VANCOUVER, Canada (July
5, 2015) – The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Japan 5-2 at BC Place on
Sunday night to become the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion and the first
three-time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner.
In the first 16 minutes
of play the USA took a 4-0 lead over Japan after Carli Lloyd netted the fastest
hat trick in Women’s World Cup history and Lauren Holiday added a goal to put
the USA up by a wide margin.
Japan ended the USA’s
record-tying shutout streak at 540 minutes by scoring in the 28th minute. The
Asian nation built a bit of momentum early in the second half as Julie
Johnston’s defensive clearance instead sent the ball into the USA’s net.
However, Tobin Heath responded two minutes later to make it 5-2 and complete
the highest scoring Final (seven goals) in FIFA Women’s World Cup history.
Loyd and goalkeeper
Hope Solo were awarded the Golden Ball and Golden Glove, as the best player and
the best goalkeeper at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, respectively. It was
the second straight Golden Glove award for Solo (she also won it in 2011) and the
first for Lloyd. Lloyd became the second American to win the award, joining
Carin Jennings, who won it in 1991.
The USA is now the only
country to win three Women’s World Cup and the country to score the most goals
(five) in a WWC Final – no other team has scored more than two.
The WNT will return to
the USA for a pair of friendly matches against Costa Rica on Aug. 16 and Aug.
19 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, respectively, before
embarking on their nationwide celebration tour (details to be announced).
Goal Scoring Rundown:
USA – Carli Lloyd
(Megan Rapinoe), 3rd minute: Playing a short corner kick on the ground, Megan
Rapinoe sent a ball straight through several Japanese defenders to the middle
of the six yard box. Carli Lloyd stormed from the back of the box to time her
arrival with the ball perfectly and finished with a left-footed strike to score
the fastest goal in FIFA Women’s World Cup Final history. USA 1, JPN 0
USA – Carli Lloyd, 5th
minute: Two minutes later, another set piece play led to a U.S. goal. Lauren
Holiday stepped up to take the free kick from the right side of the box and
sent a shot to the middle of the box that was flicked on by Julie Johnston
through a forest of players before Carli Lloyd found it right in front of the
net and tapped it in with the inside of her right foot for the second goal of
the game and he fifth of the tournament. USA 2, JPN 0
USA – Lauren Holiday,
14th minute: The sequence began with Tobin Heath, who sent a pass from the
midfield intended for Alex Morgan but had the ball intercepted by Japanese
defender Azusa Iwashimizu. Iwashimizu tried to head it out of danger but
instead directed the ball up in the air. It came down right in front of Lauren
Holiday, who volleyed it in stride with her right foot to net her first goal of
the tournament. USA 3, JPN 0
USA – Carli Lloyd, 16th
minute: Carli Lloyd intercepted the ball in midfield and touched it past a
Japan player. Crossing the midfield line, she launched a shot that caught Japan
goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori out of her net. While Kaihori got a hand to the ball,
she could not keep it from bouncing off the post and into the back of the net,
thus completing the fastest hat trick in Women’s World Cup history. USA 4, JPN
0
JPN – Yuki Ogimi
(Nahomi Kawasumi), 28th minute: Nahomi Kawasumi played a great ball from the
right channel, spotting teammate Yuki Ogimi inside the box. Ogimi evaded a
challenge from Julie Johnston, swiveled around and sent a curling shot beyond
the reach of Hope Solo for the Japan’s first goal of the match that ended the
USA’s record-tying shutout streak. USA 4, JPN 1
JPN – Julie Johnston
(own goal), 52nd: Julie Johnston tried to clear a free kick attempt with a
header that bounced across the face of goal and nestled inside the far post of
Hope Solo’s net for Japan’s second score of the game. USA 4, JPN 2
USA – Tobin Heath
(Morgan Brian), 54th: Japan’s goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori punched a Lauren Holiday corner kick clear to
the right side. Kaihori’s punch wasn’t strong enough and the ball landed at
Morgan Brian’s feet. Brian cut the ball back into the middle where Tobin Heath
used the inside of her foot to one-time Brian’s perfect ball into the back of
the net for the final score line. USA 5, JPN 2 (FINAL)
Next on the Schedule:
The WNT return to the USA for a pair of friendly matches against Costa Rica on
Aug. 16 and Aug. 19 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Chattanooga, Tenn., respectively.
Broadcast information:
FOX Sports 1 (Aug. 16), ESPN2 (Aug. 19)
Social: Twitter
(@ussoccer_wnt; @ussoccer_esp); Facebook; Instagram
Milestone Watch:
The USA becomes the
first country to win three FIFA Women’s World Cup titles.
Carli Lloyd is the
first U.S. WNT player to score in four straight games in a World Cup. She
netted a goal against China, Colombia and Germany and three against Japan.
Lloyd also became the
first woman in a FIFA WWC to score a hat trick in a Final match and scored the
fastest hat trick in Women’s World Cup history.
Lloyd also became the
third U.S. Woman to score a hat trick in WWC play: Carin Jennings Gabarra
netted three goals against Germany in 1991 and Akers scored five against
Chinese Taipei that same year.
Lloyd’s goal in the
third minute was the fastest goal scored in a WWC Final game.
Lloyd scored both U.S.
goals in the 2012 Olympic gold medal game (a 2-1 win over Japan), and the sole
goal in the 2008 gold-medal game (1-0 over Brazil). With her three goals
against Japan tonight, she became the first American to score in three
major-tournament finals.
Midfielders Lauren
Holiday and Tobin Heath each score their first goals of the tournament. It was
Heath’s first goal in a Women’s World Cup.
The U.S. WNT finished
this year’s tournament with a 34-4-5 all-time in Women’s World Cup play,
outscoring its opponents 112-35 in 43 games. The 34 wins, 112 goals scored and
the 43 games played are FIFA Women’s World Cup records.
With its five goals
against Japan, the USA now holds the record for most goals scored in WWC play
with 112 – the team scored 14 throughout the tournament. Germany scored 20 in
Canada to finish in second with 111.
The USA’s five goals
were the most any team has scored in a WWC Final. No other team has scored more
than two.
The USA’s two goals in
the first five minutes of the match against Japan was the first time any team
scored twice in that span in a WWC game.
Additional Notes:
The game was the third
meeting between the USA and Japan in a major tournament Final. The USA now has
a 2-0-1 record in those meetings: Wins in 2015 WWC and 2012 Olympics. Tie in
2011 WWC (1-3 PKs).
Lloyd leads the U.S.
with eight goals in 2015.
While Wambach is the
USA’s top scorer on the roster with 183 goals, Lloyd is next with 69 career
international goals and Morgan has 52. Heather O’Reilly has scored 41.
Defender Becky
Sauerbrunn is the only player on the roster to start and play every game for
the USA in 2015. She has played the most minutes (1,509) of anyone on the team.
Five U.S. players
played all 630 minutes of the tournament: defenders Julie Johnston, Meghan
Klingenberg, Sauerbrunn, midfielder Carli Lloyd, and goalkeeper Hope Solo.
In its last 17 games,
the U.S. has surrendered just five goals and has scored 34.
Nineteen of the 20
field players on the World Cup roster saw action in the tournament.
Coming on as a sub in
the second half, Wambach played in her 25th career WWC game, tied for second
most all-time with Julie Foudy, Brigit Prinz and Formiga. Only Kristine Lilly
has more (30).
Lloyd has sole
possession of seventh place on the U.S. WNT’s all-time goal scoring list,
passing Shannon MacMillan who scored 60 goals in her career. Lloyd, now with 69
goals, is the highest-scoring player in U.S. history who has played exclusively
as a midfielder.
Hope Solo finished with
10 clean sheets in Women’s World Cup play, tying the record for most by a U.S.
goalkeeper and most in World Cup play with Brianna Scurry.
Solo now has 136
goalkeeper wins and is the all-time leader in wins for a goalkeeper in U.S.
history. Brian Scurry had 133 during her career (1994-2008).
Eleven players on the
current USA roster have scored in a Women’s World Cup tournament: Tobin Heath,
Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Lauren Holiday, Heather
O’Reilly, Lori Chalupny, Shannon Boxx, Christen Press and Kelley O’Hara.
For the first time in
FIFA WWC history, 24 nations participated at this year’s event, up from 16 that
participated in the previous four editions. The 1991 and 1995 Women’s World
Cups featured 12 teams.
Fourteen different
players have scored for the USA in 2015: Tobin Heath, Lauren Holiday, Kelley
O’Hara, Morgan, Wambach, Rodriguez, Press, Johnston, Klingenberg, Megan
Rapinoe, Brian, Chalupny, Leroux and Lloyd.
- U.S. Women’s National
Team Match Report -
Match: U.S. Women’s
National Team vs. Japan
Date: July 5, 2015
Competition: 2015 FIFA
Women’s World Cup – Final
Venue: BC Place;
Vancouver, Canada
Kickoff: 4 p.m. PT
Attendance: 53,341
Weather: Indoor Stadium
Scoring Summary: 1
2 F
USA 4 1 5
JPN 1 1 2
USA – Carli Lloyd
(Megan Rapinoe) 3rd minute
USA – Carli Lloyd 5
USA – Lauren
Holiday 14
USA – Carli Lloyd 16
JPN – Yuki Ogimi
(Nahomi Kawasumi) 27
JPN – Julie Johnston
(own goal) 52
USA – Tobin Heath
(Morgan Brian) 54
Lineups:
USA: 1-Hope Solo;
11-Ali Krieger, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn, 19-Julie Johnston, 22-Meghan Klingenberg;
12-Lauren Holiday, 14-Morgan Brian, 10-Carli Lloyd (capt.), 15-Megan Rapinoe
(5-Kelley O’Hara, 61), 13-Alex Morgan (3-Christie Rampone, 86), 17-Tobin Heath
(20-Abby Wambach, 79)
Subs Not Used: 2-Sydney
Leroux, 6-Whitney Engen, 7-Shannon Boxx, 8-Amy Rodriguez, 9-Heather O’Reilly,
16-Lori Chalupny,18-Ashlyn Harris, 21-Alyssa Naeher, 23-Christen Press
Head coach: Jill Ellis
JPN: 18-Ayumi Kaihori;
3-Azusa Iwashimizu (10-Homare Sawa, 33), 4-Saki Kumagai, 5-Aya Sameshima,
6-Mizuho Sakaguchi, 8-aya Miyama (C), 9-Nahomi Kawasumi (15-Yuika Sugasawa,
39), 11-Shinobu Ohno (16-Mana Iwabuchi, 60), 13-Rumi Utsugi, 17-Yuki Ogimi,
19-Saori Ariyoshi
Subs Not Used: 1-Miho
Fukumoto, 2-Yukari Kinga, 12-Megumi Kamionobe, 14-Asuna Tanaka, 20-Yuri
Kawamura, 21-Erina Yamane, 22-Asano Nagasato, 23-Kana Kitahara, 7-Kozue Ando
Head Coach: Norio
Sasaki
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