U-S-A! U-S-A!
Mission accomplished, America -- the women's soccer team not only won the World Cup, but dominated in a 5-2 win over Japan. Four years ago, the team lost in penalty kicks against Japan in a heartbreaking final for a promising squad. But this was the ladies' year, and suitably it came just a day after the Fourth of July.
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The team and fans let their stars and stripes fly in a most 'Merica of matches.
1. Winning, followed by immediate chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
2. Joe Biden
3. This human-eagle hybrid.
(Coming to KFC in 2017. Extra Crispy Eagle Tenders.)
4. Thirsty revenge (and Star Wars references).
5. Heated complaining.
6. This woman's head gear.
7. Jokes about Canadians
45 left to play. U-S-Eh, U-S-Eh, C'mon U-S-Eh! pic.twitter.com/2jYIKWqWrT— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 6, 2015
8. Wikipedia page vandalism
But Carli Lloyd deserves it, right?
Carli Lloyd on track to be America's first female president. #USWNT #USAvJPN— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) July 5, 2015
9. BEYONCÉ.
U.S.A A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 5, 2015 at 5:33pm PDT
10. Sasha Obama and her hip glasses.
BONUS: Wage gap.
The U.S. Women just got paid 4x *LESS* to win the World Cup than the U.S. Men did to lose in the Round of 16. #USAvsJPN #WorldCupFinal— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) July 6, 2015