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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, On July 5, 2015, the United States women's
3national soccer team, Team USA, won the 2015 FIFA Women's World
4Cup by defeating the Japanese women's national soccer team by a
5score of 5-2; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Team USA was led by midfielder Carli Lloyd, who
7scored 3 goals for her team and became the first player in the
8tournament's history to score 3 goals in the championship game;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, With the championship victory, Team USA has now
11won 3 of the 7 FIFA Women's World Cups played, the most of any
12country; the first 2 of which occurred in the 1991 and 1999
13tournaments; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The 2015 tournament, which was hosted by Canada,
15saw the largest number of teams ever compete in the tournament
16with 24 countries represented, up from 16 teams in 2011; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Team USA went undefeated in the tournament,
18posting a 3-win, one-draw, and zero-loss record in Group D of
19the tournament's group stage; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Team USA defeated Colombia 2-0 in the first round

 

 

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1of the knockout stage and then the Chinese national team 1-0 in
2the quarter-finals; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In what was considered to be the actual
4championship game because of the quality of both teams, Team
5USA defeated a talented German squad 2-0 in the tournament's
6semi-final match; and
 
7    WHEREAS, In the championship match, Team USA, led by Carli
8Lloyd's 3 goal performance, easily defeated the Japanese
9national squad; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Head Coach Jill Ellis, Assistant Coach Tony
11Gustavsson, Goalkeeper Coach Graeme Abel, and Fitness Coach
12Dawn Scott put together and led an outstanding team; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Carli Lloyd won the Golden Ball as the
14tournament's best player and Team USA goalkeeper Hope Solo won
15the Golden Glove Award as the tournament's best goalkeeper; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The members of Team USA are Shannon Boxx, Morgan
17Brian, Lori Chalupny, Whitney Engen, Ashlyn Harris, Tobin
18Heath, Lauren Holiday, Julie Johnston, Meghan Klingenberg, Ali
19Krieger, Sydney Leroux, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Alyssa
20Naeher, Kelley O'Hara, Heather O'Reilly, Christen Press,
21Christine Rampone, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Rodriguez, Becky

 

 

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1Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, and Abby Wambach; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The members Team USA serve as models of hard work,
3integrity, and dedication for the people of the United States
4and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7congratulate the United States women's national soccer team,
8Team USA, on winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That we recognize the talent and teamwork that
11Team USA displayed on the field, the excellence and humility
12they displayed off the field, the outstanding coaching staff,
13and the brilliant management team that crafted the 2015 women's
14national soccer team; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
16presented to the United States Soccer Federation, to each
17member of Team USA's coaching and management staff, and to
18every player on the Team USA 2015 roster.