[BY THE NUMBERS] The U.S. women's national team will earn a bonus of $1.5 million if it beats Japan in Thursday's gold-medal match at the London Olympics (TV:
NBC Sports Network, live, 2:45 pm ET). If they win, the Japanese will become the first team to capture the gold medal a year after taking the Women's World Cup title. For more on the gold-medal game
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$1.5 million
Bonus members of the U.S. women's national team will earn if it beats Japan in Thursday's gold-medal game. The money will be
divided among the 18 players (other non-roster players and staff members).
$25,000
Bonus each player on the U.S. women's national team will earn
from the USOC if it beats Japan. (The USOC will distribute a $15,000-a-player bonus if the U.S. women take the silver.)
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83,000
Crowd expected for the gold-medal game at Wembley Stadium after fans
snapped up 5,000 tickets following Monday's exciting semifinals.
76,489
Olympic women's soccer attendance record set in 1996 for the gold-medal
game between the USA and China at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga.
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569,128
Fans who have watched women's matches at the London Olympics with two games to play.
740,014
Record attendance for the women's soccer
tournament at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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29
Games the USA and Japan have
played in international competition.
3
Meetings between the USA and Japan since the 2011 Women's World Cup final. Japan won 1-0 at the Algarve
Cup in March, the two teams tied 1-1 at the in the Women's Kirin Cup in Japan in April, and the USA won, 4-1, at the Volvo Winners Cup in Sweden in June.
1
U.S. losses to Japan -- the first defeat came in March at the Algarve Cup. (Japan's 2011 World Cup final win in a shootout tiebreaker is
considered a tie.)
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9
Goals Abby Wambach has scored at
the Olympics, putting her within one goal of the record held by Germany’s Birgit Prinz (10).
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10
Consecutive victories for the USA since its 1-1 tie with Japan in April
1.
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0
Times a team has won the Olympics after winning the Women's World
Cup. The closest any team has come was the USA, which fell to Norway in overtime of the 2000 gold-medal game.



Dennis Yunke


