Spain and England played quality soccer. That should be enough.

Spain won its first world championship with a 1-0 victory over England. (By Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)Comment on this storySYDNEY — The power to change the minds of men everywhere rested on Spanish captain Olga Carmona’s left foot. With her goal, a well-placed strike tucked low that jusssst snuck inside the left post and into the net, Carmona dismantled centuries of sexism in sport, probably.

The correct battle English keeper Mary Earps decided on was against a Spanish penalty kick, and she won. When Earps read forward Jessica Hermoso’s attempt like a romance novel on the beach, stopping the ball cold, she emerged from the ground, cradling the ball, sticking out her tongue and…