Patience the key to World Cup win: Japan coach FRANKFURT (Kyodo) -- Japan coach Norio Sasaki hailed his Nadeshiko flowers after claiming their first Women's World Cup title on Sunday, saying patience was the key to beating the United States and ending a 24-match winless streak against the world's No.1 ranked team. The Americans created a hatful of chances and led twice through Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach, but Japan fought back through goals from Aya Miyama and Homare Sawa before prevailing in a dramatic 3-1 penalty shootout in Frankfurt. "My girls really played their hearts out. You never know which way it is going to go in a penalty shootout but we stayed cool. I am really surprised," said Sasaki. "Looking back at the game, there are some points of criticism. We were quite rigid at times and we didn't always play our game. Our defense was very focused and organized, very much like the game against Germany," he said, referring to the 1-0 quar