by Haley Mitchell, online & photography editor & Vi Burgess, executive editor
Your favorite infographic-making dream team is back with a closer look at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. From Laura Basset’s own goal to the not-really-nail-biting repeat of the 2011 final against Japan, we’ve brought you our favorite moments, statistics and tweets of the tournament.
information from fifa.com
With a final score of 5-2, the US overcame Japan within the first few minutes of the game and maintained a strong lead throughout. Midfielder Carli Lloyd made three of the match’s goals, including making the fastest hat-trick in World Cup history in the sixteenth minute. Lloyd will be taking home the Adidas Golden Ball as the tournament’s most outstanding player as well as the Adidas Silver Boot.
“To be honest, I couldn’t really have imagined things turning out better,” USA coach Jill Ellis said. “However, I did know that my players were capable of doing something exceptional. That’s what they were born to do.”
Some of our favorite tweets:
THAT IS SO EMBARRASSING FOR GERMANY GO USA
— abbye (@AbbyeVessell) July 1, 2015
FINALS BABYYYYYY #USA
— hannah (@hannahhturnerr) July 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/AllieWenzel1/status/613135822078894080
Solo for president
— callyn ◡̈ (@callynwalton) July 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/aapetronotis/status/617837078236127232
So proud of Team USA! Lloyd just crazy good!
— Freda Carraway (@Mary_Hartwell) July 6, 2015
That's how you start a game right! ⚽️
— Coach Salerno (@stesal10) July 5, 2015
The next Women’s World Cup will be held in France in 2019.
