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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

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Orlando Pride's Alex Morgan brought the heat in the Women's World Cup opener against Thailand

Posted By Xander Peters on Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 5:32 PM

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Photo by Jeremy Reper

Orlando Pride forward Alex Morgan and the U.S. women's national team made a historic statement in their Women's World Cup opening round win against Thailand on Tuesday.

The women's team's 13-0 win was a record margin of victory in the tournament. Morgan, a 29-year-old tour de force in professional women's soccer and the star player for the hometown Pride, scored a stunning five goals, tying the tournament record in the altogether ruthless, take-no-prisoners rout as the women's national team defends their 2015 title.

Here are some of the highlights:

This one counts! @AlexMorgan13 scores her 4th career #FIFAWWC goal to give the U.S. the early lead on a @Kelleymohara assist. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hiCgNcLYbr
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 11, 2019

The rout is on!

Alex Morgan’s 5th career #FIFAWWC goal gave the @USWNT a 5-0 lead on Thailand early in the 2nd half pic.twitter.com/idp7TgXoUB
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 11, 2019

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Right Foot ✅@alexmorgan13 with a PERFECT hat trick at the #FIFAWWC 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/xhzUklhBDD
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 11, 2019

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