US Women’s World Cup Team Docuseries Coming to Netflix

Ahead of their first match on the pitch in New Zealand, Netflix has announced a doc series following the US Women’s World Cup Team, coming this Fall.

The multi-episode project will follow the athletes behind the most decorated team in international soccer history, and it will be directed by two-time Emmy Winner and TIME Studios executive producer Rebecca Gitlitz.

The untitled series will include veteran champions like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, as well as 18-year-old rising star Alyssa Thompson and US Women’s World Cup Team first-timers Sofia Huerta, Lynn Williams, and Kristie Mewi.

Additional names will be announced at a later date. Though, Netflix can confirm that the series is in production in New Zealand and Australia to follow the team as they compete for the 2023 World Cup.

The US Women’s World Cup Team’s first match in the first group stage is against Vietnam on Friday, July 21, with kick-off at 9 pm EST.

Their second match, which is against the Netherlands, kicks off at the same time on Wednesday, July 26. Meanwhile, their third group stage match against Portugal on Tuesday, August 1, kicks off at 3 am EST. 

The US Women’s World Cup Team has won four Women’s World Cup titles — 1991, 1995, 2015, and 2019. They are the two-time defending World Cup Champions, and this docuseries could capture the team scoring yet another title.

The US Women’s World Cup Team docuseries synopsis is as follows:

The all-access sports series will allow audiences to intimately follow the US Women’s National Team’s players and coaches and reveal an inside look at the most decorated team in soccer history. Viewers will get a first-hand look at the pressure, the euphoria, the joy, and the hardships that these world-class athletes experience as they strive to capture their third World Cup title in a row. Issues ranging from racial diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay, family, and motherhood are all brought to light as the narrative unfolds.

Notably, this docuseries will follow Megan Rapinoe’s final FIFA World Cup — her last major tournament for the US. The decorated and trail-blazing athlete “will retire from professional soccer following the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season,” per US Soccer.

After her fourth Women’s World Cup, Rapinoe will finish the 2023 NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) season and her historic career with her long-time club OL Reign, a professional women’s soccer team based in Seattle, Washington.

“I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people,” Rapinoe said.

“I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it. To be able to play one last World Cup and one last NWSL season and go out on my own terms is incredibly special.”

“I want to thank my family for being by my side all these years. Thanks to all my teammates and coaches all the way back to my first days in Redding, on to college at the University of Portland and of course thanks to U.S. Soccer, the Seattle Reign and especially Sue, for everything. I will forever cherish the friendships and support over the years in this game, and I am beyond excited for one last ride with the National Team and the Reign.”

Rapinoe took to Twitter to write, “It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game. I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl’s face, she knew all along.”

Connor Schell, Mike Beck, Alexa Conway, Libby Geist, Rebecca Gitlitz, Ian Orefice, Jamie Patricof, and Jessica Sherif executive produce the US Women’s World Cup Team docuseries. Marie Margolius and Nick Eisenberg are producers.

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The US Women’s World Cup Team docuseries is coming to Netflix this Fall.

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