World Cup Final Game Thread: USWNT vs Japan

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• Taylor Twellman ‏<s>@</s>TaylorTwellmaRegardless off the score and play...FIFA is making a mockery of this tournament on turf and in a stadium of sun/shade for a final. <s>#</s>BeBetter
  
  

 

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Japan scored to make it 4-2z

Heath answers off another corner to make it 5-2!

 

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Goal #2 for Japan....once against poor defending and Hope not tracking the ball well....

USA 4-2

 

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And just like that the USA puts #5 in....what a crazy game.....

USA leads 5-2 early second half....

 

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67th minute still 5-2 USA!

 

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75th minute still 5-2.

Getting closer to lifting the first WC since 1999.

 

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Japanese going down fighting.....have to give them that.....they have not quit....not in their nature to do so.....

 

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84th minute...

Bring that trophy home.

 

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USA WINS THE 2015 WORLD CUP!

They proved that they were the best team in the tournament and the best team in the world. Congrats to all of the ladies and especially to Coach Ellis. She led the team to their first WC title in 16 years!

 

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Congrats.....great win.....

 

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True class and the team Captain.....

• Andrew Das ‏<s>@</s>AndrewDasNYT Rampone will be the only member of the 1999 and 2015 Women's World Cup champions.
  
  

 

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Last time Japan took a beating like this was when Godzilla came through.

 

[ThotDoc]

The US team was a completely different squad in the knockout rounds.

 

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In fairness one on her last legs and the other playing with a hobbled leg....but yes that is unusual....

• Grant Wahl ‏<s>@</s>GrantWahl Remarkable that the U.S. is headed for a World Cup title with so few goals from its forwards (Morgan 1, Wambach 1).
  
  

 

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Next Cup in 2019 will be France....