The seventh FIFA Women’s World Cup™ began in record-breaking style,
with 24 teams lining up for the very first time in the competition’s
history, and ended on a similarly momentous note, as USA became the
first nation to lift the Trophy three times. Just for good measure,
Canada 2015 also yielded an all-time-high of 112 goals, one more than
the previous best, set at Germany 2011.
The tournament ended on a
suitably spectacular note, as the Stars and Stripes swamped defending
champions Japan 5-2. The contest was effectively over by the 16th
minute, by which time the Americans had surged into a 4-0 lead, three of
those goals coming from the talismanic Carli Lloyd.
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