the 29000 women's world cup has ended in france and the united states have successfully defended their title off to beating the netherlands 2 nil make and reppion know and rosenfels all the u.s. goals in the 2nd half it's the 4th time the u.s. have won the tournament. behind the familiar stripes on the flag of the growing only familiar stars in the line up the americans lived up to the hype of heavy favoritism to compare to the dutch gold i with make an rypien though often the provider the newest and morgan was denied by the brilliance of saudi van veen and. the 29 year olds hands kept aside in the before half time as the teams were level with the bright it wasn't until the hour mark before the hand of the video assistant referee would finally break the orange resistance a penalty awarded rypien 0 stepped up and put one hand on the trophy. the captain capping a tournament in which he laid on and off the pitch. like minutes later rose laville put the finishing touches on the victory with