The USA played hard and were unlucky to not have scored at least a couple of more goals. They set up some good attacks and had some great attempts at the post. The US defense was also pretty impressive and hardly gave the Japanese forwards any room to maneuver/find gaps. While USA were clearly the better team until the 120th minute, Japan did well to come back twice. The second goal scored by the captain with a flick off her right foot was genius.
The penalty shoot out was just an embarrassment, mostly for the States of course. Good to have a new champion - time for the men to stand up and do something similar now.
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