By RYAN TOLMICH
After 16 long years, the U.S. Women’s National Team has the chance to add star number three in Sunday night’s Women’s World Cup final (7 p.m., Fox).
The USWNT’s chance for a third Women’s World Cup crown comes against a familiar foe, Japan, the very same team that denied the U.S. in the 2011 finale. Entering riding a victory over top-ranked Germany, the U.S. heads into Sunday night’s matchup with the chance for revenge and an opportunity to claim the team’s first World Cup crown since 1999.
SBI will be providing live commentary on tonight’s match so please feel free to follow the action here. As always, you are welcome to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Tonight’s commentary is after the jump):
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Pow! Just pulsating footie from the U.S. Waves of attack, and goal 5 from Heath. Nice feed from Brian to tee up.
yeah baby!!
How famous is Carli Lloyd right at this moment?
Come on Womens Soccer
So cwazy.
Keep the pressure up ladies. We want 4 more goals. GO USA!
I tuned in late and almost cursed in front of my little man…4-0 in the first 17 minutes?
at that point they were on pace to win 24-0 lol
I formulated a rule while watching the WC in Italy in 2006: never miss the first five or the last five minutes of any half.
It worked in 2014 in the MNT v. Ghana game (Dempsey in the first minute) and in this one as well.
I have been watching soccer seriously for over two decades, and this is pure insanity. USA!!!!
Yep. Just over a decade here and I’ve NEVER seen anything like this…not even at youth level.
…you mean since Germany thrashed Brazil in the semi-final.
Clearly, that was the closest example. But still not that close. That Brazil team was always flawed, and waiting to be found out. As clinical as Germany was, the verdict about that game was always about Brazil’s deficiencies,
This was just about a US team firing at top gear against a team that really wasn’t deficient– just overwhelmed, as any team would be. Japan actually did find a way to make a few people nervous at 4-2, something that Brazil never threatened to do in the least.
But I do agree… it is the only comparable example recently.