Okay, Maybe The Sports Karma Gods Decreed Japan Was Meant To Win ...

The U.S. played its best game of the competition but failed to put the game away in the first 30 minutes. Four balls hitting the post is pretty Karmic, to say the least. And Japan twice came back when the U.S. went ahead. It just wasn't the U.S. team's day. As coach Pia Sondhage said, "the difference between winning and losing is (holding thumb and forefinger a half-inch apart) this close." But they'll be back. And I bet we'll be seeing a lot more of Hope Solo, too. Check out her Nike commercial, in exercise skin tights, showing off her abs and washboard stomach:

Beauty in flight: