As the experts and fans predicted before it started, the final will be contested between the FIFA world number one ranked USA squad and the FIFA world number seven ranked homegirls from Canada.
They faced each other in the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying finals and it took a penalty kick shootout to decide it. They also faced each other in the Beijing Olympic quarterfinals with the USDA emerging victorious in that instance and know that they will probably see each other again in London.
It's probably going to be just as tight in this one. Team USA scored 34 goals in this tournament while Canada only gave up two while scoring 16. Nine of them were courtesy of the tournament's leading scorer in Christine Sinclair.
Who said they didn't have anything to play for? Team USA has never lost a match on Canadian soil, has played Canada five times north of the border and is 4-0-1.
The fun will be televised on NBC Sports Network starting at 7 PM CST and looking forward to an exciting a closely contested game.
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