Alex Morgan Has Late Aim, Leads San Diego Previous Gotham FC 1-0 In The Problem Cup

HARRISON, N.J.: Alex Morgan scored within the 88th minute and the San Diego Wave gained the Problem Cup with a 1-0 victory over Gotham FC on Friday night time within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League.

Morgan began the second half instead. She broke the stalemate on a header off a nook kick from Savannah McCaskill, who joined the Wave within the offseason from rival Angel Metropolis.

“The ball got here straight to me, so I knew that I couldn’t mess it up,” Morgan mentioned.

The Problem Cup match pitted the winner of final season’s league championship and the NWSL Defend winner. Gotham claimed the title after a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Reign, and the Wave completed with the season’s finest document (11-7-4). The league’s common season opens on Saturday.

The Wave had a great likelihood within the thirty third minute, however Gotham goalkeeper Cassie Miller acquired a hand on Jaedyn Shaw’s shot and it popped up and away.

After successful the title, Gotham spent the offseason including high-profile gamers that included Crystal Dunn from the Portland Thorns, Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett from the Seattle Reign and Tierna Davidson from the Purple Stars. All 4 are U.S. nationwide group regulars.

Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Sen. Cory Booker attended the match. They had been among the many introduced crowd of 14,241 at Purple Bull Area.

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