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2021 The Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Dates	August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)– August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Racing Louisville FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Third place	Paris Saint-Germain
Fourth place	Chicago Red Stars
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marie-Antoinette Katoto (2)
2022 → All statistics correct as of August 10, 2022.

The 2021 The Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of a friendly invitational tournament of women's association football matches. It took place in Lynn Family Stadium of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, from August 18 to 21, 2021.

Hosts Racing Louisville FC won the tournament, defeating Bayern Munich on penalties. Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chicago Red Stars 1–0 in the third-place match.

Teams

Nation	Team
United States	Racing Louisville FC (hosts)
France	Paris Saint-Germain
Germany	Bayern Munich
United States	Chicago Red Stars

Venue

Louisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky2021 The Women's Cup (the United States)
Lynn Family Stadium
Capacity: 11,700

Broadcasting

In 2021, The Women's Cup was streamed exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 18 – Louisville
	Bayern (p)	2 (5)
					August 21 – Louisville
	Paris Saint-Germain	2 (4)
					Racing Louisville FC (p)	2 (7)
	August 18 – Louisville
					Bayern	2 (6)
	Racing Louisville FC (p)	1 (5)
	Chicago Red Stars	1 (4)
					Third place play-off
					August 21 – Louisville
					Chicago Red Stars	0
					Paris Saint-Germain	1

Matches

The initial match of the tournament, a semi-final match featuring the Chicago Red Stars and Racing Louisville FC, was also teams' scheduled regular season National Women's Soccer League match, and the regulation result was represented in the league standings. That match's result was a draw, so to resolve the result for The Women's Cup, the teams engaged in a post-match penalty shootout that was not counted as part of the NWSL match.

Semi-finals

Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Bayern Munich
Katoto 19' (Baltimore) Hamraoui 57' (Baltimore)	Report Highlights	Dallmann 43' (Kumagai) Schüller 45+1'
Penalties
Bachmann Diani Karchaoui Hurtré Dudek Khelifi	4–5	Vilhjálmsdóttir Simon Magull Beerensteyn Damnjanović Glas

Racing Louisville FC	1–1	Chicago Red Stars
Salmon 10',  57' Riehl  65' Nagasato  90'	Report CHI Report LOU Report Report Report	Watt 57' Bench  82'
Penalties
Nagasato Bonner McCaskill Miramontez Milliet McClure	5–4	Pugh Davidson Woldmoe Stanton Watt Hill

Third place play-off

Chicago Red Stars	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report Report	Katoto 33'

Championship

Racing Louisville FC	2–2	FC Bayern Munich
Baucom 54' McCaskill  74' Nagasato 85'	Report Report	Bühl 49' Bonner 90+5' (o.g.)
Penalties
Nagasato Salmon McCaskill Miramontez Baucom Olofsson Bonner Milliet Riehl Martin Lund	7–6	Lohmann Gwinn Asseyi Dallmann Damnjanović Kumagai Zadrazil Bühl Rall Wenninger Benkarth

See also

• National Women's Soccer League (United States)
• Frauen-Bundesliga (Germany)
• Division 1 (France)

References

1. "The Women's Cup 2021: Racing Louisville FC takes on Bayern Munich". The Courier-Journal. August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
2. Kuehl, Tyler (August 21, 2021). "How to Watch The Women's Cup Final - Racing Louisville vs. Bayern Munich (8/21/21) | Channel, Stream, Time". MLive.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
3. "Racing Louisville vs. Bayern Munich: Racing Louisville wins on penalties!". Bavarian Football Works. August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
4. "Paris beat Chicago and get third place" (Press release). Paris Saint-Germain. August 21, 2021. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
5. Fingas, Jon (June 8, 2021). "Paramount+ adds The Women's Cup to its growing soccer lineup". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
6. Morgan, Bekki (August 17, 2021). "Previewing the Women's Cup Tournament – 18–21 August, Louisville, KY". Beautiful Game Network. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
7. Kriger, Rachael (August 18, 2021). "NWSL (and The Women's Cup) Results: Chicago-Louisville split league points; Bayern tops PSG on PKs". The Equalizer. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.

External links

• Official website

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Summer Series	Western Canada (26 June–8 August)
Visit Tucson Sun Cup	Tucson (3–10 April)
Women's International Champions Cup	Portland (18–21 August)
The Women's Cup	Louisville (18–21 August)

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