2013 marks the 100th year since the establishment of the US Soccer Program. To celebrate their centennial achievement, US Soccer has crafted special kits with a classic emblem on the chest. They have also produced multiple new videos, blogs, time lines, and statistic charts in regards to the accomplishments of both the men's and women's national teams.
After reading these new articles and even searching through some old archives on their website, I've noticed that our women's national has significantly more honors and Olympic titles than the men's. I found this shocking as our men's team has been around since 1913 and our women's was only established in 1985! The highest honor the men's team has every reached was a Bronze medal in the 1930 world cup while the women have won gold in the '91 and '99 FIFA World Cups and 4 Olympic golds in '96, '04, '08, and just this past summer in the London 2012 Olympics. Even though the USWNT has only been established for only about 30 years now, their big international wins have been extremely exciting to watch. With 100 years of excellence past, we look forward to another 100 years of success for our US national teams.
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