cup. hope solo is the team s goal keeper. yes! and i think since we were young kids it s been our dream, so you don t let anybody, media, family, whatever it may be stop you from reaching your goals. reporter: standing in the americans way is a surprising japan squad, smaller but very skilled, it beat bigger teams, germany and swede on the reach the finals. the u.s. has defeated japan three time this is year, but this is the world cup. and abby wanbach who s scored two crucial goals with her head knows anything can happen. this is emotional, and whether people want to admit it or not, the stage is as big as it s ever been for this game and for the players on this team. reporter: now there are about 48,000 lucky people who will get to see the world cup final in person here in frankfurt in a
every year. not this year. this year in a nation that does not care about the game of soccer, in a nation still trying to convince itself it cares about any women s sport, this year the women s cup game took over. the u.s. is in white, the french team is in blue. the u.s. takes an early lead with this ball here from lauren cheney. no relation. the frenchys fight back, tieing the match at 1-1 when this longshot eludes our goal keeper. and there it stood late into the second half. it s tied 1-1 and that s when on the slowest day of every sports year, the best new thing in the world happens.
is bleak wednesday in sports every year. not this year. this year in a nation that does not care about the game of soccer, in a nation still trying to convince itself it cares about any women s sport, this year the women s cup game took over. the u.s. is in white, the french team is in blue. the u.s. takes an early lead with this ball here from lauren cheney. no relation. the frenchys fight back, tieing the match at 1-1 when this longshot eludes our goal keeper. and there it stood late into the second half. it s tied 1-1 and that s when on the slowest day of every sports year, the best new thing in the
advance. i h h a feeling on that third kicker that i was going to outplay her for that moment. because i felt she wasn t confident. i felt i was confident. my time was coming to make a save. i think confidence goes a long way. i m like, we re going into penalty kicks. we got hope, we re good. we knew she was going to save one, we kept saying that. finish our shots. she s unbelievable. that s why she s hope solo. that s why she s the best goal keeper in the world hands-down. thank god we have her on our team. reporter: the dramatic save may have never happened had solo s first dramatic save counted. in the 67th minute solo turned away a penalty kick. only to have the officials order brazil another one. almost 90 minutes after the match the u.s. still wasn t sure why. i didn t even realize what was going on. i made the save, i felt the crowd, i saw my family, i was cheering, i was celebrating, i was so excited. then i turn ba around. they re lined up for another kick. we stil
being fixed. oh, that is awful. but i guess there s a reason you don t use your hands in soccer, right? unless you re the goal keeper. he should have been holding it with his feet. for tonight s shot, let s just say a belly laughing baby is hard to beat. we found this on youtube. take a look. i love that. a baby cracking up, bubbles, a dog. like i said, pretty tough to beat. tough, but not impossible. i see your laughing baby, randi, and raise you one ticklish penguin. a baby penguin also from youtube. i don t know where we find this stuff.