Why Aren’t Top 3 In Women’s World Cup Final? Maybe ‘Convergence’

The Women’s World Cup winds up on Sunday, and it has not gone to chalk.

The United States, two-time defending world champion, is long gone. The Americans couldn’t score and got dumped in the round of 16 by Sweden. No. 2 Germany didn’t make it out of the group stage. And the Swedes, ranked third in the world, got relegated to the bronze medal game by a left-footed strike in the 89th minute of the semifinal from Spain’s Olga Carmona.