Victory! One year after a 3-1 defeat at the Women’s World Cup final in Germany, the United States won 2-1 against Japan in the Olympic final on Thursday. The final is said to have broken the Olympic women’s soccer attendance record with 83,000 people in attendance. The previous record was set in 1996 when 76,489 fans watched the final between the U.S. and China in Athens, Georgia.
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