I have met Hope solo in Person in a promotion event in Massachusetts . lovely and friendly character
As for Japan v England, POOR ENGLAND. I am not the type to cheer for the English but they played GREAT and I felt so bad for their best player Basset. Poor girl in the 93', one of England's best player, scores an own goal, after the English made a mistake on defense and Japan won 2-1. I knew they were going to keep it close and use their height to their advantage and they did just that. They were able to tie it up 1-1 with a header on(either it was a corner or a set piece like a free kick) they are experts at that. However, one key mistake on defense and you are done. They say football is the beautiful game will beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am sure those English girls don't think football is a beautiful game right now, in fact I"ll bet you they think it is a very ugly game. The Japanese girls think it is a beautiful game.
Anyways on to USA v Japan in the finals. Unlike last time, when Japan was riding the high of the Fukashima disaster, this year it is USA's to lose. Also, USA wants revenge and blood they lost to Japan in heartbreaking fashion Japan scores in OT and then beats USA on PK. I'm sure the US players are going to watch the tape of the game before the big game. I think Japan is a very technical and skilled team, you can't press them but they haven't gone up against an ELITE DEFENSE quite like USA. The only other team that has as good of a defense as USA or comparable is France and they got das boot by Germany so USA doesn't need to worry about them.
I say final score
USA 2 Japan 1.
Same score but this time the outcome will be different and USA will be the one with the 2.