More joy followed when Christen Press — who didn’t turn out, after all, to be a breakout star of the World Cup — scored a hat trick. And when Heather O’Reilly, who played only 10 minutes of one World Cup match this summer, scored twice. And when Whitney Engen, who was on the World Cup roster but who didn’t play at all, scored.

It was a reminder of what’s to come.

Klingenberg’s spot on the Olympic team next year is nearly a given, even though the Olympic roster is 18 players, down from the World Cup’s 23. But some other players aren’t as fortunate. They will have to fight their way onto that roster, and so much work lies ahead.

Right now, lingering somewhere beneath all of this post-World Cup glee, there are so many questions. Who will be on the team for the Rio Olympics, which are less than a year away? Who will shine enough to catch Ellis’s eye in the Olympic qualifying tournament, which begins in February?

Will Press be a starter? Will O’Reilly and Engen even make the team? How about the captain, Christie Rampone, who lost her starting spot at the World Cup because of a leg injury and will be 41 next year?

What will happen with Wambach, who has scored more international goals than anyone in the history of soccer? She turned into a substitute at the World Cup and was fabulous as a cheerleader and late-game addition, but is considering retirement.

Ellis said she wasn’t at the point where she is seriously evaluating players. It’s too soon, she said, too soon.

But Wambach knows this victory tour fun is fleeting. Looming beyond it is her decision to go on with the game, or not.