Hours before the Women’s World Cup Final, thousands of fans gathered in Lincoln Park waiting to watch the U.S. women’s national team against the defending champions Japan.
Hour ‘til kickoff! #ChicagoWatchParty #USWNT #1N1T #FanHQ -#SheBelieves A video posted by Sarah Spain (@spain2323) on Jul 5, 2015 at 3:00pm PDT
USA fans rally in Chicago's Lincoln Park to watch the #USWNT in the World Cup Final pic.twitter.com/OmUNVgBMTb
— Brian Cassella (@briancassella) July 5, 2015
The scene at Lincoln Park. #WorldCup starts in less than 30 minutes! @chicagotribune pic.twitter.com/yQTXDYT22j
— Rachel Crosby (@rachelacrosby) July 5, 2015
The U.S. team is looking for their first World Cup championship since 1999.
Other Chicago professional sports teams showed their support for the U.S. team.
Let's go USA! Good luck tonight @ussoccer_wnt! #OneMore #USWNT
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) July 5, 2015