For a player who has been marginalized out of the starting eleven lately, to get a rare start and bag two goals and two assists is an amazing story. Alex Morgan started ahead of Lauren Cheney in a slightly controversial roster move by coach Pia Sundage, "But the combination with Abby and Alex Morgan turned out to be pretty good." This would seem to be a pretty monumental understatement given Morgan assisted on both of Abby Wambach's goals and Wambach assisted on the first of Morgan's, all in the first half. Morgan went on to score again in the second half with a crazy breakaway in which she out-maneuvers two defenders and the keeper before knocking it in between two defenders swooping in for the block. The goal completed the 4-0 romp.
Unlike most of the tournament (save a few brief moments against Costa Rica and Mexico), Canada actually threatened the US with creativity, speed, and skill on a number of occasions. Hope Solo was forced into some spectacular saves to keep her clean sheet for the tournament, and did so playing injured.
I'm not going to describe the whole match for you, as Kara McDermott has an excellent match report up on ProstAmerika. I wasn't fortunate enough to watch the game as I was stuck at work and could not leave.
Wambach's brace moves her into second place on the US women's national team all time scoring chart with 131 goals, only 27 behind leader Mia Hamm.
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