The US Women's National Team recovered from a semifinal drubbing by Brazil to dispose of Norway by a 4-1 count and take home World Cup bronze on Sunday.

Abby Wambach scored twice to claim the tourney's Silver Boot as second top scorer with six goals, with the opener coming on a redirected Lori Chalupny shot at the half hour.

Norway appeared to have an equalizer in the 42nd minute, but Melissa Wiik's header was waved off by the offside flag.

Kristine Lilly nearly doubled the US lead just before the break with a delicate chip shot, but Norway keeper Bente Nordby was able to make the acrobatic stop.

A minute out of intermission Wambach did grab the second at close range from a Cat Whitehill set-up.

Lori Chalupny made it three from the slot in the 58th minute and Heather O'Reilly followed with another from a similar location only seconds later.

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen was able to pull one back moments later with an arcing header, but the deficit was too much to overcome.

Scoring
USA - Abby Wambach 5 (Lori Chalupny) 30'
USA - Abby Wambach 6 (Cat Whitehill) 46'
USA - Lori Chalupny 2 58'
USA - Heather O’Reilly 2 (Lindsay Tarpley) 59'
NOR - Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (Camilla Huse) 63'

Line-ups
USA - Briana Scurry; Marian Dalmy, Christie Rampone (Tina Ellertson 46'), Cat Whitehill, Stephanie Lopez, Leslie Osborne, Lori Chalupny, Aly Wagner (Lindsay Tarpley 59'), Heather O'Reilly, Abby Wambach, Kristine Lilly (Natasha Kai 89')

NOR - Bente Nordby; Ane Stangeland Horpestad, Gunhild Folstad (Madeleine Gisk 57'), Camilla Huse, Marit Christensen, Ingvild Stensland, Solveig Gulbrandsen, Marie Knutsen, Lene Storlokken (Guro Knutsen 61'), Melissa Wiik (Isabell Herlovsen 78'), Ragnhild Gulbrandsen