SYDNEY — This unpredictable orchid of a World Cup had one last what-on-earth in it, and was it ever an odd one. Spain, with its win over England by 1-0 in the final, became that rare team to soar to unprecedented heights 11 months after a team mutiny.
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Yet La Roja, in only its third women’s World Cup, looked a tad better, faster and bolder than England for most of a final in front of 75,784 England-heavy witnesses at Stadium Australia.