USA Freedom
August 6, 2007 - 7:47pm — kjh
USA Freedom
In 2003, the first women's match of Australian Football was played in North America at the USAFL National Championships in Kansas City. Less than 4 years later and 2 years from the first Women's championships, the US Freedom was founded in 2007 as the USAFL Women's National Team.
The US Freedom has represented the USAFL in 8 matches and is yet to to play a match on US soil.
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2007 Ironbark International Challenge Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the first women's international match of Australian Football, the US Freedom played their inaugural matches against Canada.
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2009 Australian Tour The US Freedom embarked on an ambitious tour of Australia to play teams in Sydney, Cairns, Bendigo, and Melbourne
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2010 49th Parallel Cup Toronto, Ontario, Canada - The Freedom returned to Canada to play the Canadian Northern Lights in two matches.
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2011 International Cup Australia - based on the successful tour in 2009 and the 2010 49th Parallel Cup, the AFL has added a women's division to the International Cup. The Freedom will be returning to Australia to compete against teams from Canada, Ireland, Italy, Papua-New Guineau, and New Zealand.
The US Freedom is accepting nominations from players interested in representing their country at the 2011 International Cup in Australia. If you have what it takes, visit the International Cup page and sign up!