Alex Morgan just set a unique USWNT record: The most goals scored as a mother. She's scored 14 times since giving birth to Charlie Elena Carrasco in May of 2020.
that she felt she needed to “continue to make a name for myself on this team,” and “bring it back to the basics” after her absence.
“I mean, the mindset doesn’t change, right?” she said Wednesday night. “It’s always continuing to prove why I belong here. Your spot here is never guaranteed, so it’s always a challenge. And it’s making sure that I do everything I can to be in New Zealand.”“I think we all feel like we have to prove it all the time,” Rapinoe said. “That’s what makes us great.”‘A true winner’
The sense is that if Macario is ready to go this spring, she’ll regain the starting striker spot. But surely there’s no player whom the rest of the world would fear seeing come off the bench more than Morgan. More praise came from across the field. Though Brazil manager Pia Sundhage was on the losing side this time, she knows how it feels to be on the winning side with Morgan, having coached her to the 2011 World Cup final and the 2012 Olympic gold medal.
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