May 10, 2022 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – San Diego Wave FC News Release
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Playing on their front foot for all 90-plus minutes, San Diego Wave Fútbol Club (2-0-0) shutout NJ/NY Gotham FC (1-1-0) 4-0 in front of 5,000 energetic fans at Torero Stadium on Saturday night. Alex Morgan scored an NWSL career-high four goals, converting PKs in first-half stoppage time and again in the 66th minute followed by a left-footed laser in the 70th and a crafty finish in second-half stoppage time. With the win, Wave FC becomes only the third NWSL expansion team in history to win each of their first two games in league play.
Goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan also had a standout performance, proving stingy against her former club with four saves on the way to recording her second-consecutive clean sheet. The Wave FC defense as a whole has denied 19 shots and yielded zero goals through their first two matches of the regular season.
Wave FC set the tone from the first whistle, aggressively creating scoring opportunities, dominating with a 31-to-8 shot advantage, and shutting down Gotham FC’s attack with a swarming defense. The attacking trio of Taylor Kornieck, Jodie Taylor and Alex Morgan continually created havoc for the opponent, but Wave FC didn’t capitalize on a scoring chance until a handball inside the penalty area by Gotham in first-half stoppage time set them up to break to scoreless tie. Morgan confidently walked up, drilled a line-drive penalty past goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris, and spun around to celebrate the 1-0 advantage with her teammates.
Game-changer Amirah Ali, who entered the match in the 64th minute, set up Morgan’s second goal when she paced ahead of the Gotham FC defense and then drew a foul inside the penalty box on a cross-over move against McCall Zerboni. This time, Morgan sent the penalty kick into the right side-netting to give Wave FC a 2-0 lead in the 66th minute. She would follow it up four minutes later when she forced a…
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