And eight minutes after that, it was Lauren Holiday's turn to pour it on, volleying home goal No. 3 as Japan's defense absolutely fell apart in Vancouver:
Then Lloyd topped it all by chipping the Japanese goalkeeper from the midfield stripe in the 16th minute:
Japan got a goal back in the 28th minute, and then a second on the other side of halftime, but Tobin Heath then restored the 3-goal US lead off a set piece. That would be it for the scoring, as the USWNT won the game 5-2, claiming their first World Cup title since 1999.