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

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

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

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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