team has beaten Japan, 2 1, in the gold medal match at London’s Wembley Stadium, a game that set a new attendance record with more than 80,000 spectators. stars Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach weren’t able to finish their chances. But they were very active, and both players kept the Japanese defenders occupied around the goal.

The fans were hoping for a game as exciting as the 2011 World Air Jordan 4s Cup final, when the same two teams fought to a 2 2 tie before needing penalty kicks to decide the champion. Japan won that match, and the two teams split their Air Jordan 9s games in 2012, along with a tie.

“We made it way too exciting, but that’s good for the fans, I guess,” coach Pia Sundhage told NBC which also caught the coach on video as she danced to “Born in the USA” after the game.

“I think Japan played very well,” she added. “Give credit to our defending, and give credit to our counter attack.”

Asked about her decision not to use Lloyd as a starter as the Olympic tournament began, Sundhage said she had been proven wrong and that she was very happy about it.

“I was ready for the moment,” Lloyd told NBC after the match. “Hard work pays off.”

Asked about Sundhage’s earlier admission that she had been wrong not to put more trust in Lloyd, the player said, “When someone tells me I can’t do something, I’m going to always prove them wrong. That’s what champions do.”

“This goes out to all of our fans who cheered us on last summer,” Abby Wambach told NBC after the match. “It was a team effort for this entire tournament. It shows what it takes” to win the gold medal, she said.

Wambach added that the win ensures that she won’t have bad memories about the London Games for the rest of her life, after falling short at the World Cup.

“This means everything to us,” she said.

The gold medal match featured aggressive play and excellent goal keeping, and Japan seemed determined that Wambach and Morgan would not be the players who beat them. teammates played well enough to make up for that.

After the match, players mixed hugs in with Air Jordan 12s the handshakes. And the American players put on T shirts that said, “Greatness Has Been Found.”

Canada won the bronze medal and its star Christine Sinclair won the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals in the tournament, with six. Team USA’s Abby Wambach finished with five goals. ET: We’re 1:30 into extra time, past 90 minutes. ET: Wambach gets a yellow card for a tackle in which she seemed to have forgotten how big she is. Her trailing Air Jordan 16s leg cleared the Japanese player out. Japan couldn’t do anything with the free kick. ET: A corner kick from Cheney finds Wambach, but she’s unable to send the ball into the back of the net. Perhaps Wambach’s best Air Jordan 2010 chance of the match; she just got under it to send it high. attack. Then a foul by Cheney near midfield gives them possession again. ET: Morgan sprawls out after a foul. Wambach heads the ball, but wide left of the goal. ET: Japan’s Iwabuchi put an excellent shot on goal, but had it saved by Solo. She stole it from Rampone and sent an angling shot that Solo speared.