VANCOUVER, British Columbia — They’ve been reaching for it their entire lives. Since grade school, high school. On Sunday afternoon, the American women finally, collectively, wrapped their fingers around the World Cup, as golden confetti and adoring applause rained down upon them on the stage in BC Place after their 5-2 win over Japan. Carli Lloyd — the tournament’s transcendent star — gained thousands of Twitter followers as those around the globe extolled her three-goal game. Abby Wambach, the aging lioness coming off the bench for the final 11 minutes of the game and of her World Cup career, celebrated by running to the stands and kissing her wife. The U.S.