100 Forever Stamps 2023 USPS First-Class Women’s Soccer 2023 Stamp 5 Books (20PCS/Book)

This new Forever stamp celebrates women’s soccer in the United States. From youth leagues to the elite world champion U.S. national team, millions 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 rendering lends a timeless quality to the design, evoking not just a single all-star athlete or era but the entire legacy of women’s soccer.

For decades, women’s athletic programs were invisible on college and university campuses, receiving very little funding and no recognition from their male counterparts. In 1972, Congress amended federal education law by adding Title IX, prohibiting discrimination based on sex from any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

By 1985, female soccer players could finally compete on an international level. That year the U.S. women’s national team played its first official matches in Italy. In 1991, the U.S. women’s national soccer team competed in China’s first official FIFA Women’s World Cup and won the championship.

Despite these successes, women’s soccer remained relatively unknown. It didn’t truly enter the international arena and gain a following until the 1996 Summer Olympics, when women’s soccer was included as a sport for the first time. The U.S. beat out China for the gold medal.

Since then, dozens of elite female athletes have donned the U.S. women’s national soccer team jersey and dominated worldwide. In 2019, the U.S. was the only team to win four FIFA 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 current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.