Spain wins its first Women's World Cup title, beating England 1-0 in the final

Spain won its archetypal Women's World Cup rubric little than a twelvemonth aft a subordinate rebellion, holding disconnected England 1-0 connected Sunday aft Olga Carmona's first-half goal.

The triumph made La Roja the archetypal squad to clasp the under-17, under-20 and elder satellite titles astatine the aforesaid time. Spain is the 5th victor successful 9 editions of the Women's World Cup and joins Germany arsenic the lone 2 nations to triumph some the men's and women's tournaments.

At the last whistle, the Spanish players piled connected each different successful beforehand of their goal. They were inactive dancing connected the tract until the trophy presentations, wherever they kissed the trophy and raised their arms successful triumph arsenic aureate glitter fell from above.

The Lionesses were trying to bring a World Cup backmost to England for the archetypal clip since 1966, but fell conscionable short.

"They're a fantastic team. I deliberation archetypal fractional we weren't our best, 2nd half, we decidedly enactment the occurrence in," England skipper Millie Bright said. "But yeah, we conscionable couldn't decorativeness it today. This is the hard portion of football."

For England, Bright said, the nonaccomplishment brought a "huge magnitude of disappointment."

"You cognize astatine archetypal you consciousness similar you failed with not winning," she said. "I deliberation successful a mates of weeks and it settles it volition beryllium truly really proud."

In a heavy attacking game, Carmona's left-foot onslaught successful the 29th infinitesimal was the lone goal.

In solemnisation she raised her jersey to uncover the connection "Merchi" scrawled successful ink connected her undershirt, an evident motion to her erstwhile school.

Carmona besides scored the game-winner successful the 89th infinitesimal of Spain's 2-1 semifinal triumph implicit Sweden, becoming the archetypal subordinate since Carli Lloyd successful 2015 to people successful a World Cup semifinal and final.

Spain had a accidental to treble the pb successful the 68th but Jenni Hermoso's punishment effort was saved by Mary Earps, who anticipated perfectly and dived to her left.

Spain's triumph comes contempt a near-mutiny by players past year. Fifteen players said they were stepping distant from the nationalist squad for their intelligence wellness portion besides calling for a much nonrecreational environment.

Three of those players — Ona Batlle, Aitana Bonmatí and Mariona Caldentey — reconciled with the federation and were astatine the World Cup.

England had momentum going into the tourney aft winning the European Championship astatine location past summer. But 3 of the team's champion players, skipper Leah Williamson, Fran Kirby and Beth Mead, each had genu injuries that kept them disconnected the World Cup squad.

England manager Sarina Wiegman was the archetypal manager to instrumentality her teams to back-to-back World Cup rubric matches. She led the Netherlands to the last successful 2019, but fell 2-0 to the United States. She's present 0-2 successful the title match.

England was coming disconnected a 3-1 triumph implicit big Australia successful the semifinal. Lauren James, who was the team's apical scorer with 3 goals and 3 assists, was forced to beryllium retired 2 matches aft being suspended for stomping connected Nigeria's Michelle Alozie to unfastened the knockout stage.

While James was disposable for the final, Wiegman started Ella Toone and utilized the Chelsea winger arsenic a second-half substitute successful a treble alteration to spark the attack.

One of England's champion chances was successful the 16th erstwhile Lauren Hemp's blast caromed disconnected the crossbar. A infinitesimal later, Salma Paralluelo raced to the extremity but couldn't get a cleanable changeable and Earps stopped Alba Redondo's effort successful the scramble successful beforehand of the net.

Coach Jorge Vilda started 19-year-old Paralluelo, who scored the breakthrough extremity for Spain against Sweden, and the game-winner successful other clip implicit the Netherlands successful the quarterfinal. Those efforts helped her triumph the young subordinate of the tourney award, portion Earps won the Golden Glove for champion goalkeeper and Bonmati won the Golden Ball for champion subordinate of World Cup.

Paralluelo astir scored seconds from fractional clip but her changeable deed the post.

Hemp had different accidental successful the 54th but sent it wide. A infinitesimal aboriginal she was handed a yellowish paper for a foul connected Laia Codina.

Spain had a accidental to treble the pb midway done the 2nd fractional aft a video reappraisal awarded a punishment aft Keira Walsh's handball. But Earps kept England successful the game, arsenic she did with her succession of saves late.

Vilda had a situation successful moving astir two-time Ballon d'Or victor Alexia Putellas, who was inactive moving her mode backmost from a torn ACL past year. For the final, Putellas was connected the seat astatine the start.

Putellas went into the crippled with 15 seconds near successful regulation, but determination were 13 minutes of stoppage time.

After the match, Putellas was successful tears arsenic her teammates danced successful beforehand of the flag-waving fans down the team's bench.

There were 75,784 fans astatine the last astatine Stadium Australia, including tennis large Billie Jean King.

The 2 teams met past twelvemonth successful the quarterfinals of the Euros, with England coming from down to bushed Spain 2-1 successful other clip connected Georgia Stanway's goal.