Vindication

For a team that started as badly as this one - this has got to feel pretty damn good.

Scoooooooreboard....ScoOOooooOOOooreboard!!!

Everyone doubted them. There was no Abby. A new coach. Brasil has the two best players on the planet.

Yeah, well - we had Carli Lloyd in the 96th minute (and damn near again in the 115th minute). What's more we had Hope Solo at the top of her game.

Coach Ryan? You seein' this?

Cristiane? Stuffed. Marta? Shut out.

You couldn't have set up a better final. A straight up, unadulterated win for the US women.

Bask in it, wallow in it. The US women are Olympic Champions.

God bless America

Scoreline - August 21, 2008
Brasil: 0
USA: 1
Lloyd 96'