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The United States women's national flag football team represents the United States in women's international flag football matches. The sport is governed by USA Football. In 2023, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranked the United States women's team 1st worldwide.[1] In 2025 they ranked 2nd.[2]

The head coach is Saaid Mortazavi with Mary Kate Bula and Matthew Hernandez as assistant coaches.[3]

In 2008, the women competed in the IFAF Flag Football World Championship where they finished fourth. They won silver in 2010,[4] 2012,[5] and 2014.[6] They lost to Canada twice[5] and Mexico once. In the 2018 finals they defeated Panama 27–12 to win gold.[7] The team defeated Mexico in the finals of 2021 championship. At the 2023 IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship both the women's and men's teams defeated Mexico to win gold.[8] In 2024 the women's team won a third gold after beating Mexico in the World Championship. The women's team also gained three silvers in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

During the 2022 World Games, the team again went to the finals with Mexico.[9] This time they won silver with a score of 39–6. Quarterback Vanita Krouch was invited to an NFL game to honor the country's success at the games and to promote flag football.[9] The team repeated the success in 2025 World Games held in Chengdu.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

IFAF World Championship

IFAF Flag Football World Championship
Year Result Pos Pld W D L PF PA
Austria 2002 Did not participate
France 2004
South Korea 2006
Canada 2008 Fourth place 4th
Canada 2010 Runners-up 2nd
Sweden 2012 Runners-up 2nd
Italy 2014 Runners-up 2nd
United States 2016 Quarterfinal 5th
Panama 2018 Champions 1st
Israel 2021 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 289 76
Finland 2024 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0 335 80
Germany 2026 Qualified
Total 3 titles 8/12

World Games

World Games
Year Result Pos Pld W D L PF PA
United States 2022 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 176 137
China 2025 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 226 154
Total 0 title 2/2 12 10 0 2 402 291

IFAF Americas Continental Championship

IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship
Year Result Pos Pld W D L PF PA
United States 2023[10] Champions 1st
Panama 2025 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 215 75
Total 1 title 2/2

Players

Current squad

(player and position as of 2025)[11]

Alternates

  • Ariel Blair; DB/WR
  • Jacci Crowe; WR/DB
  • Valentina Fanetti; QB
  • Alexandra Harris; WR/DB
  • Sarah Massucci; WR/DB
  • Janae Scott; DB/WR

References

  1. ^ "World Rankings". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "World Rankings". IFAF. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  3. ^ "USA Football announcers coaches of 2025 U.S. Men's and Women's flag football national teams". USA Football. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  4. ^ "Canada and USA are triumphant at 2010 IFAF Flag Football Worlds". Football Canada. August 19, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Lester, Rachel (September 13, 2014). "Canada win women's gold, men 4th at flag Worlds in Italy". Football Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "USA Football announces rosters for 2021 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championships". USA Football. December 6, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Team USA sweeps gold medals at 2018 IFAF Flag Football World Championship". AFI. August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "Congratulations to the 2023 IFAF Americas Continentals champions". USA Football. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "The World Games flag football medallists honored at NFL kickoff in Los Angeles". International World Games Association. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "USA WOMEN CROWNED IFAF AMERICAS FLAG CHAMPIONS". International Federation of American Football. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "2025 Team Roster". USA Flag. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
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