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Women’s World Cup: Raiders wish the USWNT good luck

By Mike Dyce

Jun 9, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders helmet of defensive end Justin Tuck (not pictured) at minicamp at the Raiders practice facility. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 9, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders helmet of defensive end Justin Tuck (not pictured) at minicamp at the Raiders practice facility. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Oakland Raiders took out a full page ad to wish the United States women’s national team good luck in the Women’s World Cup Final.

The United States women’s national team has fought through the Women’s World Cup field to reach the Final, where they’ll face Japan. It is a rematch of the 2011 final, when Japan defeated the USWNT on penalties to win their first trophy.

The USWNT’s run in 2015 has built off the men’s national team’s run in Brazil at the 2014 World Cup as far as growing soccer’s popularity in the country, and more and more people are getting on the bandwagon.

That includes sports teams from all around, but none might have done it better than the Oakland Raiders, who took out a full page ad in the Vancouver Sun to wish them good luck with a message that is as iconic as the team itself.

Just win baby.

An extremely classy gesture from the Raiders that fans everywhere can appreciate regardless of what NFL team they root for. We’ll forgive them for using an outdated photo though, the USWNT don’t wear those uniforms anymore.

On Sunday, WWE superstar The Rock also wished the USWNT good luck with a video of a personal pep talk for the team.

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