The United States defeated Japan 5-2 in the 2015 Women's World Cup final. Carli Lloyd had a hat-trick, while Lauren Holiday and Tobin Heath scored the other goals for the US. Yuki Ogimi and Julie Johnston (own goal) scored for Japan. This victory gave the US their third Women's World Cup title, and Lloyd was named the tournament's MVP.
1. The United States and Japan played in the 2011 World Cup final and the 2012 Olympics final.
2. The United States won the 2012 Olympics final and Japan won the 2011 World Cup final.
3. The final of the 2015 World Cup was held in Vancouver.
4. The United States team was unchanged from their semi-final match against Germany.
5. Carly Lloyd had scored three goals in the tournament and was player of the match in the last three US games.
6. Megan Rapinoe turned 30 on the day of the final.
7. Japan's team was also unchanged from their semi-final match against England.
8. Saki Kumagai scored the winning penalty against the United States in the 2011 World Cup final.
9. Only seven different players had scored for Japan in the tournament and Yuki Ogimi and Aya Miyama had started every match.
10. The United States scored the first goal of the match through Carly Lloyd.
11. Lauren Holiday and Lloyd scored two more goals for the United States in the first 14 minutes of the match.
12. The United States scored a fourth goal through Holiday in the 16th minute.
13. Lloyd scored a long-range hat-trick goal in the 16th minute to make it 4-0.
14. Julie Johnston scored an own goal in the 52nd minute to give Japan their first goal.
15. Tobin Heath scored the fifth goal for the United States in the 54th minute.
16. The United States won the match 5-2 and became the 2015 World Cup champions.