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Tiger Woods' victory at the Masters might not have been the most important sports story of 2019. It was certainly one of the most uplifting.

The American Women's Soccer team again used a shot heard 'round the World Cup to advance to the 2019 FIFA finals.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. soccer team will play their opening qualifier for the 2018 World Cup at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Nov. 13. The Cardinals announced Sunday their stadium will be used for the game. Given a bye in the first three rounds of qualifying along with the other powers of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, the 34th-ranked United States was drawn into Group C on

Carli Lloyd’s hat trick led a deluge of American goals in the first-half, and the United States routed Japan, 5-2, in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday.

MONTREAL (AP) — Carli Lloyd buried a penalty kick, Hope Solo got another shutout and the United States beat top-ranked Germany 2-0 on Tuesday night to advance to the title match at the Women's World Cup. Lloyd's penalty kick in the 69th minute went into the right side of the goal less than 10 minutes after Celia Sasic shot wide on a penalty kick for Germany...

Tuesday night, Team USA enters a Women's World Cup semifinal as underdogs. They are are the No. 2-ranked team in the world and facing the No. 1 team, Germany, which is also the reigning UEFA Euro champions. The last time these two teams met was in 2013, when the United States beat Germany in the Algarve Cup final...

Carli Lloyd scored the only goal of the game early in the second half, and the United States beat China, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Ottawa, Canada on Friday night.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The second-ranked United States faces Colombia in the knockout round of the Women's World Cup tonight. Beside the incentive to stay alive in the tournament, the Americans may have some extra inspiration for the showdown...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Upstart Colombia will be the next opponent for the U.S. national team at the Women's World Cup. The second-ranked U.S. women, who have two World Cup titles, finished atop Group D with a 1-0 victory over Nigeria on Monday night...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Abby Wambach scored late in the first half and the U.S. women's national team went on to beat Nigeria 1-0 on Tuesday night for a first-place finish in its group at the Women's World Cup. It was Wambach's 14th World Cup goal, pulling her even with Birgit Prinz for second on the all-time list behind Brazil's Marta, who has 15...