Five countries with NWSL players kept their dream of soccer gold alive reaching the 2016 quarterfinals.Only New Zealand FCKC defender Katie Bowen and Western New York Flash defender Abby Erceg failed to make the quarters.
Of the 11 NWSL clubs represented at the 2016 Games, seven of the clubs led by the Houston Dash have at least one goalscorer. Houston Dash forward Janine Beckie leads all scorers with three tallies including the fastest in Olympic history. Together with USWNT co-captain Carli Lloyd they have accounted for five goals, the most of any NWSL representative. Beckie along with Canadian teammate Christine Sinclair with five goals combined have the most NWSL player goals for any international side.