June 7, 2022 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – San Diego Wave FC News Release
KANSAS CITY, MO. – Leave it to Alex Morgan to provide the heroics once again. Her league-leading eighth goal in the 90th minute allowed San Diego Wave Fútbol Club (4-2-1) to leave Missouri with a point in a 2-2 draw against the Kansas City Current (1-4-2) on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park in front of 7,954 fans. San Diego’s 13 points keeps them top of the table in the NWSL as the expansion club returns for two home matches at Torero Stadium this coming week on Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon.
Alex Morgan, who has eight goals in only seven matches, is only one goal shy of tying her NWSL single-season best of nine goals scored when she was a member of Orlando Pride in 2017. Her first goal of the night came on a penalty kick in the 37th minute after Taylor Kornieck’s shot off of a corner kick struck a KC defender’s hand. It was Morgan’s fourth penalty-kick goal of the season and locked the game in a 1-1 tie heading into halftime.
After Kansas City went ahead 2-1 in the 63rd minute on Elyse Bennett’s goal, San Diego was potentially looking at their second-straight loss of the season. However, defender Naomi Girma preserved the one-goal game in the 75th minute with an incredible block that flipped momentum back to Wave FC.
Fifteen minutes later with time dwindling down, Sofia Jakobsson raced into the box with the ball on the right side and lofted a pass over to Morgan, who controlled the ball with her left as the 90th minute struck and rolled it into the goal with her right to knot the match at 2-2.
San Diego returns to Torero Stadium this week for two home matches, with the first being the Pride Night Match on Wednesday night against Portland Thorns FC with $1 from every ticket going to benefit San Diego Pride and the second coming on Sunday afternoon in a match with OL Reign. Tickets for both matches, as well as all home matches at Torero Stadium through the…