Japan Prevails on True Grit
The U.S women's national team learned a difficult lesson in their extra time loss on penalty kicks to Japan in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final: not finishing valuable scoring opportunities will come back to bite you. And bite them it did.
The U.S squandered a host of chances in the first half hour that could have decided the match.
New England Soccer Today @ Jul 17, 2011 7:33 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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