French newspaper L’Équipe has released their list of 2019 Ballon d’Or nominees. There are 20 female nominees, mostly spanning the US and European countries. Of the 20, four Americans were nominated:
Alex Morgan
Megan Rapinoe
Rose Lavelle
Tobin Heath
Kosovare Asllani (SWE / CD Tacon)
Sarah Bouhaddi (FRA / Lyon)
Lucy Bronze (ENG / Lyon)
Nilla Fischer (SWE / Linköpings)
Pernille Harder (DEN / VfL Wolfsburg)
Ada Hegerberg (NOR / Lyon)
Tobin Heath (USA / Portland) Thorns)
Amandine Henry (FRA / Lyon)
Sofia Jakobsson (SWE / CD Tacon)
Sam Kerr (AUS / Chicago Red Stars)
Rose Lavelle (USA / Washington Spirit)
Dzsenifer Marozsan (GER / Lyon)
Marta (BRA / Orlando Pride)
Lieke Martens (NED / FC Barcelona)
Viviane Miedema (NED / Arsenal)
Alex Morgan (USA / Orlando Pride)
Megan Rapinoe (USA / Reign FC)
Wendie Renard (FRA / Lyon)
Sari van Veenendal (NED / Atletico Madrid)
Ellen White (ENG / Manchester City)
The Ballon d’Or was merged with FIFA for several years, until they split again in 2016.