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Lindsey Vonnshows her trophy for winning the alpine ski women's World Cup super-combined discipline title in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)
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Lindsey Vonn celebrates at the finish line on March 9, 2012, after winning a women's Alpine Ski World cup giant slalom competition in Are, Sweden. (Associated Press)
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Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, finished third in the women's World Cup downhill on the Sochi Olympics course, in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, Russia, Saturday, Feb.18, 2012. Vonn clinched her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title Saturday, although German rival and friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch won the race on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS photographs The U.S. team (above) contemplates what might have been after Japan won the Women's World Cup final Sunday in Frankfurt, Germany. Abby Wambach (below) gestures to the crowd after Sunday's loss.
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U.S. soccer players react after losing the Women's World Cup final to Japan on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Japanese soccer players celebrate with the trophy after winning their first Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Frankfurt, Germany, after defeating the United States in a penalty shootout. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Japanese players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Women's World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Japan's Homare Sawa and her teammate Saki Kumagai celebrate during the championship match between Japan and the United States for the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Abby Wambach of the United States walks on the pitch after the U.S. lost the championship match against Japan for the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama (right) and their daughters, Malia (left) and Sasha, watch the Women's World Cup soccer game between the U.S. and Japan from the Treaty Room at the White House in Washington on Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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Japan's Saki Kumagai (background) scores the decisive goal past U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo during the penalty shootout in the final match for the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Jessica Doyle (center) and other fans react on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Washington as the U.S. loses to Japan during the Women's World Cup soccer final in Germany. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Homare Sawa (right) can't contain her glee after scoring Japan's second goal, and Saki Kumagai joins the celebration during the Women's World Cup final in Frankfurt, Germany. Japan won 3-1 on penalty kicks after the teams played to a 2-2 tie. (Associated Press)
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Brad Smith/ISI Photos Ali Krieger (rear) of Dumfries, Va., spent three years refining her skills in Germany, host nation of the Women's World Cup. She is slated to start at right back for the U.S. against North Korea on Tuesday.
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2007 file photo, Abby Wambach of the United States, reacts after scoring the first goal against England during their quarterfinal match at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Tianjin, China. Now 31, Wambach leads the United States into this summer's World Cup _ in Germany. AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)
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In this photo released by World Press Photo, the 1st Prize Sport Single of the 2011 World Press Photo contest by Mike Hutchings, South Africa, Reuters, shows Netherlands' Demy de Zeeuw being kicked in the face by Uruguay's Martin Ceceres during their World Cup semifinal soccer match in Cape Town, South Africa, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
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Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o holds the trophy after winning the Club World Cup final soccer match against TP Mazembe at Zayed sport city in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A contestant rides his broom during competition at the 4th annual Quidditch World Cup held at Dewitt Clinton Park, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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In this photo released by CBS, U.S. World Cup soccer team midfielder Landon Donovan, left, talks with host David Letterman on the set of the "Late Show with David Letterman," Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/CBS, Heather Wines)
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ONE AMONG SCORES: A Ugandan man is being treated for his injuries at a hospital after twin terrorist attacks killed 74 World Cup viewers and injured many more in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Al-Shabaab, which has pledged loyalty to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. (Associated Press)
