (Lake Forest, Calif.) – age 21, forward

Hope Solo (Richland, Wash.) – age 27, goal keeper

Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.) – age 25, midfield

Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif.) – age 28, midfield

Lauren Cheney (Indianapolis) – age 20, forward 

For more information on the U.S. Womens Olympic Soccer Team, visit their website, or the U.S. Soccer website. If you want to see all U.S. Olympic qualifiers in every sport for the Beijing games, start your search on this official U.S. Olympics Page. If you want to know more about football (as it’s called elsewhere in the world) in the Olympics, you can find it on the Beijing Olympic website.