Women's Euro 2022: England wins its first ever major women's championship title in 56 years by Beating Germany 2-1 in Extra time at Wemblay, Stats.

— Just when it seemed England might again be weighed down by expectations and history, Lioness star came from behind as Chloe Kelly made the breakthrough in xtra-time.
Kelly’s goal in the second half of extra time — the first time she had ever scored in a competitive international game — propelled England to its first major women’s soccer title on Sunday, beating Germany 2-1.

Even with the support of the home crowd, England appeared to be worn out by the time Kelly scored and was having trouble containing Germany's young substitute players. At Wembley Stadium, the score was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes thanks to goals from Germany's Lina Magull and England's Ella Toone.

After Germany failed to successfully clear a corner in the 110th minute, Kelly then poked in a loose ball at the second try. Bring on the jubilation, the cheers in Trafalgar Square, and the queen's congratulations.

Kelly received a yellow card for taking off her shirt to celebrate her goal, but Brandi Chastain gave her a shout-out for doing the same thing when the United States won the World Cup in 1999 on her penalty kick.

The tournament-record crowd of more than 87,000 underlined the growth of women’s soccer in Europe since the last time England and Germany played for a continental title 13 years ago.

England’s title comes 56 years after the nation’s only major men’s title which was also an extra-time win at Wembley over Germany at the 1966 World Cup.

Lioness Coach Wiegman remains unbeaten in 12 games as coach at the European Championships after winning the tournament first with the Netherlands and now with England.

When the ball appeared to brush Williamson's arm as she cleared it and later when Hegering dove to clear it and collided with Lucy Bronze, either team may have been given a penalty in the first half.

In the 62nd minute, Ella Toone pounced on a long ball from Keira Walsh to get past the German defence, and she skillfully floated a shot over goalkeeper Merle Frohms and into the goal to score the game's first goal.

Six minutes after coming off the bench, Toone scored, setting up celebrations as England manager Sarina Wiegman—the Netherlands' 2017 champion coach—raised both arms in jubilation.

______

More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports