Published on Jul 5, 2015
Get the United States viewpoint from coach Jill Ellis and star goal hero Carli Lloyd after the final between Japan and the USA.
· The USA is the first nation to capture three Women’s World Cup titles.
· The USA has now score the most goals in FIFA WWC history with 112, surpassing Germany’s mark of 111.
· The USA has scored the most goals of any team to play in a WWC Final; no other team has ever scored more than two goals in a WWC Final.
· The USA and Japan account for the two-highest scoring WWC Finals, (2-2 in 2011 and 5-2 in 2015).
· Lloyd’s hat trick is the first by any player in a WWC Final.
· The USA’s four goals are also the most score by one team in a FIFA WWC Final.
· Lloyd’s two goals represent the first multi-goal game for a U.S. player in a World Cup final since Michel Akers scored two goals against Norway in the USA’s 2-1 win in the 1991 WWC Final in Guanzhou, China. She is the third American to score a hat trick in a WWC after Carin Jennings Gabarra (three against Germany in ’91 Semfinals) and Akers (five against Chinese Taipei in ’91 Quarterfinals)
· Lloyd is the first American to score in four straight Women’s World Cup games.
· Lloyd (3′) scores the fastest goal ever in a Women’s World Cup final.
· #USWNT is the first team to score twice in the first five minutes of any Women’s World Cup game.
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