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Netflix to make movie on 1999 World Cup-winning USWNT team

Netflix has announced that it will make a feature film about the 1999 U.S. women's national team, which won the World Cup on home soil.

The streaming giant has acquired the rights to Jere Longman’s book, "The Girls of Summer: The US Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World."

Liza Chasin (Darkest Hour, Baby Driver, Love Actually) will produce the movie, along with Hayley Stool and Ross Greenburg.

President and CEO of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Marla Messing, Jill Mazursky, and Krista Smith will serve as executive producers.

The 1999 Women's World Cup is seen as a transformative moment in the history of the women's game, with the USWNT packing stadiums all over the country that summer.