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The United States Women's National Team celebrates with the trophy after it defeated Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5.
United States wins FIFA Women's World Cup Championship
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For six games, the U.S. Women's National Team had struggled to score. Nine goals in six games is not terrible but lacking for a country that once scored 25 goals in the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Then, following the Fourth of July, fireworks exploded in Canada.
The U.S. Women's National Team took the FIFA Women's World Cup title over Japan, 5-2. The five goals
for the U.S. are the most-ever scored in a championship match during the FIFA Women's World Cup. The championship is the United States' first since 1999.
The match got off to a crazy start. In front of a crowd of over 50,000 people, the U.S. scored the fastest goal in Women's World Cup history. Following a corner kick, Carli Lloyd drilled the ball into the net in the third minute. Lloyd wasn't done and scored again in the fifth minute.
highest scoring final in history and gave Japan some momentum going into halftime.
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The U.S. found the back of the net for the fifth time in the 52nd minute just for the wrong team. An own goal made the score 4-2. The second goal doubled the amount of goals the U.S. had given up combined in the previous six matches.
The way the offense played, it didn't matter. Two minutes later, Tobin Heath countered Japan's score with the final score of the game, and the U.S. won by three goals.
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"I'm so proud of this team. This doesn't feel real," U.S. midfielder Lloyd told Fox Sports after the game. "We just made history."
Lauren Holiday, who was suspended for the quarterfinal match against China, added the third goal of the match in just the 14th minute. With a 3-0 lead in the 16th minute, Lloyd took the ball to the midfield line, and to the question of many, let it rip. Japan's goalie Ayumi Kaihori was playing far upfield from the goal, and the perfectly placed ball off Lloyd's foot soared into the net.
This was the third time since 2011 that Japan and the U.S. met in the championship game of a major event. In 2011, Japan and the United States played a thrilling World Cup
Japan's response in the 27th minute by Yuki Ogimi made the match the
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