2023 Women’s Soccer Forever First Class Postage Stamps

This Forever@ stamp celebrates women’s soccer in the United States. From youth leagues to the elite world champion U.Snational team, milions of girls and women throughout the country participate in the fast-paced, competitive sport of soccer.
The stamp artwork depicts a female soccer player in action, walloping a ball with a side volley. The somewhat grainy renderinglends a timeless quality to the design, evoking not just a single al-star athlete or era but the entire legacy of women’s soccer.
For decades, women’s athletic programs were all but invisible on college and university campuses, receiving very little of thefunding and none of the recognition of their male counterparts. in 1972, Congress amended federal education law by adding Title
X, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex from any educaional program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.By 1985, female soccer players were finally able to compete on an international level. That year the U.S. women’s national teamplayed its first official matches in ltaly. in 1991, the U.S. women’s national soccer team competed in the first oficial FlFA Women’sWVorld Cup, held in China, and won the championship.
Despite these successes, women’s soccer remained relatively unknown. lt didn’t truly enter the international arena and gain afollowing until the 1996 Summer Olympics when women’s soccer was included as a sport for the first time. The U.S. beat outChina for the gold medal.
Since then, dozens of elte female athletes have donned the U.S. women’s naional soccer team jersey and dominated around theworld. in 2019, the U.S. made history as the only team to win four FlFA Women’s World Cup titles.Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp with an original illustration by Noah MacMillan (1988-2022).The Women’s Soccer stamp is being issued as a Forever@ stamp. This Forever stamp is always equal to the curent First-ClassMail® one-ounce price.
Made in the USA.