With the Women’s Soccer World Cup kicking off in just days, fans are gearing up to see their favorite players on the sport’s biggest stage.
This year, the World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand, which is the first time that two countries have hosted. It will also be the first time the World Cup has been held across multiple confederations, with Australia within the Asian Confederation and New Zealand within the Oceania Confederation.
One of the most interesting facts about the World Cup is the number of goals scored by players throughout history and in each match.
This year’s World Cup will be the one with the largest audience on the pitches, with more than a million tickets already sold online.
Here, a review of the history of the scorers:
No one has scored as many goals as Brazilian Marta, who scored 17 goals in 20 appearances across five cups.
American forward Abby Wambach and German Birgit Prinz hold second place with 14 World Cup goals.
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And United States legend Michelle Akers had 12 goals in 13 World Cup games, scoring eight goals in the first four games.
Michelle Akers holds the World Cup goalscoring record with 10, achieving it in the inaugural tournament, including twice in the final to win the first-ever women’s Golden Boot.
The second place corresponds to the German Heidi Mohr with seven goals in a World Cup, also converted in the inaugural cup in 1991.
The most goals scored by a player in a single match is five, scored by Michelle Akers in Foshan, China, in 1991.
Finally, the team that scored the most goals in a World Cup match is the United States, when they beat Thailand 13-0, breaking the record for the highest goal difference in the 2019 World Cup.
