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lavelle both scored sealing the victory and prompting millions of team usa fans to celebrate. greg palkot joining us live from leone france where the game took place. hey, greg. hey, arthel. yeah, mike, also. it was amazing match. we watched it right here in the center of leone, france. not far from the stadium where the game was played, with a whole bunch of very noisy enthusiastic fans at the sports bar behind us. yeah, the team indeed made history, extending their record now with four world cup wins. now, netherlands certainly gave them a run for their money, in the first hour of the match, but led by captain megan rapinoe, they came back. in fact, she won honors as the top player on the team in the tourname tournament. take a listen to what she said. it s unbelievable. just to know all of the people in our group that put in so much work, obviously the players. we have all our friends and
warming up on the side courts. there are hundreds of fans gathered around just to watch serena practice. for the first time ever, the women s final for tomorrow sold out before the men s, and as serena continues to win at the u.s. open, the prices keep going up and up and up. it will cost you $50 more if you want to go to that women s final tomorrow as opposed to the men s on sunday. so as of yesterday, it was a downer here because of all the rain at flushing meadows. today very exciting. the fans continue to file in as we re going to have four great semi-final match-ups. serena in the afternoon and roger federer tonight. who will serena face first? she s taking on roberta vinci. she s been the surprise of the tourname tournament. she s ranked 43rd in the world. and i don t know her mindset right now but she might be kind of just the happy to be here
carly lloyd carli lloyd s reaction. the u.s. women have won their third world cup crown. they gather around as we take the live pictures. start handing out a lot of hardware. the young players in the tourname tournament. the golden boot, the golden glove, the golden ball and of course the women s world cup trophy. early stages of the procession beginning right now at bc place. the u.s. thought they had the trophy in their hands multiple times four years ago. they know they have it this time here in canada.
game by possessing the ball. carli lloyd, you can t say enough about her efforts. the entire team played amazing. she hugs wambach. could not have been a better ending. last three games of this tournament she has come on late in the game. hope solo might be earning the golden globe award in the next couple minutes.