Somehow, the Americans seem to find a way to win.

And more often than not, Abby Wambach has something to do with it.

With time running out and France giving the United States, all it could handle and then some, Wambach’s winner in the 79th minute put her teammates feel, and went to a party on two continents.

The 3-1 victory Wednesday night has the Americans in the World Cup final for the first time since 1999, which also just happens to be the last time the U.S. won soccer’s biggest prize.

“It it was a privilege to take the other side of the field against a great France team,” Wambach said. “However, our team has the ability to fight through adversity. Our team has the ability to stick together when the going gets rough, and I couldn’t be more excited and proud.”

The Americans will face Japan on Sunday in Frankfurt. The United States beat Japan 2-0 scores in a pair of warmup games a month before the World Cup, but it does not make assumptions off that. This World Cup has been anything but predictable, and it is not likely to stop until someone is holding that gold trophy.

Germany was a big favorite when the World Cup began, two-time defending champs and will certainly get a boost playing at home. Brazil had Martha, and it was a good result, after coming up just short in the last three major tournaments. Both teams have been sent packing early, without even the semifinals.

Instead, it was France, which had only the appearance of the World Cup, and Japan in the last four with the U.S. and Sweden. And the Japanese did the job surprisingly easy to Sweden, the last unbeaten team in the tournament semifinal Wednesday night.