Soccer at the 1998 Goodwill Games explained

Tourney Name:	Football at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Country:	United States
City:	Uniondale, New York
Dates:	July 25–27
Num Teams:	4
Confederations:	3
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	4
Goals:	11
Prevseason:	1994

The women's soccer tournament at the 1998 Goodwill Games was held from July 25 to 27, 1998.^[1] It was the first time women's football was played at the Goodwill Games, and the second time the sport was played overall. No men's tournament was held in 1998.^[2] It was also the last football tournament at the Goodwill Games, as the sport was dropped in 2001.^[3] All matches were played at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, United States.^[4]

The United States won the tournament, winning 2–0 against China PR in the gold medal match.^[5]

Schedule

Legend

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Sat 25	Sun 26	Mon 27
½		B	F

Teams

Team	Confederation
	AFC
	UEFA
	UEFA
(host)	CONCACAF

Venue

	Uniondale
	Mitchel Athletic Complex
	Capacity: 10,102

Squads

See main article: Football at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Women's team squads.

The four national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of players, including two goalkeepers.

Matches

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4)

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

Statistics

Tournament ranking

Medal summary

Medalists

Football

^[6] Michelle Akers Brandi Chastain Tracy Ducar Lorrie Fair Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy Mia Hamm Debbie Keller Kristine Lilly Shannon MacMillan Tiffeny Milbrett Carla Overbeck Cindy Parlow Christie Pearce Tiffany Roberts Briana Scurry Kate Sobrero Tisha Venturini

^[7] Bai Jie Fan Yunjie Gao Hong He Xingxue Jin Yan Liu Ailing Liu Ying Man Yanling Mo Chenyue Qiu Haiyan Sun Wen Wang Jingxia Wang Liping Xie Caixia Xie Huilin Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Zhao Yan Zhu Jing

^[8] Elisabeth Fagereng Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Solveig Gulbrandsen Margunn Haugenes Ingeborg Hovland Silje Jørgensen Monica Knudsen Gøril Kringen Unni Lehn Linda Medalen Bente Nordby Marianne Pettersen Hege Riise Brit Sandaune Kjersti Thun Anne Tønnessen Henriette Viker

External links

• • Results at RSSSF
• 1998 Goodwill Games Soccer at Sports Illustrated

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's Soccer Results . . August 14, 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525015249/http://www.goodwillgames.com/98site/pastGame/eSoccer.htm . May 25, 2012.
2. News: . Just like UNC, U.S. a winner . . Sports . 7C . July 25, 1998 . August 14, 2022.
3. News: Organizers pleased despite losses . . August 3, 1998 . August 14, 2022.
4. Web site: Soccer . . 1998 . August 14, 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816231116/http://www.goodwillgames.com/sports/soccer.html . August 16, 2012.
5. News: U.S. women win soccer gold medal . . July 28, 1998 . August 15, 2022.
6. Web site: U.S. Women: DiCicco names roster for Goodwill Games . . July 13, 1998 . August 14, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814222326/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/19108/us-women-dicicco-names-roster-for-goodwill-game.html . August 14, 2022.
7. Web site: 历届中国国家女子足球队名单 . List of previous Chinese women's national football teams . . July 9, 1999 . August 14, 2022 . zh . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120412215313/https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/9907/070907.shtml . April 12, 2012.
8. Web site: Kina – Norge – 25.07.1998 12.00 . China v Norway – 25 July 1998, 12:00 . . August 14, 2022 . no . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814222301/https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/kamp/?fiksId=1699122 . August 14, 2022.