We went camping this weekend so we had to watch the delayed version of the Women's World Cup Final. We avoided all media (text messages, facebook and general internet usage) so we would not learn the outcome of the game. The United States team was ranked #1 coming into this tournament. So in this contest they were highly favored. In fact, Japan had never beaten the U.S.
We sat and watched these two teams play. The U.S. played very well and had some great chances at scoring. Japan was classified as a very possessive team, where they just passed the ball around a lot until they would get a chance to score. It was hard to see this since the U.S. was doing a great job getting the ball from them.
When we scored I was confident we would finish out the game with a 2-0 win. But then Japan scored (on a defensive breakdown by the U.S.) I was in disbelief.
We went into overtime. I was confident in our ability to score again. We did.
The U.S. was looking very good. Japan scored again. I was in disbelief.
Our team had the lead, twice and let it go twice. This is not to say that Japan did not work hard to get these goals, because they did. But it was up to the U.S. to hang on to the lead and to close the game. They did not do it.
In penalty kicks, the U.S. performed poorly and Japan did very well.
Japan wins the Women's World Cup Title. Congratulations Japan! You worked hard to win this title.
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