The 2019 Women’s World Cup champions are the triumphant United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). They defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in a final that was at times full of end to end action full of skill and moments of personal glory.

In the end, the Americans retained their title, asserting their dominance in the sport.

The game was already supercharged long before kick-off. The USWNT and especially captain Megan Rapinoe had been making headlines throughout the tournament. From her comments on the current US President to using the pre-match press conference to call out Fifa on the pay gap between the men’s and women’s tournament.

This tournament hasn’t just been about the football. We all hope for the day when it is just about the football, but as Rapinoe said it isn’t fair that this final has been scheduled on the same day as the two other major games. She’s right to question if this would happen to the men’s game.

She held back no punches when she said, “double it now and use that number to double it or quadruple it for the next time” when commenting on the disparity in prize money between the men’s and women’s world cup.

Women’s World Cup: US victorious in final against the Netherlands