2021 The Women's Cup

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2021 The Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
City Louisville, Kentucky
DatesAugust 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)–
August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Racing Louisville FC (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
Third place Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
Fourth place Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marie-Antoinette Katoto (2)
2022 →
All statistics correct as of August 10, 2022.

The 2021 The Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of a friendly invitational tournament of women's association football matches. It took place in Lynn Family Stadium of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, from August 18 to 21, 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Hosts Racing Louisville FC won the tournament, defeating Bayern Munich on penalties. [3] Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chicago Red Stars 1–0 in the third-place match. [4]

Teams

NationTeam
Flag of the United States.svg United States Racing Louisville FC (hosts)
Flag of France.svg France Paris Saint-Germain
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Bayern Munich
Flag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Red Stars

Venue

Louisville, Kentucky
2021 The Women's Cup (the United States)
Lynn Family Stadium
Capacity: 11,700
Lynn Family Stadium - March 2021.jpg

Broadcasting

In 2021, The Women's Cup was streamed exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States. [5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 18 – Louisville
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern (p)2 (5)
 
August 21 – Louisville
 
 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 2 (4)
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Racing Louisville FC (p)2 (7)
 
August 18 – Louisville
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern 2 (6)
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Racing Louisville FC (p)1 (5)
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars 1 (4)
 
Third place play-off
 
 
August 21 – Louisville
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars 0
 
 
 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 1

Matches

The initial match of the tournament, a semi-final match featuring the Chicago Red Stars and Racing Louisville FC, was also teams' scheduled regular season National Women's Soccer League match, and the regulation result was represented in the league standings. [6] That match's result was a draw, so to resolve the result for The Women's Cup, the teams engaged in a post-match penalty shootout that was not counted as part of the NWSL match. [7]

Semi-finals

Semi-final
Paris Saint-Germain Flag of France.svg 1–1 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
Report
Highlights
Penalties
5–4
Lynn Family Stadium , Louisville, Kentucky
Referee: Danielle Chesky

Third place play-off

Third place play-off
Chicago Red Stars Flag of the United States.svg 0–1 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Report
Lynn Family Stadium , Louisville, Kentucky

Championship

See also

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