Not the Worst Loss

Facebook Share Button Code Japan beats the U.S. Women's team in the World Cup Finals on penalty kicks -- the Americans missed their first three kicks and couldn't hold the Japanese team off enough to keep it even.

Although the U.S. team more or less gave Japan their first score to tie it at 1-1 with some clumsy play in front of the goal, it's hard to feel too bad about the loss since this is one of the few good things to happen for Japan this year. These women will go home as heroes to a country that has some need of them, following the earthquake and tsunami of this past March, and you really have to feel kind of good about that.

Plus, this is Japan's first championship in FIFA Women's World Cup, and it's always nice to see someone new take home the trophy. So, women's soccer, see you next year in London and in 2015 up in the Great White North, eh?