Will history repeat itself? The US women hope not

For almost all of her 14-year professional career, Abby Wambach has been the ultimate example of consistency. The Americans missed their first three attempts.

JERE LONGMAN: So when the United States first formed a women’s team in the 1980s, you know, they made their own uniforms.

Japan is scheduled to face United States of America in the 2015 Federation Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup final Monday 00:00 BST (UK time). “We feel like we have a good preparation, and in our preparation we have confidence and are just excited to get this things started”.

The two nations meet again Sunday at 6 p.m. CDT in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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“The strength of the US team is their power and their organization of playing – their structure”, he said. Most matches would be similar to that 9-0 thrashing of Japan in 1999.

Attacking: Japan’s passing game is the best in the world, and it will give the United States fits. Four years ago, Japan beat the USA on penalty kicks for the title.

Carli Lloyd: “We have really good momentum”. If they’re confronted with a deficit, how they react will reveal just how different the team has become. All 11 [USA] players on the pitch have the mood, aura and awareness that they can make something happen. It is Japan’s world cup.

Despite their familiarity, each team expects to see changes in the other.

Meanwhile, Olivia, a gray parrot kept at the Nasu Animal Kingdom zoo in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, has reportedly predicted that Japan will retain the championship and defeat the USA team on July 5, said Ballball. But they don’t just always try to string eight, nine, 10 passes together.

Wambach later said if the tournament hadn’t been staged on artificial turf, she would have scored there.

“They keep saying “the 99ers.’ You hear that all the time, it’s always ‘the 99ers””, said Cat Whitehill, a Fox Sports analyst who played for the U.S.in two World Cups but never got past the semifinals.

Perhaps, Australia coach Alen Stajcic was on to something when he said, “We’re not the Netherlands”, in responding to question regarding how his team might defend against Japan in the quarterfinals.

Her respect for the United States was clear as was her coach’s admiration.

Consider: In 2012, the USA national team went to Japan for a tour of friendlies, and one day visited a school.

As anticipation rises, many sports commentators in the USA are very confident of a win, however those that like flamboyant and stylish play favor the Japanese ladies. The structure and the strong desire to win.

This time, honor is driving Japan. Wambach is an Olympic champion twice over, not three times only because of an injury days before the 2008 tournament that was part of the Beijing Games. The 33-year-old hasn’t been beaten for a goal since the 27th minute of the opening win against Australia, riding a string of five straight clean sheets and 513 consecutive scoreless minutes. The Japanese are led by captain and star midfielder Aya Miyama, who sets her teams pace.

Since then? Not much, as the American defense has not yielded another goal and Solo, 33, mostly has enjoyed a leisurely front-row seat to the action. Wambach has gone from being the best player on the field to the best substitute, even starting the play that ended with O’Hara’s insurance goal in the 2-0 semifinal win vs. Germany. Before that, the No. 1 Germans had been averaging 12 shots on goal per match.