Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title (Yahoo Sports)

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title (Yahoo Sports)

Carli Lloyd came up big again. Lloyd scored three times as the U.S. burst to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes, and the Americans overwhelmed defending champion Japan 5-2 Sunday for their record third championship and first since 1999. A sellout crowd of 53,341 that included U.S. Vice President Joe Biden roared in approval for Lloyd’s hat trick, the first ever in a Women’s World Cup final.

…read more

Via: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=12pplk1st/*https%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/lloyd-scores-3-us-defeats-japan-5-2-010621494–sow.html

About author

You might also like

Sports 0 Comments

Circle City Classic returns to Indy for weekend of music and football

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Sept. 24, 2015) – Circle City Classic returns to Indianapolis for its 32nd edition, apart of the Indiana Black Expo. This year’s matchup features the Central State University

Sports 0 Comments

Wade signs his $20 million deal, and Heat adds Stoudemire (Yahoo Sports)

Dwyane Wade is staying home. Amare Stoudemire is coming home – in a way. Wade signed his $20 million, one-year contract Friday to stay with the Miami Heat, that deal

Sports 0 Comments

Shuck’s sac fly lifts White Sox to 1-0 win over Cubs (Yahoo Sports)

Carlos Rodon kept putting runners on base – and the defense kept wiping them out. The Chicago White Sox did not put many runners on. Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck drove in