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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, On July 5, 2015, the United States women's |
| 3 | | national soccer team, Team USA, won the 2015 FIFA
Women's World |
| 4 | | Cup by defeating the Japanese women's national soccer team by a |
| 5 | | score of 5-2; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Team USA was led by midfielder Carli Lloyd, who |
| 7 | | scored 3 goals for her
team and became the first player in the |
| 8 | | tournament's history to score 3 goals in the championship
game; |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, With the championship victory, Team USA has now |
| 11 | | won 3 of the 7 FIFA
Women's World Cups played, the most of any |
| 12 | | country; the first 2 of which occurred in the 1991 and 1999 |
| 13 | | tournaments; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, The 2015 tournament, which was hosted by Canada, |
| 15 | | saw the largest number of teams ever
compete in the tournament |
| 16 | | with 24 countries represented, up from 16 teams in 2011; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Team USA went undefeated in the tournament, |
| 18 | | posting a 3-win, one-draw,
and zero-loss record in Group D of |
| 19 | | the tournament's group stage; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Team USA defeated Colombia 2-0 in the first round |
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| 1 | | of the knockout stage and
then the Chinese national team 1-0 in |
| 2 | | the quarter-finals; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, In what was considered to be the actual |
| 4 | | championship game because of the quality of both
teams, Team |
| 5 | | USA defeated a talented German squad 2-0 in the tournament's |
| 6 | | semi-final
match; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, In the championship match, Team USA, led by Carli |
| 8 | | Lloyd's 3 goal performance, easily defeated the
Japanese |
| 9 | | national squad; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Jill Ellis, Assistant Coach Tony |
| 11 | | Gustavsson, Goalkeeper Coach Graeme Abel, and
Fitness Coach |
| 12 | | Dawn Scott put together and led an outstanding team; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Carli Lloyd won the Golden Ball as the |
| 14 | | tournament's best player and Team USA goalkeeper
Hope Solo won |
| 15 | | the Golden Glove Award as the tournament's best goalkeeper; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The members of Team USA are Shannon Boxx,
Morgan |
| 17 | | Brian, Lori Chalupny, Whitney Engen, Ashlyn Harris, Tobin |
| 18 | | Heath, Lauren Holiday, Julie Johnston,
Meghan Klingenberg, Ali |
| 19 | | Krieger, Sydney Leroux, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Alyssa |
| 20 | | Naeher, Kelley O'Hara,
Heather O'Reilly, Christen Press, |
| 21 | | Christine Rampone, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Rodriguez, Becky
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| 1 | | Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, and Abby Wambach; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members Team USA serve as models of hard
work, |
| 3 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the United States |
| 4 | | and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 7 | | congratulate the United States women's national soccer team, |
| 8 | | Team USA, on winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup; and be it |
| 9 | | further
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the talent and teamwork that |
| 11 | | Team USA displayed on the field, the excellence and humility |
| 12 | | they displayed off the field, the outstanding coaching staff, |
| 13 | | and the brilliant management team that crafted the 2015 women's |
| 14 | | national soccer team; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to the United States Soccer Federation,
to each |
| 17 | | member of Team USA's coaching and management staff,
and to |
| 18 | | every player on the Team USA 2015 roster.
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