Although there are some who would deny both United States and Japan have been the best two teams at this World Cup—supporters of France, Germany and England may argue that—there’s no doubt that since these two illustrious women’s football nations met in the 2011 final, they’ve been the most dominant forces in the game.
The United States earned some revenge after Japan beat them in 2011 with an Olympic win the following year, but there’s a sense that there’s still work to be done by this group of players before those scars fully heal over.
Bleacher Report's Michael Cummings gave us his view on the finalists:
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