LYON, France -- The rest of the world will have its turn. But not here. Not yet.

In a Women's World Cup marked by European success, the United States is the last team standing. Slow at the start for the first time, the U.S. women came to life in the second half to beat the Netherlands 2-0 on Sunday on second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle.

The fourth title overall for the United States also marks the first time it won back-to-back trophies.

Rapinoe won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer and the Golden Ball as its top player. Alex Morgan won the Silver Boot.

Megan Rapinoe makes her mark where Lieke Martens can't

The biggest question going into the final was the health of two stars, after Rapinoe missed the semifinal with a hamstring injury and Martens left at halftime of Netherlands' semifinal with a foot injury.

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Both started the final. Neither finished the final. That was where the similarities ended.

Rapinoe didn't play the game of her life. She looked at times like someone whose touch was half a beat off after missing training. But she put the ball in dangerous spots multiple times in the first half, denied only by Sari van Veenendaal's goalkeeping. And with the ball on the penalty spot in the 61st minute, Rapinoe calmly finished her third penalty in as many tries this World Cup.

The goal tied her with Morgan and England's Ellen White for the tournament lead.

The first woman to start three consecutive World Cup finals, Rapinoe will go down as the face of this tournament -- and the voice of this tournament. Sunday wasn't quite the capstone that Carli Lloyd enjoyed four years ago with a hat trick in the 2015 final in Canada, but it was more than enough.

Rose Lavelle is bound for bigger things

What we'll remember is the goal, but there was much more than that.

Perhaps the most impressive moment for Lavelle in this World Cup came when she talked about her performance in the quarterfinal with France. Granted, the U.S. women survived that game, so there wasn't guilt involved in the days after, but it's not often you hear a player pull out the word "atrocious" when talking about her own play. All the more for someone playing in her first World Cup in her early 20s. The point being, Lavelle kept a pretty even keel for such a big stage.

And after a strong semifinal performance against England, she was good from the start in the final. Whether it was dropping back into a left back position to cover for Kelley O'Hara at times or chasing 50 yards back to blow up counters (albeit sometimes off her own turnovers), Lavelle, who won the Bronze Ball as one of the tournament's top players after scoring three goals in six games, was always easy to spot because she was right in the middle of the action.

Then came the 30-yard run with the ball. The Dutch defenders retreated and retreated, she made one quick touch to her left to get past Stefanie van der Gragt, then shot back in the direction she came from. The United States waited a long time for Lavelle to shake up its midfield, showing patience as she battled injuries after a sensational debut in 2017. It was well worth the wait for a rising star.

VAR makes its mark in World Cup final

Sunday was the first World Cup final for the Netherlands and the first for about half of the U.S. starting lineup. Almost an hour into the game, VAR made its debut, too.

After having more of the ball in the opening half without getting anything past van Veenendaal, the U.S. women were struggling to come up with a cohesive attack in the second half when Tobin Heath sent in a cross from the right side. The ball deflected off a Dutch player and floated toward Morgan. That was when van der Gragt, perhaps trying to get her bearings on the redirected ball, lifted a boot high toward the ball but made contact only with Morgan's arm. The referee initially signaled for a corner kick, but as fans chanted "V-A-R" she signaled that the VAR officials had advised her to review the play.

Considering van der Gragt missed the ball and her cleats made contact with Morgan's arm, replays left Stephanie Frappart little choice but to point to the spot for a penalty.

No quick start for the United States

The streak of early goals was going to end at some point, no matter how well the U.S. women played. The Americans scored inside of 15 minutes in each of their first six games, and the sport just doesn't work that way for even the greatest teams. But it wasn't bad luck or bad bounces that stopped the United States early in this game. The Americans just didn't play very well.

Julie Ertz got caught up field, leaving too much space for the Dutch to counter. O'Hara was called for a foul throw. Rapinoe couldn't skip past a defender on the left side and jogged after the play. Abby Dahlkemper launched one of her normally pinpoint cross-field long balls ... right into the arms of van Veenendaal, who won the Golden Glove as the tournament's top goaltender. There was not only a lack of precision, but even the energy seemed off in those opening minutes.

The upside for the United States was that the Dutch seemed willing to absorb and take their chances later, launching only a couple of dangerous counters in that time. They came to regret that.

Ali Krieger gets her moment when the United States needs it

Ali Krieger is one of the most positive people you're likely to encounter in any walk of life, someone who forged her own path playing professionally in Germany after dealing with a serious medical issue during her time at Penn State. But she admitted before this World Cup that being dropped from the U.S. team after the 2016 Olympics took her to a dark place.

She didn't know why she was out of the mix. She didn't know what it would take to get back in, as the United States auditioned young outside back after young outside back for the role she filled in both the 2011 and 2015 World Cup finals. Finally, with only weeks to go until this World Cup, she got the call from Jill Ellis. With no obvious replacements seizing their chance, Ellis settled for the veteran presence. It paid off Sunday afternoon. So did Krieger's perseverance.

With O'Hara out of the game at halftime, presumably related to a head-to-head collision with Martens near the end of the half, Krieger warmed up while the rest of the team was in the locker room, then came on and did her job for 45 minutes.

Was it a star turn? No. But it was what the U.S. women needed.

The San Antonio Spurs have acquired forward DeMarre Carroll from the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team deal that sends Spurs stretch-4 Davis Bertans to the Washington Wizards, the Spurs announced Saturday.

As part of the deal, Brooklyn receives the draft rights to Nemanja Dangubic from the Spurs and Aaron White from the Wizards.

Bertans will be absorbed into an exception, allowing the Spurs to take back Carroll in a sign-and-trade.

The Spurs also reworked Carroll's deal to make it a three-year, $21 million contract, the former Nets player's agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN. The original agreement was for two years and $13 million.

The 6-foot-10 Bertans is entering his fourth season in the league. The 26-year-old has shot 40% from 3-point range in his career, including 42.9% last season, when he averaged 8 points a game for the Spurs.

Carroll, who will turn 33 on July 27, spent the past two seasons with the Nets, largely coming off the bench last season after starting in 2017-18. He averaged 11.1 points with 5.2 rebounds per game last season.

The Missouri product has played for the Grizzlies, Rockets, Nuggets, Jazz, Hawks and Raptors in his 10-year career, never spending more than two seasons with any one team.

LAS VEGAS -- Raptors head coach Nick Nurse said he understood why Kawhi Leonard decided to leave the team after winning an NBA championship, but admitted being disappointed that Leonard and the rest of Toronto's 2018-19 roster won't be able to try to defend their crown together next season.

Leonard will join the LA Clippers on a four-year, $141 million contract, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

"I think you can't blame a guy for wanting to go home," Nurse said Saturday night at the Las Vegas Summer League. "That's what he texted me today. 'I'm going home.' And I just said, 'You've changed a lot of lives, man, by what you've accomplished in Toronto. Mine especially.' And thanked him for what he did, and we'll look to the future, and we'll look to [win a title] again."

Nurse said the possibility of Leonard leaving was always something the organization was aware of from the moment it acquired him from the San Antonio Spurs last summer. Nurse said he was hanging out with a couple of members of his staff when he got the news that Leonard, who grew up in Southern California, was leaving Toronto to play for the Clippers.

"I was just hanging out with a couple of the assistants," Nurse said. "Got the text message and then got the news report quickly afterward. I'm not totally surprised. I think we all knew that [Leonard leaving] was a situation that could happen. He delivered big-time, played his heart out for us. We certainly are going to relish this championship for a long time. And we're going to stop celebrating it pretty soon. Not quite yet, but then we'll get back to work. I mean we got a tremendous challenge ahead of us, but I always say that the challenge is our fuel and the tank is certainly full. So we got a change for some guys to expand their roles maybe that wouldn't have had expanded roles in the situation, and I think we got some guys capable of doing that. So I look forward to the challenge as I said, and let's go get after it."

Nurse acknowledged that Leonard's departure left some understandable sadness within the organization.

"It's certainly disappointing," Nurse said. "I think, first of all, he's a great person. He was unbelievably fun to coach, just locked in and loaded and ready to go. People would ask me, 'What was it like coaching him?' And I always said the best thing was I got to stand there on the courtside and watch this guy go to work. That was something that I'll never forget. Now we got to go kick his ass."

In the end, Nurse said that he didn't think there was anything the Raptors could have done differently to get Leonard to stay. Ultimately, the desire to play in Los Angeles alongside Paul George was too strong to pass up.

"I think when we first got him there were a lot of questions thrown at me like, 'What are you going to do to keep him?' And we said, 'We're going to take great care of him health-wise.' We did an unbelievable job, Alex McKechnie and his staff. I thought we managed that to a T. We said we were going to have a good team ... and we did that as well. We knew we'd give him tremendous support from our fan base, and we certainly did that. That was amazing, the reaction and support that the whole country gave our team and him."

Nurse said he had been in touch with Raptors team president Masai Ujiri since Leonard made his decision and was confident the Raptors would be able to get back on track.

"Look to the future and try to do it again next year," Nurse said. "I don't know at this particular time how we do it, but it's not unlike going into a playoff series. I'd look at these teams and I'd say, 'I don't know how in the hell we're going to beat them,' and then you go to work and put a plan together. So right now I'm not sure how we're going to be able to do it, other than we're going to come out and guard you, and we're going to move the ball, and we're going to play with energy, and we're going to try and play a lot of people, and we're going to keep developing our guys. And Masai and [general manager] Bobby [Webster] will keep acquiring talent. And I'll coach the team that they give me, and I'll do that to the best of my ability."

Nurse also brushed off the suggestion that tampering by the Clippers might have played a part in Leonard's decision. He said the Raptors are not pursuing a tampering claim with the league office.

"From my standpoint, I didn't sense it or don't have any of those feelings at all," Nurse said. "I again state that he's going home, and that's a heart draw for any of us. If you guys were all playing somewhere else and got a chance to go back and make the most money you make in your hometown ... are you going to go home and do it? Again, we'll wish him well and the best of luck until we have to go against him."

The San Antonio Spurs are signing free-agent forward Marcus Morris, his agency, Klutch Sports, announced via Instagram.

According to The Athletic, Morris will receive a two-year, $20 million contract, with the second year being a player option.

Morris was an unrestricted free agent after coming off a four-year, $20 million contract that many in the NBA considered the best bargain in the league.

The 29-year-old forward had spent the past two seasons with the Boston Celtics, who acquired him in 2017 as part of the Avery Bradley trade with the Detroit Pistons. 

In Boston, Morris excelled with his tough play and vocal leadership. He averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds in 75 games (53 starts) last season, shooting a career-best 44.7% from the field. 

The eight-year veteran holds career averages of 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.

The Houston Rockets are among the teams interested in trading for Oklahoma City All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook, sources with knowledge of the team's thinking told ESPN.

One Rockets source, however, described trading for Westbrook as a "long shot" due to the challenge of finding pieces that fit with the Thunder or pulling off a complicated multiteam deal.

In the aftermath of the trade that sent Paul George to the LA Clippers, Westbrook and his agent, Thad Foucher, engaged with Thunder general manager Sam Presti about the next step of the point guard's career, including the possibility of a trade before next season, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported.

Westbrook, 30, has spent his entire 11-year career in Oklahoma City, but the franchise seems primed for a rebuilding period after receiving a record haul of five future first-round picks and All-Rookie point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the George deal. The Thunder also received forward Danilo Gallinari in the trade, but the veteran versatile scoring threat could be rerouted to another team.

The Athletic reported that the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons also have interest in Westbrook, who averaged 22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 10.9 assists last season, marking the third consecutive campaign he averaged a triple-double.

The interest in Westbrook fits Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's pattern of aggressively pursuing superstars. Houston landed Chris Paul in a sign-and-trade deal with the Clippers two years ago and attempted to add Jimmy Butler under similar circumstances this summer. Butler, however, did not meet with the Rockets before agreeing to a deal with the Miami Heat. The Rockets also had interest in trading for Carmelo Anthony and George before the Thunder dealt for both during the 2017 offseason, and Houston signed Anthony for the veteran's minimum after he was traded to Atlanta and received a buyout last summer.

A source said that Paul would not necessarily need to be involved in a deal that delivers Westbrook to the Rockets, although his $38.5 million salary is a perfect match with Westbrook's. Paul has $125 million over three years remaining on his contract, while Westbrook has $171 remaining over four years, including a player option for $46.7 million in 2022-23.

Morey has acknowledged aggressively exploring the trade market this offseason but said recently that Paul and perennial All-NBA guard James Harden are the two players who will definitely return to the Rockets next season.

Center Clint Capela and shooting guard Eric Gordon in particular have been shopped and would have been traded to other teams to make room for Butler, according to sources. Capela, 25, is coming off a season in which he averaged career highs of 16.6 points and 12.7 rebounds and is entering the second year of what is considered a team-friendly five-year deal worth $80 million plus incentives. Gordon is a proven scorer (16.2 points per game last season) and underrated defender who is due $14.1 million next season in the final year of his contract.

As unlikely as it may be, a trade that sends Westbrook to Houston would reunite him with Harden, his former Thunder teammate and fellow recent MVP. The Rockets acquired Harden, a sixth man in Oklahoma City, in a trade just before the 2012-13 season after the Thunder decided they did not want to give him a maximum contract.

Westbrook won the MVP in a close vote over Harden in 2016-17, when the Thunder point guard averaged a league-leading 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists, joining Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. Harden has won the scoring title the past two seasons and the MVP in 2017-18.

Tyson Chandler is also a likely target for the Rockets in their search for backup big, a source told McMahon.

Chandler, who turns 37 in October, was an effective defender and rebounder as a reserve for the Los Angeles Lakers last season. He has a reputation as a great locker room guy and has a strong relationship with Paul from when they played together in New Orleans.

The Cleveland Indians have identified the specific type of leukemia that right-hander Carlos Carrasco was diagnosed with and said he has been cleared to resume workouts.

In a statement Sunday, the Indians said Carrasco was diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic "with chronic myeloid leukemia, a treatable form of leukemia and has since been cleared to resume strength and conditioning workouts and throwing activity to tolerance."

The team said that Carrasco is regularly being reevaluated and that there is no timetable for his return to pitching in a game.

Carrasco had revealed on Saturday that he was being treated for leukemia and that it was "under control." He said he expected to be back with the Indians "at the end of July."

The Indians put Carrasco on the injured list on June 5 with an unspecified diagnosed blood disorder, saying he was "stepping away from baseball activities to explore the optimal treatment and recovery options" and that they expected him to return "at some point this season."

The Indians put Carrasco on the injured list on June 5. He was 4-6 with a 4.98 ERA in 12 starts this season before going on the IL.

Carrasco, 32, has developed into one of the AL's steadiest pitchers in recent years. He won 17 games last season and went 18-6 in 2017, when he finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting.

He signed a four-year, $47 million contract in December. In 10 seasons, all with the Indians, he is 83-68 in 219 appearances (183 starts).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON -- Nationals ace Max Scherzer has determined that resting his ailing back is more important than pitching in the All-Star Game.

A three-time Cy Young Award winner and seven-time All-Star, Scherzer struck out 11 over seven shutout innings on Saturday against Kansas City. Hours later, Major League Baseball announced he would be replaced on the National League roster by Sonny Gray.

Scherzer experienced back tightness after beating Detroit on June 30. He worked through it against the Royals, but his back stiffened after the appearance.

Scherzer, manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo emerged from a postgame discussion with this conclusion: It would be in the best interest of Scherzer and the Nationals that he excused himself from pitching Tuesday night in Cleveland.

"Our season matters so much more than the All-Star Game," Scherzer said Sunday. "I know my body pretty well. I just know I'm not going to be at my best if I try and pitch on two days' rest and I'd really be jeopardizing our season if I were to try and do something like that."

He plans to represent the Nationals from the sideline on Monday and Tuesday night.

"It's a really cool honor. It's a really cool 48 hours," he said. "I still wanted to go and partake in everything that's there and especially be there for the Home Run Derby and the game and I get to take my daughter, so it's going to be fun."

With Scherzer leading the way, the Nationals have rallied to get back into the hunt in the NL East following a 19-31 start. The plan now is to keep the momentum going by watching the 34-year-old's health.

"The All-Star break couldn't come at a better time for him," Martinez said. "He'll get eight days now to recoup and get ready for the next start."

Scherzer won't get the ball again until Washington wraps up a three-game series in Philadelphia next Sunday.

"I need some rest right now to let this thing fully heal up so that I'm completely good to go in the second half," Scherzer said.

Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta has bone spurs in his right elbow and will be checked during the All-Star break to see whether surgery is needed, manager Gabe Kapler said Sunday.

Kapler said the 33-year-old Arrieta recently told him about the trouble.

Earlier Sunday, a source had told ESPN's Buster Olney that the Phillies had been operating under the assumption that Arrieta could wait for surgery until after the season.

Arrieta has previously undergone surgery for the same issue, including a season-ending procedure in August 2011. He returned for the start of the 2012 season.

He was cagey about his health after Saturday's 6-5 loss to the New York Mets.

"Physically, I'm not in a great spot," he said. "I think we'll have a better idea over the next couple of days where I'm at."

Arrieta also hinted that he lacked a feel for his pitches during the outing.

It was a contentious outing for Arrieta, who hit three Mets batters, including Todd Frazier, then challenged the New York third baseman in his postgame comments.

"If Frazier's not happy about it, he can come see me and I'll put a dent in his skull," Arrieta said.

Frazier was unavailable for comment after the game, according to the Mets.

Arrieta underwent knee surgery early in 2019 but was ready to pitch by the start of the regular season. He is 8-7 with a 4.67 ERA in 18 starts this year.

He gave up a season-high 11 hits in the loss to the Mets.

"Overall I feel all right," Arrieta told reporters. "But we'll see. We'll see in the next couple of days."

NEW YORK -- Todd Frazier is tired of being plunked by pitches from the Philadelphia Phillies. And he's got no use for that tough talk from Jake Arrieta, either.

The tension between the Phillies and New York Mets escalated Saturday night when Arrieta threatened that if Frazier was still steamed about getting hit, "he can come see me and I'll put a dent in his skull."

"A little overboard," Frazier said before Sunday's series finale.

Frazier has been hit seven times by Phillies pitchers in the last two seasons, three this year and twice this weekend. The latest drilling came on a changeup by Arrieta and led to Frazier getting ejected.

Frazier said there was no bad blood between him and Arrieta, offering, "I know him really well."

"He can say what he wants," the Mets third baseman said. "I'm just sick of getting hit, especially by this team."

"We'll see what the commissioner wants to do. He saw what people are saying," he said. "The commissioner has his hands full. We'll see."

Major League Baseball is reviewing Arrieta's remarks to see if discipline is warranted.

The Phillies, meanwhile, are reviewing Arrieta. The right-hander has bone spurs in his right elbow and will be checked during the All-Star break to see whether surgery is needed.

Arrieta didn't speak to reporters before Sunday's game.

Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said the 33-year-old Arrieta recently told him about the trouble. Arrieta had season-ending surgery for bone spurs in 2011 while with Baltimore.

Arrieta is 8-7 with a 4.67 ERA. The 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner is in the second season of a three-year, $75 million contract he signed after leaving the Chicago Cubs.

Arrieta gave up a season-high 11 hits in just 4 1/3 innings during a 6-5 loss to the Mets. He also hit three batters.

Phillies pitchers have hit 12 Mets batters this year; Mets hitters have been plunked six times by the Phillies.

Umpire Tripp Gibson issued warnings to both teams after Frazier was hit. Mets manager Mickey Callaway was ejected after Arrieta later nailed Amed Rosario.

"If you're going to hit our guys, we get our chance," Frazier insisted.

Umpire crew chief Brian Gorman didn't issue warnings before Sunday's game.

Callaway said he didn't think there would be any, adding, "I didn't expect them to put out warnings last night."

The Phillies and Mets played a day before the All-Star break, then get time to cool off. They don't meet again until Aug. 30 at Citizens Bank Park.

Frazier drew a walk in his first at-bat, with Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola keeping the ball on the outside part of the plate.

Young Italian ends Night of the 10,000m PBs on a high, while third-placed Briton surges to national title and helps his country to European Cup team silver

Yeman Crippa brought another tremendous Night of the 10,000m PBs event to a close as he shone in the soggy conditions to clinch victory in the men’s A race in London.

The talented 22-year-old Italian won bronze at the Parliament Hill track last year but this time he jumped to the front of the 25-lap queue, holding off the attentions of Germany’s Amanal Petros to hit the line first and help his nation to European Cup team victory.

European bronze medallist Crippa wore a broad smile in the immediate aftermath of his success, albeit his winning time of 27:49.79 was outside the IAAF World Championships qualifying standard of 27:40.

Petros, a European U23 silver medallist in 2017, clocked 27:52.25 while Britain’s Ben Connor was roared to third place by the sizeable crowd, taking 17 seconds off his personal best as he finished in 27:57.60.

“I’m delighted,” said the newly-crowned British champion. “British Champs, third overall, sub 28 – it couldn’t have gone much better, really. I’ve blown up here before and I was wary of that, so I just stuck on the back of everyone and moved my way through.”

“It couldn’t have gone much better, really!” Chat with @bdconnor following his 27:57.60 PB for third and the British title at last night’s @NightOf10kPBs. @euancrumley pic.twitter.com/XD2wHbuNZw

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) July 7, 2019

After a day of near-perfect weather conditions for all the preceding races, the rain began to fall steadily just as the starting gun was fired on the final event of the meeting not long after Steph Twell’s memorable win in the women’s A race.

For much of the first half, the field was headed by the quartet of Belgium’s Soufiane Bouchikhi, Crippa, Turkey’s Aras Kaya and Norway’s former European marathon record holder Sondre Moen.

Happy to sit behind the pacemakers, and the trackside ‘WaveLight’ technology that was being used for the first time at the event, there was some catching up for the leaders to do by halfway if the tough world qualifying standard was going to be met.

It was former European cross country champion Kaya who moved to the front after 5000m, which was passed in 14:02.49.

Kaya began to fade, however, and it was Bouchikhi and Crippa who edged away as they picked up the pace with around 3000m left to go, while Connor began to make his presence felt.

After his Night of the 10,000m PBs win, Yemane Crippa is now targeting Salvatore Antibo’s Italian 5000m record of 13:05.59 at the London Diamond League. @atleticaitalia @London_DL pic.twitter.com/amVK0yKEIy

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) July 7, 2019

The Briton was edged out of third spot by Petros but the pair began to haul in the weakening Bouchikhi and it looked clear, with two laps to go, that the race for top spot would be between the German and the Italian.

It was Crippa, who intends to return to London for the Muller Anniversary Games later this month, who won that contest, while Connor showed impressive strength to battle his way on to the podium.

Bouchikhi was ultimately fourth in 28:04.09, while there was a personal best of 28:06.27 for Moen in fifth.

The British team took silver, with the in-form Nick Goolab clocking 28:10.49 for eighth place on his 10,000m track debut and Matt Leach 21^st with 28:47.24.

Chris Thompson, who wasn’t running as part of the GB line-up, came 14^th in 28:28.55.