Women's World Cup
July 17, 2011
Japan
(3)2 - 2(1)
United States
Women's World Cup
18:45 +00:00, July 17, 2011
Frankfurt FIFA WWC Stadium, Germany
Japan rallies twice before stunning U.S. on penalty kicks to win Women's World Cup
Scoring Summary
| Japan | United States |
|---|---|
| Aya Miyama (80') | Alex Morgan (69') |
| Homare Sawa (117') | Abby Wambach (104') |
Teams
| Japan | United States |
|---|---|
| 21 Ayumi Kaihori | 1 Hope Solo |
| 4 Saki Kumagai | 3 Christie Rampone |
| 3 Azusa Iwashimizu | 19 Rachel Buehler |
| 15 Aya Sameshima | 6 Amy LePeilbet |
| 2 Yukari Kinga | 11 Ali Krieger |
| 10 Homare Sawa | 7 Shannon Boxx |
| 6 Mizuho Sakaguchi | 10 Carli Lloyd |
| 8 Aya Miyama | 15 Megan Rapinoe |
| 11 Shinobu Ohno | 9 Heather O'Reilly |
| 7 Kozue Ando | 12 Lauren Cheney |
| 9 Nahomi Kawasumi | 20 Abby Wambach |
| Substitutes | |
| 18 Karina Maruyama | Amy Shilling 8 |
| 1 Nozomi Yamago | Tobin Heath 17 |
| 5 Kyoko Yano | Stephanie Cox 14 |
| 12 Miho Fukumoto | Jill Loyden 21 |
| 17 Yuki Nagasato | Alex Morgan 13 |
| 13 Rumi Utsugi | Nicole Barnhart 18 |
| 19 Megumi Takase | Becky Sauerbrunn 4 |
| 20 Mana Iwabuchi | Heather Mitts 2 |
| 14 Megumi Kamionobe | Lori Lindsey 16 |
| 16 Asuna Tanaka | Kelley O'Hara 5 |
| Substitutions | |
| Karina Maruyama for Shinobu Ohno (66) | Alex Morgan for Lauren Cheney (45) |
| Yuki Nagasato for Kozue Ando (66) | Tobin Heath for Megan Rapinoe (114) |
| Mana Iwabuchi for Karina Maruyama (119) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Aya Miyama (97) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Azusa Iwashimizu (121) | |
| · Squads: Japan | United States | |
Shootout Snapshot
| 0 - 0 | Shannon Boxx (miss) | |
Aya Miyama (pen)  | 1 - 0 | |
| 1 - 0 | Carli Lloyd (miss) | |
| Yuki Nagasato (miss) | 1 - 0 | |
| 1 - 0 | Tobin Heath (miss) | |
| Mizuho Sakaguchi (pen) | 2 - 0 | |
| 2 - 1 | Abby Wambach (pen) | |
| Saki Kumagai (pen) | 3 - 1 |