Hamm, a two-time FIFA Player of the Year, set up Wambach for the Americans' first goal in the 16th minute. Hamm added the second from the penalty spot in the 27th after Wambach was taken down.

''The difference today is that we finished the opportunities we created, [and] we got forward in numbers,'' Hamm said.

Hucles scored her first goal of the match in the 31st, and notched her second two minutes later after precise passing from captain Julie Foudy and Hamm.

Lindsay Tarpley, who came on at halftime, netted the fifth goal in the 47th, and Sonia Bompastor answered moments later for France, which finished in fourth place in 2003.