The Americans scored just five minutes into the championship game. Cramer received a throw-in from Marquand, she beat her defender down the line and broke free in the penalty area. Cramer crossed perfectly to the far post over the head of goalkeeper Lundgren to Morrell, who nodded the ball in.

Just three minutes later, the Americans worked the ball down the field with some beautiful possession play and the ball ended up on the foot of Oakes who chipped into the penalty area to Schott.She chested it down and took a touch past her defender before being taken down. Norwegian referee Tonje Nordby immediately pointed to the penalty spot and Cramer put her shot past the wrong-footed Lundgren. Sweden pulled a goal back in the 15th minute as Salina Olsson burst through several tackles and curled her shot around Solo. It would be theonly goal for Sweden as the U.S. answered back one minute later. Schott received a pass at the top of the penalty area with her back to the goal and passed back to Cramer, who took a touch to her left and cracked a 25-yard shot that struck the head of a Swedish defender and flew in past the stunned Lundgren.

Just seconds before halftime Schott powered her way past a defender to the end line and dribbled straight toward the goal before chipping to Morrell, who snapped her header in as the Americans went into halftime with a 4-1 lead.
Sweden made four changes at halftime but the American domination continued. Morrell got her third goal in the 66th minute as Cramer sent a long cross to the far post where Morrell headed the ball home. The USA added a sixth goal in the 89th minute as Marquand sent a long pass to the streaking Chalupny, who with three Swedish defenders in tow, sprinted in on goal and bent her shot into the left corner with the outside of her right foot from five yards out. It was the second goal of the tournament for Chalupny.

Post Game quotes

Head Coach Jerry Smith

We showed today the importance of having 18 outstanding players in a tournament like this. We certainly saved our best performance for last. Today was a complete effort and as important as the goals that we scored, we showed some great possession play and incorporated all 11 players into our attack and defense. In the absence of Wambach and Barnes, two of our regular starters, Anne Morrell, Laura Schott and converted defender Danielle Borgman gave us terrific performances in their starts up front. Lori Chalupny and Jill Oakes played well beyond their years and put in great performances throughout the entire tournament. They both played exceptionally well in the final and their experience here will benefit them greatly as they help our Under-19s attempt to win a world championship next year in Canada. My two biggest responsibilities as the Under-21 coach are to prepare our players to play someday for the full national team and to win the Nordic Cup. The players became better through this experience and have a better understanding of what it takes to win in major competitions at the international level while abroad.

Anne Morrell

I didn't get to play much in the first three games, so when I got the chance today, I really wanted to help the team win. Aleisha and Laura gave me great crosses and all I had to do was get my headers on frame. It was a total team performance.

Lori Chalupny

It was awesome to get a chance to play in this tournament with the U-21s. Our midfielders are great players and I learned a lot in the last two weeks.

Other

Forward Morrell making her first start of the tournament, scored three goals, all off far post headers, while midfielder Cramer registered two goals and two assists. The USA's deluge of goals came despite playing without its top two forwards in Wambach who was suspended for receiving two yellow cards, andBarnes who could not play because of a badly bruised foot.

Morrell, and forwards Danielle Borgman (Cincinnati, Ohio/UNC) and Laura Schott (Wilsonville, Ore./UC Berkeley), who notched two assists, stepped up big for the Americans in the most lopsided Nordic Cup championship game in history. It was also the greatest margin of victory in the 16 matches of this year's tournament. The win was especially sweet for both Cramer and Morrell, whose youth club teams won national championships last Sunday without them, as the Morrell's Michigan Hawks took the U-18 title and Cramer's Colorado Rush won the U-19 championship.

With Cramer at the heart of almost every U.S. movement, the Americans played 90 minutes of wonderful, rhythmical attacking soccer that had the Swedes chasing the ball all over the field. Outside backs Kluegel and Marquand (were once again a big part of the U.S. attack as lightning quick passes through the midfield freed them to run at Sweden on the flanks all match.

Smith gave Oakes her first start in midfield and the 17-year-old rewarded him with outstanding play on both sides of the ball. It was Oakes' goal against Germany in the final group game that gave the USA a tie and berth in the final. Chalupny came off the bench in the 62nd minute and scored the final goal.
USA's draw with Germany thwarted Germany's quest for a rare "quadruple" as they had already won European championships at the Under-17, Under-18 and full women's national team levels.
Germany could not regroup after being relegated to the third place match and were upset by Finland, 3-2. Canada crushed Iceland, 6-2, to take fifth place and Denmark defeated Norway in penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie to take seventh place.