The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was a football competition sponsored by CONCACAF that sometimes served as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup. It was held as a stand-alone tournament in 2000 and as a qualification tournament in 2002 and 2006. In 2010, the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was replaced by the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier. CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the governing body for football for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The most successful country has been the United States.
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—Wendy Cope (b. 1945)
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—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
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