U.S. Dominates The Netherlands To Win Women’s World Cup Title
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has done it again — winning the World Cup for a fourth time. The 2-0 victory over the Netherlands capped a thrilling tournament.
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U.S. Takes A Record 4 Women’s World Cup Titles
The United States won the Women’s World Cup after a thrilling 2-0 victory against the Netherlands. With the win, the U.S. has won the World Cup a record four times.
Four-Peat: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Wins World Cup Title
The United States’ Megan Rapinoe celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the U.S. and the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Décines, outside Lyon, France, on Sunday. The U.S. won 2-0.
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The U.S. women’s soccer team is still the world’s best after dominating the Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup final and winning 2-0. Throughout the tournament, the U.S. brushed aside criticism, complaints of arrogance and calls for the team to tone down their goal celebrations. All the team did was win. All seven World Cup games, in fact.
In the first half, the U.S. created more chances than the Netherlands. The Americans attacked and attacked, but the Dutch defense and, particularly, the goalkeeping of Sari van Veenendaal, who blocked four shots, kept the U.S. from scoring in an opening half for the first time this tournament.
The streak is broken: #USWNT had scored in the first 12 minutes in all 6 of its previous #FIFAWWC2019 games. But it’s halftime in the final match: still no score. #USA 0 – #NED 0. #USANED pic.twitter.com/w79Dw33xDY
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Sunday’s sell-out crowd at Stade de Lyon, near Lyon, France, decked out in red, white and blue — and orange — and cheered and cheered and sweated it out with nervous fans watching around the world. Before the final, neither team had trailed or lost a game in this tournament. Both squads had each permitted only a total of three goals. The Dutch got better as the tournament progressed — keeping their opponents from scoring in each of the knockout games before the final.
The U.S. made one change at halftime, replacing Kelley O’Hara with Ali Krieger. O’Hara knocked heads with Lieke Martens late in the first half. The collisions continued in the second half. Becky Sauerbrunn was knocked to the turf, blood trickling down her face. She returned with black tape wrapped across her forehead.
The breakthrough for the U.S. came in the 61st minute. As forward Alex Morgan streaked in front of the Dutch goal, defender Stefanie van der Gragt tagged Morgan’s shoulder with her right boot. A penalty kick was awarded after video review. Megan Rapinoe coolly slapped the ball into the back of the net. It was her third converted penalty and sixth goal of the tournament. Rapinoe won the Golden Ball (MVP) and Golden Boot (top goal scorer).
The U.S. scoring continued in the 69th minute thanks to midfielder Rose Lavelle. She dribbled down the field and, with a beautiful left-footed strike at the top of the penalty area, zipped the ball low and to the right. 2-0. It was all the scoring the U.S. would need.
The Netherlands’ Anouk Dekker (left) walks past as the United States’ Rose Lavelle (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring her side’s second goal during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the U.S. and the Netherlands.
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The United States rolled through the opening round with statement wins over Thailand (13-0), Chile (3-0) and Sweden (2-0). Brushing aside criticism about perceived arrogance and excessive goal celebrations, the U.S. then powered through the heart of European soccer with victories over Spain (2-1), France (2-1) and England (2-1) to make it to the final against the reigning European champions.
It was the fifth time the United States Women’s National Team played a World Cup final (there have been only eight tournaments). The U.S. is the first team to reach three consecutive finals and joins Germany as a repeat champion (2003 and 2007). With Sunday’s win, the U.S. has a record four Women’s World Cup trophies.
On a day that should have been all about the World Cup, the United States had to share the soccer spotlight. “It’s ridiculous,” said Rapinoe, that there are not one but two men’s soccer championships scheduled on the same day: the Copa América and CONCACAF Gold Cup. “That’s a terrible idea to put everything on the same day in every way. This is the World Cup final. This is ‘cancel everything day,’ ” Rapinoe said. Soccer’s international governing organization, FIFA, said having all three tournament finals on the same day will draw attention to the sport.
The U.S. team will return home to adoring crowds and fans and a new fight. In March, the U.S. Women’s National Team sued U.S. Soccer for gender discrimination. In the lawsuit, the team claims that the soccer federation pays members of the women’s team far less than similarly situated members of the men’s team — a men’s team that has had nowhere near the success of the women on the international stage. Both sides agreed to mediation after the tournament. After the final whistle, the crowd in Lyon chanted, “Equal Pay!”
Record audiences have tuned in for this tournament both in the United States and around the world. Will this exciting tournament translate into continued growth of the women’s game? “Your hope is [that] back in the U.S., more kids want to go out and play this great sport,” said U.S. head coach Jill Ellis. “I mean, that’s ultimately the building block you build on. My hope is that more people get on board financially. You know, sponsors, they see the value in it. They see the marketing marketability of it, and then more little kids want to go and kick a ball around.”
Now the U.S. returns home as champions again.
The United States’ Alex Morgan (left) and the Netherlands’ Stefanie van der Gragt challenge for the ball during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the U.S. and the Netherlands.
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U.S. Faces The Netherlands In World Cup Final
The Women’s World Cup final is later Sunday. The U.S. is the defending champion and is going for its fourth trophy. The Dutch are playing in their first final.
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Today is the women’s World Cup final. The United States, a superpower in women’s soccer, will take on the upstart squad from the Netherlands. NPR’s Laurel Wamsley has been covering the tournament, and she joins us now.
Good morning.
LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: Good morning.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: The U.S. has been unstoppable so far. Should the American women be worried about the Dutch?
WAMSLEY: Well, yes, the U.S. has been amazing so far. They’ve only allowed three goals the entire tournament, and they’ve now won 11 World Cup games in a row, which is a record. But this could be a tricky match against the Netherlands. This Holland team has made it to the final by upsetting teams that were supposed to beat them. And this is, actually, only their second time playing in a World Cup. They made it to the round of 16 four years ago in Canada. But then they won the 2017 European Championships, and they’ve only gotten stronger since then.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: All right, we’ll get to Megan Rapinoe in a second. But I want to ask about the Dutch side first. Who are you watching there?
WAMSLEY: The Dutch are led by two strong attackers, Lieke Martens and Vivianne Miedema. So Lieke Martens – she’s a gifted winger who was named FIFA’s Player of the Year in 2017. But she actually has a toe injury that took her off the field for the team’s win over Sweden in the semifinals. And Vivianne Miedema is a standout at Arsenal. And she’s only 22, but she’s already the Netherlands all-time leading scorer. And I would suggest you should watch out for the Dutch fans too. They’ve been travelling en masse in France, decked out in orange, singing and dancing wherever they go.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: (Laughter) All right, can we talk about Megan Rapinoe now?
WAMSLEY: I would love to.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah. After scoring all four U.S. goals in the games against Spain and France, she sat out the game against England. Is she hurt? What’s up with her?
WAMSLEY: Right. So she sat out that game against England with a strained hamstring. And she says that just kind of comes with the territory. She turned 34 on Friday. And she says as you get older, you just need more rest days. But she told reporters that she’ll be healthy enough to play in today’s game. And certainly, the fans are hoping that she will be. She is a lot of fun to watch and really brings a lot of gravitas to the field.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: The U.S. team has been demanding attention, both on and off the field. Remind us why.
WAMSLEY: I think it has to do with their confidence. They have been here before. They are often under high pressure. And I think they planned ahead. They thought about what would happen if they were under the spotlight. What would they do with that moment? And so they’ve prepared for it. And they are just so willing to be outspoken.
Some athletes, when these big moments happen, they don’t want to talk about politics. They just say, oh, we’re just focused on one game at a time. But this team, they are just willing and able to engage with the personal and the political all at the same time. And when people say they celebrate too much or they should just be talking only about sports, they say, no. That’s not us. And they do it so articulately. And they stand their ground. And then they go out on the field, and they win. And it’s just – it’s remarkable to watch.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That’s NPR’s Laurel Wamsley, who will be watching the game.
Thank you so much.
WAMSLEY: Thank you.
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With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth
After a difficult time in her life, Jill Hill knew she needed therapy. But it was hard to get the help she needed in the rural town she lives in, Grass Valley, Calif., until she found a local telehealth program.
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Telehealth turned Jill Hill’s life around.
The 63-year-old lives on the edge of rural Grass Valley, an old mining town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California. She was devastated after her husband Dennis passed away in the fall of 2014 after a long series of medical and financial setbacks.
“I was grief-stricken and my self-esteem was down,” Hill remembers. “I didn’t care about myself. I didn’t brush my hair. I was isolated. I just kind of locked myself in the bedroom.”
Hill says knew she needed therapy to deal with her deepening depression. But the main health center in her rural town had just two therapists. Hill was told she’d only be able to see a therapist once a month.
Then, Brandy Hartsgrove called to say Hill was eligible via MediCal (California’s version of Medicaid) for a program that could offer her 30-minute video counseling sessions twice a week. The sessions would be via a computer screen with a therapist who was hundreds of miles south, in San Diego.
Hartsgrove co-ordinates telehealth for the Chapa-de Indian Health Clinic, which is a 10-minute drive from Hills’s home. Hill would sit in a comfy chair facing a screen in a small private room, Hartsgrove explained, to see and talk with her counselor in an otherwise traditional therapy session.
Hill thought it sounded “a bit impersonal;” but was desperate for the counseling. She agreed to give it a try.
Coordinator Brandy Hartsgrove demonstrates how the telehealth connection works at The Chapa-de Indian Health Clinic in Grass Valley, Calif. Via this video screen, patients can consult doctors hundreds of miles away.
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Hill is one of a growing number of Americans turning to telehealth appointments with medical providers in the wake of widespread hospital closings in remote communities, and a shortage of local primary care doctors, specialists and other providers.
Long-distance doctor-to-doctor consultations via video also fall under the “telehealth” or “telemedicine” rubric.
A recent NPR poll of rural Americans found that nearly a quarter have used some kind of telehealth service within the past few years; 14% say they received a diagnosis or treatment from a doctor or other health care professional using email, text messaging, live text chat, a mobile app, or a live video like FaceTime or Skype. And 15% say they have received a diagnosis or treatment from a doctor or other health professional over the phone.
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Those survey findings are part of the second of two recent polls on rural life and health conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Chapa-de clinic offers telehealth services not only for consultations in behavioral health and psychiatry, but also in cardiology, nephrology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and more.
The Chapa-de Indian Health Clinic in Grass Valley, Calif., offers telehealth services for various specialties, including dermatology, gastroenterology and psychiatry.
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Hill feels fortunate; she knows most rural health facilities don’t include telehealth services, which means most patients living in remote areas would need their own broadband internet access at home to get therapy online.
And that’s out of reach for many, says Robert J. Blendon, co-director of NPR’s poll and professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard Chan School.
The poll found that one in five rural Americans say getting access to high-speed internet is a problem for their families.
Blendon says advances in online technology have brought a “revolution” in healthcare that has left many rural patients behind.
“They lose the ability to contact their physicians, fill prescriptions and get follow-up information without having to go see a health professional,” he says.
Critical care pediatrician James Marcin at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, directs the University of California, Davis, Center for Health and Technology and regularly consults via a telehealth monitor with primary care doctors in remote hospitals in rural areas.
“We’re able to put the telemedicine cart [virtually] at the patient’s bedside,” Marcin says, “and within minutes our physicians are able to see the child and talk with the family members and help assist in the care that way.”
If not for telehealth, Marcin says, the costs of getting what should be routine care “are significant barriers for those living in rural communities.”
“We have patients that drive to our Sacramento offices and they have to drive the night before,” he says, “and spend the night in a hotel because it’s a five-hour trip each way.” And there are additional costs for many patients, he says, such as childcare services, and missed days of work.
With telehealth, “a video is truly worth a thousand words,” he says; it can mean patients don’t have to make costly time-consuming trips to see a specialist.
Though Hill initially had reservations about meeting with a therapist online, she says she’s been amazed by how helpful the sessions have been.
“She gives me assignments and works me really hard,” Hill says, “and I have grown so much — especially just in the last few months.”
Her latest assignment in therapy: writing down positive characteristics of herself. Initially, she could only come up with three: loyalty, compassion and resilience. But the therapist questioned that, and encouraged Hill to consider that there might be more.
Hill says she’s in a ‘super growth” mode these days psychologically, and says the support she’s received in therapy has been key to that. She speaks with a clinical psychologist via a telehealth session twice a week for 30 minutes, and completes assigned homework in between those appointments.
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“She wanted 10,” says Hill, who proceeded to work through some other issues and talk more with therapist. “Now I’ve got like 15 at least,” Hill says, “and I keep adding to the list; once I started writing things down, I started really seeing that I have a lot of strengths I didn’t even know I had.”
Attorney Mei Kwong, executive director of the Center for Connected Health Policy in Sacramento, says telehealth services have the potential to remove many barriers to good health care in rural America.
But policies that regulate which telehealth services get paid for “lag way behind the technology,” Kwong says. Many policies are 10 to 15 years behind what the technology is able to do, she says.
For example, high-resolution photos can now be taken – and sent anywhere digitally — of skin conditions that many doctors say are better than “the naked eye looking at the condition,” she says. But the policies on the books of what Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers will pay for often means these services are not fully covered.
That’s unfortunate, Kwong says, especially for underserved communities where there is a shortage of specialists.
Changes are starting to be made in state, federal and private insurance policies, Kwong says. But it’s “slow going.”
João Gilberto, Master Of Bossa Nova, Dies At 88
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João Gilberto, one of the principal architects of the Brazilian musical style bossa nova, has died at his home in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Facebook post by his son. João Marcelo Gilberto wrote that his father, who was 88 years old, died following an undisclosed illness.
João Gilberto is credited by some Brazilian music historians as writing the first bossa nova, or new beat, a style that drew on the country’s African-influenced samba tradition but was performed without the usual battery of drums and rhythm instruments, and at much lower volumes. Gilberto’s intimate and nuanced style of guitar playing and singing, eventually central to the bossa nova sound, were reportedly developed in 1955 when he sequestered himself inside of a bathroom at his sister’s house so as not to disturb her family and to take advantage of the acoustics provided by the bathroom tiles.
“Bim-Bom,” often named as the first bossa nova song, came from that period. Soon thereafter, the style began to sweep Rio’s cafe’s and bars. Gilberto became the center of a vanguard of young Brazilian musicians that included composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Gilberto’s 1958 recording of “Chega de Saudade,” a song written by that pair, became an international hit and launched the bossa nova movement. The two-minute-long song also gave its name to Gilberto’s debut album, released in 1959.
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In 1962 American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz heard the style and invited Gilberto to record together. The resulting album Getz/Gilberto became one of the biggest selling jazz albums of all time, winning the 1965 Grammy for album of the year. One of the album’s songs, another composition by Jobim and de Moraes called “Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)” featured Gilberto’s then-wife Astrud on vocals. It was a worldwide hit and won the Grammy for record of the year, helping to cement bossa nova’s soft, lulling beats and intimate vocals across the global musical landscape.
João Gilberto continued to perform well into the 21st century and has been recognized by every generation since his debut as a Brazilian musical pioneer.
California Pay-To-Play Bill Pushes College Athlete Compensation
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with College Athletics Players Association founder Ramogi Huma about a California bill that will allow compensation for college athletes.
Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff Continues Sensational Wimbledon Run
Cori “Coco” Gauff celebrates after beating Slovenia’s Polona Hercog on Friday.
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Cori “Coco” Gauff, the 15-year-old tennis player who defeated Venus Williams in her first-round match, has now advanced to the round of 16 at Wimbledon. She is the youngest player to advance this far in the tournament since 1991, when Jennifer Capriati made the semifinals as a 15-year-old.
Gauff was down a set and two separate match points in her third-round match against Polona Hercog of Slovenia on Friday, but she came back to win 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5.
In a press conference after the match, Gauff said she knew she could win, even when she was down 2-5 in the second set.
“I was like, ‘I can fight back — I just need to hold serve and then break,’ ” Gauff said.
Gauff, the youngest woman to qualify for Wimbledon in the modern era, is playing the most high-profile matches of her career. She committed 43 unforced errors in Friday’s match against Hercog, but she had just 18 unforced errors in her first two matches combined.
The comeback kid – and then some! ?
15-year-old @CocoGauff‘s irresistible run at #Wimbledon continues, rallying from a set down to defeat Polona Hercog 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 pic.twitter.com/bS79tUkMwG
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“I wasn’t really tired,” Gauff said after the match against Hercog, which lasted two hours and 47 minutes. “I’m young. I have a lot of energy, and I’m used to playing two matches a day [in the junior tennis circuit].”
Gauff’s age means that the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) restricts the number of events she can play. According to the New York Times, the WTA put the rules into effect in 1994, in response to burnout struggles faced by young tennis stars — including Capriati. A 15-year-old girl is typically allowed to play 10 professional tournaments in a year, but Gauff’s successes have earned her a merit-based increase of two additional events.
On Monday, Gauff will face the tournament’s No. 7 seed, Simona Halep. Halep won last year’s French Open title and has reached four Grand Slam finals. Gauff said she has never played against Halep or practiced with her, but she’s “familiar with how she plays just from watching her a lot.”
Gauff, currently ranked 313th in the world, has been a dominant presence in the junior tennis circuit. In 2018, she won the Junior French Open and in 2017, at 13 years old, she became the youngest player to make the finals of the Girls’ singles at the U.S. Open.
Venus Williams had won two Wimbledon titles by the time Gauff was born. Gauff said beating Williams, who she considers an idol, a real turning point for her in terms of fame.
“It was pretty surreal how life changes in a matter of seconds,” Gauff said.
But Gauff has long been clear about her tennis ambitions.
“I want to be the best ever,” Gauff said as a 14-year-old on the show No Days Off. “I want to be better than Serena, and I want to have that Grand Slam record one day.”
Serena Williams, who has won 23 Grand Slam titles and holds an Open Era record, will face Carla Suarez Navarro in a round-of-16 match on Monday.
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Friday’s victory means Gauff has now earned almost $200,000 in Wimbledon winnings. When a reporter asked her how she planned to spend the money, she said she wasn’t sure.
“I mean, I can’t buy a car, because I can’t drive,” Gauff said. “I hate spending money to be honest, so I don’t really know.” She said she would maybe buy some hoodies from Jaden Smith’s line of apparel.
The most unexpected attention Gauff said she had received came from Miss Tina Knowles-Lawson, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles.
“[She] posted me on Instagram and I was screaming,” Gauff said. “I hope Beyoncé saw that. I hope she told her daughter about me, because I would love to go to a concert.”
Saturday Sports: Wimbledon, Women’s World Cup
NPR’s Renee Montagne talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about a rising tennis star at Wimbledon and the upcoming Women’s World Cup final.
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And it’s time now for sports.
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MONTAGNE: A 15-year-old from Florida takes Wimbledon by storm and on the eve of the Women’s World Cup final, America’s brash, outspoken and very, very good team. We’re joined now by Howard Bryant of ESPN. Good morning.
HOWARD BRYANT, BYLINE: Good morning. How are you?
MONTAGNE: Pretty good. Let’s start with Wimbledon because – and I say this is an incredible understatement – a star is being born there.
BRYANT: A star is being born there. Fifteen-Year-Old Coco Gauff – just an amazing, amazing story, one, because we’re just not used to seeing someone that young be this good anymore. We’ve seen it in the old days, remember, with Tracy Austin at 14 and Jennifer Capriati, who was the last player as young as Coco Gauff to be doing what she’s doing now. But over the last several years, the game has gotten so physical and so strong, the players are so much bigger, that teenagers haven’t really had the chance to do what Coco Gauff is doing now. And she did something even more remarkable than just show up and play well at Wimbledon. She came in in the first round and beat her idol, Venus Williams, who’s only won Wimbledon five times and is a seven-time Grand Slam champion.
And, of course, yesterday’s match against Polona Hercog was just amazing considering she was down 6-3, 5-2, match point twice and found her way to win the entire match 7-5 in the third set. It just showed you how much – how much fun it is, and then it shows you how much talent she’s got as well. I was thinking to myself watching her parents in the crowd yesterday that I couldn’t stomach that. I can barely watch my son at a piano recital at the nursing home. And watching them watch their teenager do what she’s doing, it’s incredible.
MONTAGNE: Well, something else incredible, of course, is the Women’s World Cup final soccer team from America, the U.S. team. Before we talk about them – and I’m going to ask you about them – they have transformed this tournament into a much talked about event – I mean, much more than a game – haven’t they?
BRYANT: Well – and they have, and they always do. They are brash. They are good. They are fantastic. And they’re tough. I think when you look at the personalities involved, you’ve got Megan Rapinoe, who was the only player – white woman player to take a knee after Colin Kaepernick did in 2016 out of support for him. You have Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd, who are two of the other stars on the team. You’ve got this team – they start to the tournament and they destroy Thailand, and people are mad at them because they won so big. And then they had a tough match against Spain.
And then, of course, you go up against England as well, and England didn’t like the fact that when they came out and beat them that they had a real – you know, Morgan’s celebration was of her sipping tea. I thought it was kind of fun. People thought this team was brash, but you know what? They’re good. They demand equal pay for women. They fight with the federation to make sure that they get what they deserve in terms of their respect. And they are something to watch. And tomorrow, they’ll be playing for the championship against the Netherlands.
MONTAGNE: OK. No predictions, but what’s the 30-second version of what you’ll be looking at when the U.S. kicks off with the Netherlands?
BRYANT: Oh, I think you’re looking to see how healthy Megan Rapinoe is. She didn’t play the other match. She didn’t start the other match because of her hamstring. So we’ll see if she’s healthy and playing. And I think you just want to see if they can play on their terms, they win. If they get into a tough defensive battle, then it’s anybody’s game.
MONTAGNE: Howard Bryant of ESPN, pleasure talking to you.
BRYANT: My pleasure. Thank you.
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U.S. Prepares To Face The Netherlands In Women’s World Cup Final
The U.S. will face the Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup Final on Sunday. The U.S. women are the defending champs and looking to secure their fourth World Cup title.