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Article: U.S. drops softball World Cup final
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- Daily Breeze
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- July 19, 2005
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The U.S. softball team lost a tournament title game for the first
time since 1997, falling, 3-1, to Japan on Monday night in the
championship of the inaugural World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City.
The Americans, who won the gold medal at three straight Olympics,
hadn't lost a title game since the final of the 1997 Superball in
Ohio, 1-0, to Australia. It was also the second loss in a week for
the U.S. team. The Americans dropped a 2-1 decision to Canada in
their tournament opener, their first loss in international play since
dropping a 6-1 decision to Japan at the U.S. Cup on July 4, 2002.
Mikiko Tanaka had a two-run single for Japan (3-2), the bronze
medalist at the Athens Games, and ...