1999 Women's U.S. Cup

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1999 Women's U.S. Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesOctober 3–10, 1999
Teams4 (from 4 confederations)
1998
2000

The third Women's U.S. Cup tournament held in 1999, were joined by four teams: Brazil, Finland, South Korea and USA. [1] [2]

Contents

Matches

October 3 Round-robin Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1 [3] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Columbus, Ohio
1:00pm ETMaicon Soccerball shade.svg42'
Roseli Soccerball shade.svg45', 78'
Heikari Soccerball shade.svg68'Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 23,101
October 3 Round-robin United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–0 [3] Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Columbus, Ohio
3:30pm ET Parlow Soccerball shade.svg10'
Hamm Soccerball shade.svg36'
Milbrett Soccerball shade.svg40'
Fotopoulos Soccerball shade.svg82', 90+'
Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 23,101
October 7 Round-robin Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg4–0 [4] Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kansas City, Missouri
5:00pm CT Roseli Soccerball shade.svg39', 53'
Raquel Soccerball shade.svg54', 74'
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 36,405
October 7 Round-robin United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–0 [4] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kansas City, Missouri
7:30pm CT Milbrett Soccerball shade.svg9'
Fawcett Soccerball shade.svg13'
Whalen Soccerball shade.svg36'
Lilly Soccerball shade.svg54', 63'
Uusi-Luomalahti Soccerball shade.svg88' (og)
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 36,405
October 10 Round-robin Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–0 [5] Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Louisville, Kentucky
10:30am ET Kackur Soccerball shade.svg18'
Heikari Soccerball shade.svg58', 84'
Stadium: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 35,211
October 10 Round-robin United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–2 [5] Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Louisville, Kentucky
1:00pm ET Hamm Soccerball shade.svg18', 60'
Lilly Soccerball shade.svg38', 88'
Nildinha Soccerball shade.svg21', 30'Stadium: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 35,211

Final placing

RankTeamMatchesGoalsPoints
[1]
PlayedWinDrawLossScoredAgainst
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33001529
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3201956
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3102493
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 30030120

Goal scorers

PositionPlayerGoals
Soccerball shade.svg
1
Flag of the United States.svg Kristine Lilly
4
Flag of Brazil.svg Roseli de Belo
2
Flag of the United States.svg Mia Hamm
3
Flag of Finland.svg Susanna Heikari
3
Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Fotopoulos
2
Flag of Brazil.svg Nildinha
Flag of Brazil.svg Raquel
4
Flag of the United States.svg Joy Fawcett
1
Flag of Finland.svg Heidi Kackur
Flag of Brazil.svg Maicon
Flag of the United States.svg Tiffeny Milbrett
Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Parlow
Flag of the United States.svg Sara Whalen
Flag of the United States.svg Christie Welsh
Flag of Finland.svg Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti for Flag of the United States.svg own goal

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