“Obviously we want to make history, that would be great,” American striker Alex Morgan said on Wednesday of a possible third straight world title for the United States at the upcoming Women’s World Cup.
The Americans could become the first team to win the Women’s World Cup three times in a row, but the 34-year-old San Diego Wave player, crowned in 2015 and 2019, is cautious. “It’s in the back of our minds,” she said. “(But) it’s just about taking each game as it comes.” “We have 14 players (out of 23) who are taking part in the World Cup for the first time and we consider that it will be a tournament unrelated to the previous ones,” said the one who has scored 121 goals in 207 selections since 2010.
In Group E of the competition co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand which begins on July 20, the United States, also titled in 1991 and 1999, will meet the Netherlands, beaten in the final four years ago. years, Portugal and Vietnam. “The nervousness is still there, and the excitement too,” said teammate Megan Rapinoe, 38, who announced on Saturday that she would retire at the end of the season. I feel all the feelings and I know this will be my last World Cup,” said Rapinoe in Auckland (New Zealand), where the Americans will be based.