In 1995, several sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department joined together and formed the Department's first women's soccer team. This was done with the goal of promoting camraderie, physical fitness, pride and teamwork among our officers within the forum of soccer competition. The team has since grown to include approximately 25 women who are assigned to various full time sworn duties throughout the Department.

Over the past six years our team has represented the Department and the City at numerous local and international competitions and charity events. We have done so with a great deal of pride, dignity, and professionalism. We have successfully competed at the California Police Summer Games (as gold medalists). In the past we have also competed in tournaments in Canada, Philadelphia, Bermuda, and St. Louis. We won the Silver Medal in the 2002 California Police & Fire Summer Games, and we hosted the North American Police Soccer Championships in September of 2002, where we tied for 4th place.

Representing the City of Los Angeles and our Department is costly every year. As members of the LAPD Women's Soccer Team, our players compete on their own time, and utilize their own money in order to finance participation in these events. The City of Los Angeles does not provide any funding for our team. We hope to gather financial support from community members, businesses, and organizations in order to defray the costs to our individual players. Donations from the community are greatly appreciated, and assist us in meeting the financial demands for uniforms, competition entry fees, travel, and lodging expenses. If you have any questions regarding the team, or would like further information, you may contact us at: LAPD Women's Soccer Team, c/o LAPRAAC, P.O. Box 861148, Los Angeles, CA 90086-1148 . Thank you for your support.

You can e-mail us at:
lapdwomenssoccer@yahoo.com

When you are finished reading about our history, you can head on back to the main LAPD soccer page.