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U.S. Women Get Extra Bonus Julie Foudy holds the championship trophy aloft as she, Mia Hamm and assistant coach Lauren Gregg, right, circle raucous Rose Bowl after win. (Rich Lipski - The Post) The U.S. women's team basked in the glory of their penalty-kick shootout victory over China and learned that it would receive an unexpected bonus for winning the title. Related Items: Americans Honored at White House U.S. Women Set to Tour Chastain Lifts Sports Apparel Market Messing Has No Plans for MLS Gildea: U.S. Heads Above the Rest Galleries U.S. Women Win World Cup Brandi Chastain buried a penalty kick in the fifth round to give the United States a victory over China and its second Women's World Cup title at the Rose Bowl, sending a sellout crowd of 90,185 into delirium. Related Items: Akers's Gritty Play Inspires U.S. Team China Remains Calm After Final Setback Chastain, Scurry Are Big Stars in Shootout

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Cup Fans Are Small in Stature, Large in Numbers (Beth A. Keiser - Associated Press) Women's World Cup fans – many of them young girls, like Salt Lake City's Sally Neilson (pictured) – are coming out to matches in droves, validating the gamble that organizers took several years ago when they rescheduled matches at larger, more prominent stadiums across the United States.

• Future Star Parlow Is Showing Her Age • Milbrett: U.S. Women's Unsung Star • The Stories Behind the Games • U.S. Women Play for Change • The World Is Starting to Catch Up		RESOURCES • World Cup '98 Section • D.C. United Section • MLS Section • FIFA Online • Soccer America