USA vs. Japan Final

I think it's a bit to late to blog about the semi-finals against France( they won, in case you didn't know) , so I will blog about the final against Japan. I will jump to the end and say that they lost. Notice that I am not going to include any exclamation points or different colors, even when USA gets their goals. It was really sad. Good for Japan, though.

The game was really boring until American forward Morgan got the first goal in the 69th minute, which was really exciting. Then, in the 81st minute, Miyama of Japan got a goal, tying the game with 9 minutes left and making a lot of US fans very disappointed. The game went into extra time.

In the 104th minute Abby Wambach got a goal and it was really awesome. Everyone thought we would win until in the 117th minute when, first, something happened to Hope Solo but she was okay enough to play. There was a corner kick and Sawa of Japan scored a goal. There were penalty kicks next.

Japan's goalkeeper had a combination of skill and a lot of luck. In the first shot by Shannon Boxx the goalkeeper accidentally blocked it with her foot. Then Carli Lloyd missed the goal entirely and it was crazy. The ball went a couple feet over the goal. Hope Solo then blocked a goal shot by number 17. The next shot was blocked and Hope Solo almost saved #6's shot. Finally, Abby Wambach got a goal, but then Japan got the last goal they needed to get and won the World Cup. Boohoo.