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So Very Close But....

Despite an amazing match in the Finals in Frankfurt, the USA Women lost to Japan.


In a sea-saw game which ended with a 2-2 draw, was finally decided by penalty kicks, as the American team faded fast against a determined Japanese goal defense. The Japanese team scored 3-1 in an aggressive last minute onslaught.

This was the first time a Japanese Women's Team won the FIFA Football World Cup.
Without question, the football victory was a tremendous psychological boost for Japan, a nation which has endured the horrors of an earthquake, Tsunami, and nuclear accident just four months earlier.

So a few weeks of World Cup football in Germany ends with Japan, the United States, Sweden and France as the top teams.