VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Japan clearly was not ready for Carli Lloyd.Lloyd scored a hat trick in the opening 16 minutes on Sunday to help give the United States a 5-2 victory over Japan for its record third Women’s World Cup title.The game Sunday night at Vancouver’s BC Place was a rematch of the World Cup four years ago when Japan prevailed after a penalty shootout for the nation’s first championship in the premier women’s soccer tournament.Leading up to that victory in Germany, Japan had been deeply scarred by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. The national team gave the country reason to cheer, and the players were welcomed home as heroes.A win on Sunday would have made Japan just the second team to repeat as World Cup Champions (Germany, 2003 and `07) in consecutive World Cups.But it wasn’t to be.Lloyd, awarded the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.Lauren Holiday boosted the lead in the 14th and two minutes later Lloyd made it 4-0 with an audacious 54-yard, right-footed shot from midfield that sailed over goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori.Japan closed on Yuki Ogimi’s…