66 - Mallory Swanson's goals 66 seconds apart are the fastest two goals by a single player in a major tournament in
#USWNT
history (previous fastest: 2:19 by Carli Lloyd in the 2015 World Cup Final). Blink.
96.3 - Naomi Girma completed 96.3 percent of her passes against Zambia (79/82), the highest percentage by any player in an Women's Olympics match since at least 2012 (min. 75 pass attempts). Pinpoint.
4 - Trinity Rodman is the first
#USWNT
player to contribute to a goal in each of her first four matches of a major tournament (Olympics or World Cup) since Alex Morgan (all 6) and Abby Wambach (first 5) in the 2012 Olympics. Breakout.
1 - With Miles Robinson a healthy scratch, the
@USMNT
will play a competitive match without using a single MLS player for the first time since the league began in 1996. Global.
1 - 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson's assist to 19-year-old Jaedyn Shaw marks the first time two teenagers have combined for a goal for the
@USWNT
since at least 2001. Generational.
3 - Christian Pulisic is the first American to score a goal in three of the five major European leagues (Bundesliga, Premier League, Serie A). Journey.
2.8% - The
@USWNT
has lost only 2.8% of the 106 matches Julie Ertz has started in her career (W87 D16 L3), the lowest losing percentage of any player with 100+ starts in team history. Unbeatable.
175 & 88 - No
#USWNT
player has been involved in more goals than Alex Morgan (175 - 123 goals, 52 assists) since she made her debut with the team in March 2010 while her 88 goal contributions in regular season
#NWSL
play (60 goals, 28 assists) ranks third all-time. Legend.
22-75 - At 22 years, 75 days old, Trinity Rodman is the youngest player to score an extra-time goal for the
#USWNT
since Heather O'Reilly (19-234) in the 2004 Olympics Semifinal vs. Germany. Moment.
5 - Alyssa Naeher has kept clean sheets in five competitive finals (all five she's appeared in), more than any other goalkeeper in
@USWNT
history. Unbeatable.
2000 - Mexico is the first Concacaf team to defeat the
#USWNT
on American soil since Canada on November 11, 2000. The U.S. was unbeaten in 80 striaght home matches against Concacaf opposition (W78 D2). Millennial.
3 - Mallory Swanson is the second player in
#USWNT
history to score three goals in the group stage of a single Olympics tournament after Abby Wambach in 2012. Soaring.
89 - The
#USWNT
completed over 89 percent of its passes in both matches against Korea Republic this week after doing so in just two of their previous 186 games. Control.
2 - Emma Hayes is the second coach to win each of their first two major-tournament matches as
#USWNT
head coach after Anson Dorrance (won all 6 in the 1991 World Cup). Skyward.
11 - Matt Turner's 11 saves vs. Brazil are the most by a
#USMNT
goalkeeper since Tim Howard made 15 saves vs. Belgium in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Stopper.
30 - Christian Pulisic's third-minute goal on Tuesday was his 30th goal contribution in all competitions for Milan (18 goals, 12 assists).
No player has contributed to more goals for a Serie A team than Pulisic since he joined Milan at the start of last season. Home.
1 - Xherdan Shaqiri of the Chicago Fire is the first player to score in a match in the UEFA European Championship while playing for a club team in either North or South America. Transcontinental.
3 - Three different Americans (
@cpulisic_10
,
@WMckennie
, Giovanni Reyna) scored in one of the 5 major European leagues on the same day for the first time since August 27, 2005 (Brian McBride, Claudio Reyna, Jermaine Jones). Takeover.
5 - Jaedyn Shaw is the only player in
#USWNT
history to score in her first five career starts.
She's only the 13th player to score in 5 straight starts in any point in her career and at 19 years, 138 days old, the youngest ever to do so. Unstoppable.
15/10 - Christian Pulisic is one of three Serie A players (Rafael Leão, Paulo Dybala) to record 15 goals and 10 assists across all competitions this season. Dynamic.
5 - Christian Pulisic has come off the bench to record a goal and an assist five times in his career, two more than any other player in the top 5 European leagues since his debut in 2016 (Pablo Sarabia, Thomas Müller - 3 each). Specialty.
105 - Naomi Girma completed 105 passes in the first half against Japan, the most by any player in a full knockout-round match in a major tournament since Opta began detailed data collection of the World Cup and Olympics in 2011. Directing.
1 - Atiba Hutchinson (born 1983) is the only player on the
@CanadaSoccerEN
World Cup squad that was alive the last time Canada appeared in a World Cup (1986). Generational.
19 - Folarin Balogun has scored 19 goals in Ligue 1 this season. The only player in the 21st century to have done better in his first season in the French top-flight is Zlatan Ibrahimovic (30 in 2012-13). Switch.
3 - Mallory Swanson is the ninth
#USWNT
player to score on her 100th cap and the third to do so in a major tournament (Abby Wambach - 2007 World Cup, Lindsey Horan - 2020 Olympics). Centurion.
3 - Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith are the first
#USWNT
players to record a goal contribution in all three group-stage matches in a single major tournament since Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach in the 2012 Olympics. Sweep.
2009 - Violette AC is the first Caribbean team to eliminate an MLS team in the Concacaf Champions League since W Connection knocked the Red Bulls out in the preliminary round in 2009. Cinderella.
68 - Alphonso Davies' goal after 68 seconds is the fastest goal in a group stage match at the World Cup since Clint Dempsey scored after 29 seconds against Ghana in 2014. Concacaf'd.
3 - Sophia Smith is the second
#USWNT
player to score in at least three straight appearances against Germany (Abby Wambach - 5 straight from 2009-12). Blitzed.
6 - Only Christian Pulisic (18 years, 263 days) and Jozy Altidore (19 years, 146 days) reached six
@USMNT
goals at a younger age than Ricardo Pepi (20 years, 77 days). Tren.
103 - Lynn Williams' first-half goal against Chicago was her 103rd career goal contribution in all
@NWSL
competitions, surpassing Sam Kerr (102) for the most in league history. Uncharted.
7 - Only Kevin De Bruyne (11) has recorded more assists in all competitions in 2024 than Weston McKennie (7 - tied with Théo Hernández) among players in the top 5 European leagues. Vision.
5 - Giovanni Reyna has been involved in five goals (2 goals, 3 assists) in three career finals, two more than any other player in
#USMNT
history. Closer.
2 - With her second hat-trick of the season,
@ThornsFC
's Sophia Smith joins Kristen Hamilton (2019) and Sam Kerr (2017) as the only players with multiple hat-tricks in a single season in
@NWSL
history. Unstoppable.
37 - Sophia Smith scored her 15th
@USWNT
goal in her 37th cap, the 11th-fastest to reach 15 goals in team history and the fastest since Christen Press in 2014 (31 appearances). Leading.
13 -
@cpulisic_10
has been directly involved in 13 Premier League goals this season (9 goals, 4 assists), Clint Dempsey (twice) is the only American that has been involved in more in a single PL campaign. Breakout.
9 - At 17 years, 336 days,
@ChicagoFire
goalkeeper
@GabrielSlonina
has kept his 9th career
@MLS
clean sheet, more than any other player before turning 21 in league history. Prodigy.
46 - Chris Richards' 40th-minute assist for Crystal Palace was the 46th assist by a
#USMNT
player in the top 5 European leagues this season. The only non-European countries with more are Brazil and Argentina. Helpers.
2 - Chris Richards and Folarin Balogun are the first pair of
@USMNT
teammates to score their first career goals in the same knockout match of a major tournament since Rudy Kuntner and Henry Carroll vs. Argentina in the 1928 Olympics. Arrivals.
0.93 - Christian Pulisic averages 0.93 goal contributions per 90 minutes in competitive matches for the
#USMNT
, the highest rate in team history (min. 1500 competitive minutes played). Example.
90'+ - Jordan Morris' 91st minute equalizer is the first stoppage-time result-changing goal for the
@USMNT
since Graham Zusi and Aron Johansson both scored in stoppage time against Panama in October 2013. Saintly.
9 - Lindsey Horan has scored at least one goal for the
@USWNT
every year since 2015, the only player to score in each of the last 9 calendar years. Reliable.
8 - Lily Yohannes (16 years, 358 days old) is the eighth player to make her
#USWNT
debut before turning 17 years old and the first since 2001. Prodigy.
1 -
@TorontoFC
's Federico Bernardeschi is the first player to record a goal and an assist before halftime of his first
@MLS
appearance since Fredy Montero for Seattle in 2009. Arrival.
2 - Sophia Smith is the second
#USWNT
player to appear in a major tournament final on her birthday (Megan Rapinoe - 2015 World Cup).
Mallory Swanson is the second player to earn her 100th
#USWNT
cap in a major tournament final (Heather O'Reilly - 2008 Olympics). Celebrations.
4 -
@ThornsFC
's Sophia Smith (1 goal, 3 assists) is the second player to record 4 goal contributions in an
#NWSL
match against the Reign (Sam Kerr - 2017). Statement.
50 - Trinity Rodman (29 goals, 21 assists) is the 29th player to record 50 goal contributions for
#NWSL
teams in all competitions, and at 22 years, 118 days old, the youngest to reach the milestone. Future.
5 - Lynn Williams has scored 5 goals in all
@NWSL
competitions this season, more than any Gotham FC player managed during the entire 2022 season. Gamechanger.
19 - Haji Wright has scored 19 goals in all competitions this season, the most by a
#USMNT
player in the top two English leagues since Clint Dempsey (21) in 2011-12. Noise.
1.97 - Ricardo Pepi's 1.97 goals per 90 minutes in the Eredivisie is the best rate of any player to appear in 10 or more matches in the top 10 European Leagues this season. Express.
4 - Only Harry Kane (8) has recorded more assists than Giovanni Reyna (4 - tied with 9 other players) in all competitions in the 5 major European leagues this season. Feed.
6 - Sophia Smith is the sixth
#USWNT
player to score a goal in both the World Cup and Olympics before turning 24 years old (T. Milbrett, A. Morgan, H. O'Reilly, M. Swanson, T. Venturini). Experiences.
3 - At 16 years, 358 days, Lily Yohannes is the third-youngest player to score a goal for the
#USWNT
.
8/13/1987 - Kristine Lilly (16y 22d)
4/10/1994 - Tiffany Roberts (16y 340d)
6/4/2024 - Lily Yohannes (16y 358d)
Star.
2 - The
#USMNT
has kept clean sheets in consecutive World Cup matches for the first time since its first two matches in the competition in 1930. Secured.
1991 - Sophia Smith is the third
#USWNT
player to score multiple goals in a competitive match against Germany, joining Carin Gabbara (3) and April Heinrichs, who both did so in the 1991 World Cup semifinal. Thorn.
1 - Antonee Robinson is the first
#USMNT
player to record an assist in three consecutive Premier League appearances and the first to do in the five major European leagues since at least 2006-07. Force.
10 - Morgan Weaver (10) and Sophia Smith (11) are the first pair of
@ThornsFC
teammates to each score 10 goals in all competitions in a single season in the club's
@NWSL
history. Dynamic.
500 - Wayne Rooney’s start tonight will be his 500th career league appearance.
Everton - 98 apps (25 goals + 10 assists)
Manchester United - 393 apps (183 goals + 93 assists)
D.C. United - 9 apps (3 goals + 3 assists)
Gladiator.
#RNBYvDCU
5 -
@KristieMewie
(2 assists today, 3 on Sunday) is the first player to record 5 assists in a two-match span in
@NWSL
history (all competitions). Giver.
5 - Christian Pulisic was involved in 5 goals in all competitions in December (3 goals, 2 assists), more than any other Serie A player in the month. Bene.
27 - Only Lautaro Martinez (30) and Rafael Leão (28) have been involved in more goals in all competitions than Christian Pulisic (27 - 16 goals, 11 assists) among Serie A players since Pulisic made his Milan debut last August. Integral.
2005 - Jaedyn Shaw and Olivia Moultrie are the first pair of players to make their
@USWNT
debut at 18-years-old or younger in the same calendar year since Amy Rodriguez and Stephanie Cox in 2005. Connected.
16-364 - Megan Rapinoe makes her 200th
@USWNT
appearance 16 years, 364 days after her first (July 23, 2006), the longest gap between first and 200th appearance in program history. Journey.
1 - With assists at 17' (for Rodman) and 24' (for Swanson), Lindsey Horan is the first player in
#USWNT
history to record two assists in the opening 30 minutes of a major tournament match. Tone.
12 - Chris Richards is the 12th
@USMNT
player to score a goal in the five major European leagues this season, the most in a single season this century. Dozen.
4 - Sophia Smith has scored in four straight regular season matches after a five-match run last season.
She is the third player in
@NWSL
history to record multiple scoring streaks of 4+ games (S. Kerr 3, K. Little 2). Run.
4 - Christian Pulisic is the first American playing for a team in the top 5 European leagues to score in four straight matches in all competitions since at least 2010. Form.
90'+5 -
@WashSpirit
's Croix Bethune is the first player in
#NWSL
history to score multiple result-changing goals at 90'+5 or later in regular season play. Clutch.