In a very exiting game with plenty of scoring the United States defeated Japan to win their first World Cup since 1999. It was payback indeed for the USWNT after losing to Japan in the World Cup final in 2011 on penalty kicks. Playing in her last game yesterday, veteran Abby Wambach was able to end her career the right way, with a title.
When the game started the U.S. wasted no time as Carli Lloyd got it started with a goal in the first three minutes of the game. Two minutes later, she scored again. Being up 2-0, Team USA sent a message to Japan. In the 14th minute Lauren Holiday scored and then two minutes later Carli Lloyd notched a hat trick with an amazing strike from midfield. The U.S. went up 4-0.
Japan got on the board to make it a 4-1 game going into halftime and then scored another in the beginning of the second half to cut the deficit in half 4-2 but that was as close as they could get. Tobin Heath scored immediately after that and Team USA got redemption, winning 5-2 for their third World Cup title.
The USWNT became the first team to win three women's World Cups. Goalkeeper Hope Solo won the tournament's Golden Glove award and Carli Lloyd won the Golden Ball award, very fitting for their impressive performances throughout the tournament. This title certainly made our country proud and youth soccer players everywhere now have a new set of role models to look up to.
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