1996 Women's U.S. Cup

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Women's U.S. Cup

| year = 1996

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| country = United States

| dates = May 11–18, 1996

| num_teams = 4

| confederations = 2

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| prevseason = 1995

| nextseason = 1997

}}The second Women's U.S. Cup tournament held in 1996, were joined by four teams: Canada, China, Japan and USA.{{Cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-uscup96.html|

title=2nd US Cup 1996 (Women's Tournament)|

publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Matches

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 11

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}

| team2 = {{fbw|JPN}}

| score = 3–0

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| goals1 = unknown

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| location = Salem, New Hampshire

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 12

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}

| team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}

| score = 6–0

| report =

| goals1 = Foudy {{goal|5}}
Milbrett {{goal|18}}
MacMillan {{goal|55}}
Gabarra {{goal|63}}
Parlow {{goal|77}}
Roberts {{goal|78}}

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| location = Worcester, Massachusetts

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 15

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}

| team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}

| score = 5–0

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| goals1 = unknown

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| stadium = Veterans Stadium

| location = New Britain, Connecticut

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 16

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}

| team2 = {{fbw|JPN}}

| score = 4–0

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| goals1 = Venturini {{goal|43}}
Lilly {{goal|50||53}}
Gabarra {{goal|89}}

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| location = Horsham, Pennsylvania

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 18

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}

| team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}

| score = 0–0

|penaltyscore=4–3

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| location = Washington, D.C.

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| round = Round-robin

| date = May 18

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| team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}

| team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

| score = 1–0

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| goals1 = Akers {{goal|63}}

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Final placing

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!rowspan=2|Rank

!rowspan=2|Team

!colspan=4|Matches

!colspan=2|Goals

!rowspan=2|Points

Played

!Win

!Draw

!Loss

!Scored

!Against

|1

|{{fbw|USA}}

|3

|3

|0

|0

|11

|0

|9

|2

|{{fbw|CHN}}

|3

|2

|0

|1

|8

|1

|6

|3

|{{fbw|JPN}}

|3

|1

|0

|2

|0

|7

|3

|4

|{{fbw|CAN}}

|3

|0

|0

|3

|0

|11

|0

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