Olympic Games champion USA, who had five consecutive titles in Shebelieves Cup, suffered a surprising defeat in this year's final in the women's football tournament.
Japan won 2–1, the American women's football team's first defeat in a year. It was also the first defeat against Japan after 14 consecutive wins.
Substitute Toko Koga became the match hero with her 2–1 goal at the beginning of the second half.
USA's national team coach Emma Hayes substituted ten players from the 2–0 win over Australia on Sunday.
