On the Fourth of July, Alex Morgan scored in her first international multi-goal game for the U.S. Women’s National Team since 2018, in the opening match of the CONCACAF W Championship in a 3–0 victory over Haiti on Monday night.
Teams for the 2023 World Cup are determined from the Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football regional tournament, to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, as the United States competes for its third consecutive title—having won in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019.
Against Haiti, Morgan gave the United States an early lead in the 16th minute from a Mallory Pugh cross, from near the right touchline that Morgan redirected with a jumping, fancy, left-heel past Haiti goalkeeper Lara Larco, at the near side of the goal….