The title for Rebecca Gitlitz’s docuseries “Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team” came about after she happened to glance at a document of transcripts in which “pressure” came up at least 150 times.
The four-episode series, now streaming on Netflix, captures many different angles of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team’s (USWNT) most recent attempt at a World Cup title from this past year. Since the FIFA Women’s tournament’s inception in 1991, the USWNT has won four times, reflected in the four stars on their uniforms above the USA crest. The 2023 World Cup would have marked a three-peat for the USWNT since they won in the previous consecutive two tournaments in 2015 and 2019.
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