Women's World Cup: "You can not feel bad about scoring as many goals as possible" – USWNT defends 13-goal blitz against Thailand

US midfielder Sam Mewis answered a question about Alex Morgan's incredible performance against Thailand on Tuesday night and said: "Alex scoring four goals was crazy."

Several members of the media interrupted him. In fact, it was five goals.

"She had five goals ?!" Exclaimed Mewis with a real surprise. "Oh my god, I thought she had four. It's wild! "

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It was that kind of party for the US Women's National Team in their opening World Cup game.

After leading 3-0 at half-time, the USWNT unleashed a staggering 10-goal stunt in the second half over his outshot opponent, winning an unbelievable 13-0.

This is the biggest margin of victory in World Cup history, for both men and women, ahead of Germany's 11-0 win over Argentina at the 2007 Women's World Cup.

"We still want to have a world record and all we can get against the Germans, we will take it," said American striker Megan Rapinoe after the match.

The margin of victory became more and more a subject of discussion as the United States scored goal after goal in a prolific performance in the second half that consolidated their status as co-favorites of the tournament, alongside France.

But in any such unbalanced result, the question becomes inevitable: was it excessive?

The easy answer is no. In a World Cup group stage, the goal differential is the first tiebreaker, which means that the United States was perfectly entitled to continue scoring, a fact that their players quickly put into play. highlight after the match.

"It's a tournament and the difference in goals is important, so at the end of the day you can not feel bad about scoring as many goals as you can, no matter what game you play," said Kelley O'Hara. , back.

"If you just kick back and play away, it's not the best form, especially in a tournament."

Rapinoe was in agreement with his teammate.

"I agree with Kelley, you do not really want to take off [the pedal] like that, you do not want to pbad the ball in your half for 30 minutes. "

Nevertheless, it was clear that many American players felt bad for their Thai counterparts, many of whom left the field in tears.

One of these players was Miranda Nild, and the Thai striker of American descent, who plays at Morgan's alma mater at the University of California at Berkeley.

Morgan, who was seen consoling Nild after the match, was asked about what she had said to her fellow Golden Bear.

"I told him it was a dream for us to play in a World Cup and she has at least three games. This is the first match. She still has two games to go, to score goals.

"She is a quality player and should be encouraged through this tournament because she is living a dream that most girls and women do not have access to."

Sam Mewis, who scored two goals in the night, was asked if she felt sorry for Thailand. After a long pause, Mewis simply decided to offer words of encouragement to the badly beaten USWNT opposition.

"I give Thailand a lot of credit," said Mewis. "It's a World Cup and we had to play our game, but I think they can really get together, they still have two games and they could certainly play in those games.

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"I think this score does not describe exactly what they can do, because if you look at their recent album, I think they did very well."

For Thailand, it can only rise from here. Regarding the USWNT, they will not go to anything without excuses after a record night.

"When you play in a World Cup, every goal can count at the end of the day," Morgan said. "That's what we were told before the match and that's why we had to continue."