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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest. The 1999 edition was the first to field sixteen teams, an increase from the twelve in 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1995, and featured an all-female roster of referee (association football), referees and Assistant referee (association football), match officials. It was played primarily in large American football venues due to expected demand following the successful Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996 Olympics women's tournament. The average attendance was 37,319 spectators per mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissi (footballer)
Sisleide do Amor Lima (born 2 June 1967), commonly known as Sissi, is a former Brazilian footballer and current coach who played as an attacking midfielder. She last played for FC Gold Pride of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the Brazil women's national football team. Early life Born in Esplanada, Brazil, Sissi began playing football at the age of six with her older brother Paulo and her father. At the age of 14, she left her home in Esplanada to play professionally in Salvador, Brazil. She played for the first time with the Brazilian national team at age 16. In 1999 she transferred from São Paulo FC to Palmeiras for a US$5,000 fee. Club career San Jose CyberRays (2001-2003) Sissi played for the San Jose CyberRays in the first women's professional soccer league in the United States, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) all three years that the league was in existence. The team won the Founders Cup Championship in their first year togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
