Thursday, July 14, 2011

Cup final: US vs. Japan


USA vs Japan Women’s World Cup 2011 Final showdown. The story of the United States women’s soccer team continues to dominate the sports headlines as they defeated France 3-1 in a dominating fashion as they advance to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final to face Japan on Sunday.

The United States lead in the early stage of the game when Lauren Cheney scored. France was completely surprised by the United State late scores as they suffered this defeat in the FIFA World Cup semifinals against USA.
In the other semifinals match, Japan upsets the favorite Sweden 3-1 to arrange the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final against the United States.
(NewsCore) - The United States advanced to the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup Wednesday with a 3-1 semi-final win over France.
Bidding for a hat-trick of World Cup titles following victories in 1991 and 1999, the US team went into Wednesday's clash on the back of draining quarter-final victory over Brazil on penalties.
Alex Morgan sealed victory for Team USA three minutes later with a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner.

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