Sunday, July 17, 2011

And the 2011 Women's World Cup winner is...

Japan.

Those US women had many, many opportunities to put the game away early in the match but could not convert any of those chances to goals (or even shots on goal for that matter). The USA appeared for most of the match to be the stronger squad. But as fate would have it, we went into extra time tied at 1-1. After two 15 minutes periods of extra time the score was still tied at 2-2. Penalty kicks proved to be our undoing.

It was well-deserved for Japan who has struggled throughout not only this World Cup but throughout this entire year and has emerged the champions. Gratz, Japan. I hope this restores a little faith and pride back into the hopes and dreams and pride of your people.

100% | 174.48 lbs. (180.5 lbs.) | 0% (0 of 128) | 16% (8 of 50) | 54.25% (198 of 365) | 112/55 lbs.

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