Alex Morgan

• Alex Morgans rise, from soccer sub to star, from unknown to online sensation, seemed like an eye blink. But in truth, Morgans national team climb was masterfully plotted out by coach Pia Sundhage, albeit in compressed time.
(USA Today)
• GLASGOW, Scotland (USA TODAY) — Hope Solos first game back in an Olympic goal since 2008 began as horribly as she could have imagined. France scored back-to-back goals in the 12th and 14th minutes of the womens soccer preliminary match at Hampden Park.
(Courier-Journal)
• GLASGOW, Scotland - Alex Morgans Olympic debut could not have been better.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Categorize them however you wish: the veteran and the up-and-coming kid; the upstate New Yorker and the Californian; the tall, broad-shouldered one and the fleet, photogenic one.
(Dallas Morning News)
• GLASGOW, Scotland — Alex Morgan scored twice, Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd had a goal apiece and the U.S. women's soccer team rallied from an early deficit Wednesday to open its Olympics with a 4-2 win over France.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• Alex Morgan scored twice as the U.S. came back from two goals down to defeat France 4-2 in its opening match in the Olympic women's soccer tournament. World champion Japan also won, along with Britain, Brazil and Sweden.
(Bloomberg)
• GLASGOW, Scotland — The United States clinched its first victory in the London Games on Wednesday, when its women's soccer team beat France, 4-2, on the first day of Olympic competition. Ranked No.
(Washington Post)
• But they finished on top as two goals from Alex Morgan, and one each from Abby Wambach and substitute Carli lloyd gave them all three points from their opening Group G game.
(Reuters)
• Down 2-0 and missing a starter against a French team that had won 17 straight games, the U.S. could have crumbled; but instead the Americans rallied with a stirring comeback to score four unanswered goals (two by budding superstar Alex Morgan).
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• Throughout the London Olympics, well be getting acquainted with athletes from around the world in a variety of sports from archery and badminton to volleyball and water polo.
(Huffington Post)