Morgan hails USWNT team as ‘best ever’ ahead of World Cup

Alex Morgan has mentioned the United States ladies’s team is the “best ever” ahead of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer season.

The back-to-back World Cup champions face the Netherlands, Portugal and Vietnam in Group E for the match that begins on July 20.

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Morgan, who’s seeking to declare her third successive World Cup title, is assured in regards to the team’s probabilities.

“I think that this team is the best we’ve ever had,” she informed the Guardian in an interview.

She added: “We have the confidence that we need to go into a World Cup and prove why we deserve to win. I feel like we have the talent, we have the quality, we have the right coach, the right players, the right camaraderie, the right mentality.

“I do not assume that is totally different from earlier World Cup groups, however I feel there’s loads of totally different small particulars in place to get us to the identical place that we have been in a position to go in 2015 and 2019 [and USA’s other World Cup titles in] 1999, 1991.”

Morgan also said that England are one of the main contenders to win the World Cup after sealing the European Championship last summer.

Morgan, 33, was on the scoresheet when the U.S. knocked England out of the 2019 World Cup semifinals on their way to the title but warned the Lionesses are in much better place now.

“I feel they’ve undoubtedly come a good distance within the final couple of years, and I feel that is credit score to loads of issues,” she said. “No. 1, their home league, that has simply gotten so significantly better and a lot extra aggressive within the final 5 years.

“Their federation’s increased focus on their women’s program that I don’t think existed more than five years ago, bringing in the best and most qualified coaches, making sure that their players are compensated fairly.

“I feel that they’ve fought and have achieved near equal pay and dealing situations. I feel additionally their mentality has shifted. When they got here shut … within the 2019 World Cup, after which successful the Euros, I feel there was an enormous mentality shift for them.”

The U.S. will play their closing recreation earlier than the beginning of World Cup in opposition to Wales in San Jose, California, on July 9.