Carli Lloyd delivered an early first-half hat trick (3', 5', 16'; the first hat trick in title game history) as the United States , who scored four times in the opening half, dominated Japan 5-2 on Sunday and won their third FIFA Women's World Cup championship, their first in 16 years.
Lauren Holiday scored in the 14th minute and Tobin Heath in the 54th for Team USA.
The Americans avenged their penalty-kick shootout defeat at the hands of the Japanese at the final four years ago in Germany.
It was the highest scoring Women's World Cup title game ever.
Here are the happy Americans celebrating their third world title.
The contest was played in front of 53,341 fans at BC Place Stadium.
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