USA are Women’s World Cup CHAMPIONS
Netherlands Lose 2-0 in Lyon
Summary
- UNITED STATES WIN WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- First time they have won back-to-back titles
- Fourth time Americans have won the tournament
- Rapinoe penalty earns her Golden Boot – same goals and assists as Morgan but fewer minutes played
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are the Women’s World Cup winners 2019. They have beaten the Netherlands 2-0 in Lyon to win the trophy for a fourth time.
The USA won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in Sunday’s final.
Megan Rapinoe opened the scoring with a second-half penalty, which was awarded by VAR after Stefanie van der Gragt brought down Alex Morgan.
Rose Lavelle then made certain of the victory with a powerful strike from the edge of the area.
Rapinoe’s goal also meant she won the Golden Boot after finishing with six goals and three assists.
The USA’s triumph adds to previous World Cup victories in 1991, 1999 and 2015.
The Netherlands, in the final for the first time in their history, had done well to frustrate the USA for long periods before they finally made the breakthrough, with goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal making a string of fine saves in the first half.
Van Veenendaal also prevented the USA from winning by a bigger margin as she denied Morgan and Crystal Dunn late on.
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The USA secured their fourth Women’s World Cup title (1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019), now winning twice as many Women’s World Cup tournaments as any other nation.
The Netherlands have now lost their last seven matches against USA in all competitions by an aggregate score of 2-24.
USA scored 26 goals at the World Cup, the most by a team at a single tournament in the competition’s history.
Megan Rapinoe became the first player to score a penalty in a Women’s World Cup final, as well as being the oldest scorer in a final (34 years and 2 days).
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