(Christian Hartmann)The U.S. national team’s opening game Tuesday in the World Cup left little room to dispute that it will be a major force in the tournament. “For all that have issue with many goals: for some players this is there first World Cup goal, and they should be excited,” she said on Twitter. This is your dream of playing and then scoring in a World Cup. Alex Morgan's 5 goals against Thailand tied the single-game record at a FIFA World Cup. “It’s the first game of the World Cup, there’s energy — they’ve been waiting so long in that hotel,” former USWNT captain Christie Pearce said with a chuckle.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2019 04:43 UTC