SOUNDBITE (English) Lauren Holiday, US Women’s Soccer Team: I feel so happy for them, not just for the completion of this goal that we all set, but happy for Carli, happy for Tobin, happy for Lauren, because I know what it feels like to score in an Olympic, Olympic, OMG, I’m a World Cup Champion! It’s weird to say. I didn’t know for the first half if it was real, if I had died or whatnot? I was asking my teammates seriously, am I alive? I feel this is like what heaven is supposed to feel like. SOUNDBITE (English) Abby Wambach, US Women’s Soccer Team:
So it’s less about beating them and more just about achieving our own goal and kind of a redemption, but for ourselves.”Ĥ. I spoke with a few of them that I played with after and they’re nothing but gracious. I think to be honest this is less about beating them. SOUNDBITE (English) Megan Rapinoe, US Women’s Soccer Team: And I think she did get her hand on it a little bit, but it went in, so it was great.”ģ. I hit it perfectly, I don’t think it could have been struck any better. I saw the goal keeper was off her line and just went for it. “Well I remember getting the ball, having space.
Everybody behind me cleaned up things, defended, just so proud of everyone in this group.” “As soon as the whistle blew, with Jill allowing me that little bit extra freedom to kind of do what I do, I’m thankful for that. SOUNDBITE (English) Carli Lloyd, US Women’s Soccer Team: Vancouver, British Columbia - 5 July, 2015ġ. MANDATORY COURTESY ESPN THROUGHOUT USE OF VIDEOĮSPN: MANDATORY COURTESY ESPN THROUGHOUT USE OF VIDEO women’s soccer team spoke on Sunday after defeating Japan 5-2 to win their first World Cup championship since 1999.