Q 01/05

The USWNT's 'Oosa!' chant copies fans who greeted its first-ever team in 1985 in which country?

A) Spain

B) Italy

C) Mexico

D) Argentina

Answer · why

B) Italy

Italy. Fans in Jesolo chanted their pronunciation of USA at a side that had sat up sewing its men's hand-me-down kit the night before flying out, and ...

Q 02/05

Which North Carolina coach led the U.S. women to the first World Cup title in 1991?

A) Tony DiCicco

B) Anson Dorrance

C) Mike Ryan

D) Tom Sermanni

Answer · why

B) Anson Dorrance

Anson Dorrance. After five teenagers held their own against his seniors in 1987, he dropped several experienced players for them, and all five started...

Q 03/05

What was unusual about matches at the first Women's World Cup in 1991?

A) They used a smaller ball

B) They lasted 80 minutes

C) They had no offside rule

D) They were played indoors

Answer · why

B) They lasted 80 minutes

They lasted 80 minutes. FIFA doubted the whole event: it also came close to using a smaller ball, and would not put its World Cup name on the tourname...

Q 04/05

Who scored both U.S. goals in the 1991 World Cup final?

A) Carin Jennings

B) April Heinrichs

C) Mia Hamm

D) Michelle Akers

Answer · why

D) Michelle Akers

Michelle Akers. She scored ten goals in the tournament, five of them in a single quarterfinal, and settled the final herself with a late second goal.

Q 05/05

Which 1972 U.S. law, by opening college sport to women, is credited with building the national team's talent pool?

A) Title VI

B) Title VII

C) Title IX

D) The Equal Pay Act

Answer · why

C) Title IX

Title IX. It barred sex discrimination in education that receives federal money, and women's soccer programmes sprang up on campuses across the countr...