United States women's national flag football team

United States
AssociationUSA Football
ContinentAmericas
Colors  Red   White   Blue
IFAF World Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2008)
Best result Gold (2018, 2021, 2024)
IFAF Americas Continental Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2023)
Best result Gold (2023)
Medal record
World Championship
2018 Panama City Team
2021 Jerusalem Team
2024 Lahti Team
2010 Ottawa Team
2012 Gothenburg Team
2014 Grosseto Team
World Games
2022 Birmingham Team
2025 Chengdu Team
Americas Continental Championship
2023 Charlotte Team
2025 Panama Team

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]

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

In 2008, the women competed in the IFAF Flag Football World Championship where they finished fourth. They won silver in 2010,[2] 2012,[3] and 2014.[4] They lost to Canada twice[3] and Mexico once. In the 2018 finals they defeated Panama 27–12 to win gold.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[7] 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
2002 Did not participate
2004
2006
2008 Fourth place 4th
2010 Runners-up 2nd
2012 Runners-up 2nd
2014 Runners-up 2nd
2016 Quarterfinal 5th
2018 Champions 1st
2021 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 289 76
2024 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0 335 80
2026 Qualified
Total 3 titles 8/12

World Games

World Games
Year Result Pos Pld W D L PF PA
2022 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 176 137
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
2023[8] Champions 1st
2025 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 215 75
Total 1 title 2/2

Players

Current squad

(player and position as of 2025)[9]

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. ^ "Canada and USA are triumphant at 2010 IFAF Flag Football Worlds". Football Canada. August 19, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Team USA sweeps gold medals at 2018 IFAF Flag Football World Championship". AFI. August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "Congratulations to the 2023 IFAF Americas Continentals champions". USA Football. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "The World Games flag football medallists honored at NFL kickoff in Los Angeles". International World Games Association. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "USA WOMEN CROWNED IFAF AMERICAS FLAG CHAMPIONS". International Federation of American Football. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "2025 Team Roster". USA Flag. Retrieved October 28, 2025.