U.S. Women Win Gold in Soccer

Carli Lloyd scored two goals as the United States women’s soccer team beat Japan, 2-1, to win the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Thursday night in London. The US victory avenged the Americans’ loss to the Japanese team on penalty kicks in the Women’s World Cup last summer. A Wembley Stadium crowd of 80,203, a record for a women's soccer game watch the gold medal game.