pughnation:

Throwback: After scoring a brace vs Norway at the 2011 WWC Kyah Simon celebrates with Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord







fyfawsl:

Year in Review - 2015: England Women beat Germany in the 3rd place match on 4 July. This run is considered England’s most successful World Cup since 1966.





santarooneys:

Football Meme

seven matches: 7/7

2015 Women’s World Cup Final: United States 5 v  2 Japan

Who can forget the Fox Sports commentator screaming at the 16th minute “HATTRICK FOR LLOYD!”? In what was a rematch of the 2011 World Cup Final, Japan and the United States faced off again.  The stakes were high for both sides: if the United States won the match, it would be the only country to have won in three Women’s World Cup finals; if Japan had won instead, then it would be the first soccer team, men’s or women’s, to win twice under the same coach. Four of of the five goals that the United States scored were scored within the first 16 minutes of the match with 3 of those being scored by Carli Lloyd. The 3rd goal which was called “one of the most remarkable goals ever witnessed in a Women’s World Cup”, was scored from the halfway line.In the second half, a header off of the head of defender Julie Johnston gave the United States their second goal. Two minutes later, Tobin Heath scored the final goal of the match. The combined seven goals were the most in Women’s World Cup final history, and ties the record for most goals in any men’s or women’s World Cup final with the men’s 1958 FIFA World Cup Final, in which Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2. Carli Lloyd had been wearing the captain’s armband for most of the match but when Abby Wambach came on in the 79th minute, the armband was passed on to her, and when in the 86th minute Christie Rampone came on the armband was once again passed on. Rampone and Wambach hung back as all the other players walked across the stage and received their medals. Together they walked across the stage and lifted the trophy, the second time that Christie Rampone had the honor to do so.