Alex Morgan
The USWNT played some impressive soccer over the past couple weeks. They made a trip up north to Canada in an attempt to qualify for the London Olympics. The team made their way to the finals to face one of their biggest rivals, Canada. Although the rivalry is heavily dominated by the Americans, Canada saw around 25,000 fans come to BC Place in Vancouver to cheer them on. However, the fans were unable to strengthen the Canadian squad enough, and the United States took the win.
The star of the game was undoubtedly Alex Morgan.
Alex Morgan is creating quite the stir in the USWNT scene beginning with the last world cup. Morgan has often been used as a late game substitute, using speed and precision to penetrate defenses. She has shown again and again that she is quality on ball and off of the ball. On Sunday, she was given the start, and proved that she is just as deadly when facing fresh opponents, scoring twice and assisting on one of Wambach's goals. Her nickname "Baby Horse" began trending on twitter after her first goal, and it was explained to me that she got the name for her speed, and youth.
