April 14, 2007 – U.S. 5:0 Mexico at Gillette Stadium (Att. 18,184)

Kristine Lilly scored twice, Lauren Cheney, Lindsay Tarpley and Abby Wambach once as the U.S. Women’s National Team and Mexico met in a doubleheader, along with the Revolution vs. Toronto FC match. New England established itself as an early home for the USWNT, the first significant crowds arriving for Sports Museum of New England Challenge Cup games against Norway in 1991 and ’92. In Foxborough, the U.S. women have compiled a 7W-0L-1D record (28-1 goal differential) at both stadia. Until recently, crowds for USWNT games in Foxborough were strong, especially for the 1999 Women’s World Cup at Foxboro Stadium – 50,484 arrived for a doubleheader as the U.S. took a 3-0 win over North Korea (and Italy blanked Mexico, 2-0) June 27, 1999. In ’99, three WWC dates were staged at Foxboro Stadium and in 2003, two WWC dates were held at Gillette Stadium.

In women’s games, Lilly holds the record for career goals with five in Foxborough (3 at Foxboro Stadium, 2 at Gillette), and might have had more but she missed the first penalty kick awarded at Gillette (in a 0-0 Breakers tie with Washington June 1, 2002). Tisha Venturini led U.S. women goal-scorers at Foxboro Stadium with four – three for the U.S. and one for the Bay Area Cyber Rays in the 2001 WUSA championship game (plus a conversion as the Cyber Rays took a penalty kick win over the Atlanta Beat after playing to a 3-3 draw). Some of China’s best women’s players (Sun Wen, Liu Ailing) performed in Foxborough, but the single-game stadium goal record for women was set by Zhang Ouying, who had four goals in a 14-0 win over Guatemala in the 2000 Women’s Gold Cup. Wambach has totaled three goals at Gillette, including an injury time penalty kick in a 4-1 victory over South Korea on June 15, 2013 (Att.: 13,038), the last U.S. women’s game in Foxborough.

Mexico has never won at Foxborough – the men’s team has an 0-2-1 record and the women’s team is 0-3-0. Chris Aduama photo

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