Japan upsets U.S. in Women's World Cup final

very exciting match. Gives the japs something to be happy about after all their problems this year.

The women's soccer World Cup was recently located in Germany, and the USA squad was set to take the prize home. Eventually, though, the USA squad was beaten by the Japanese squad after overtime. USA team defeated by Japan in World Cup final. The game was tied after overtime, then the Japanese team successfully sent three shots into the net, and the American women only managed to put in one. Many people felt that the underdog Japanese team deserved the victory to lift spirits in Japan, after natural disasters ravaged the nation earlier this year. This is the first time an Asian nation has won the Women’s World Cup final. China came close in 1999, when the Chinese team lost by one point in a shootout with the United States team.