San Diego Wave vs North Carolina Courage NWSL ~ Matchdae 19 #AFH Commentaries (Alex Morgan Retires🥹)

[Music] hi everyone welcome back to Anita's joint end the joint where everyday payday baby you tuned in to another s ter football commentary with your girl L high and we have uh Alex Morgan's retirement farewell match but Match Day 19 also in the inel league and San Diego wave verse North Carolina courage Alex is in the match deline is in the lineup we have the young Melanie um Sanchez yeah a lot of good players on the other side going to be looking for Sanchez O Sullivan North Carolina no carolene unfortunately that was a player I was maybe looking forward to seeing since she did make an appearance during the uh Olympics so she just not back just yet well let's get it popping learn from players before but yeah what a special moment this is well everyone we'll have a moment to just catch your breath here we'll take a quick break and come right back to snap dragon for the start once that we'll play in the upcoming matches but North Carolina got Sanchez in the middle uh Hopkins did she always play for North Carolina I don't think she did uh St George is up top Tyler Lucy uh I mean I expect San to be busy Ryan Williams used she's uh she usually gets involved she usually gets involved okay we get the audio for Australian join Alex in confence obviously dual announcement that she she was retiring but I me you know they're going to attempt to get it to her but then again likeor you can imagine how meaningful these will be whatever happens happens to all of her teammates and to everyone watching yeah it' be fun to be in that huddle right now hear what she's saying the last moments but utilizing the motion having fun enjoying the crowd is I'm sure what she's saying and that's going to be important just use that thrill use the excit this is very much a celebration of the career of this special player this special person in Alex Morgan the impact that she's had on so many in this game and on the other side for North Carolina it's about maning that emotion as well because it is going to be a lot of emotion for them to deal with as well so can they settle into this game immediately get possession try to dominate the ball and North Carolina currently sitting fifth in the T and they need to prove they can win on the road that's their challenge tonight just one win away from home on the season for the courage let love the [Music] gamean Diego Carina in the blue and no Jaden Shaw for San Diego she's not available that's unfortunate like to see how she's playing being back North Carolina got a dub against and their was the Jersey retirement ceremony for Megan Rino that North Carolina really up until the very end and then Seattle scoring in time technically ruled an own goal but either way they got Theo C after theal they got the win okay Verma is in the back line for San Diego as well but I mean San Diego I'm just interested to see this Mi sure with Sanchez the Young Com or is asie Sanchez going to be the one ping the they're be that's all of them in the middle but at the same time they a more verat oh yes right and her ability to do that inside dangerous she can still be and so finding her early on is going to be ke if they could put North Carolina under pressure and then on the other side for North Carolina as we mentioned just managing these emotions as well because it is exciting for them all of these players in one way or another would have been impacted from the presence and the work that Alex Morgan has put on the field and off the field and so they'll be feeling this celebration as well but it is professional sport so it's about putting that behind you and getting and taking care of business here away from home for a team that's in the playoff hunt but going to be trying to put themselves in a homei incing out of will be Carolina corner so some good pressure being applied here early on by the courage first meeting of the season for these two teams they'll play again not too long from now October 5th in North Carolina okay we got the this is oh two on that right side some Pace ability to get in behind there we go first one Carolina my with the first goal North Carolina just taking care of hopins [Music] corick it's a fantastic start for North Carolina see Hy Hopkins just starts on this side no one sees her and makes a great run just to be able to meet the ball it's whipped in with Pace all she has to do is make good contact redirect it you can see the push off the extension from kayn Sheridan trying to get something on it just placed perfectly from Hopkins to put the away team up one Z and a dream start for North Carolina in this celebration game of Alex Morgan here at Snap Snap Dragon stadium and what an encouraging start for a team that as we said has struggled on the road and by the way thank you Alex team's going have to score two goals but they're already on the back foot that's tough Landon Donovan team not looking too well already we've only played four minutes [Music] and have enough juice good shot from Alex gives the ball away unnecessarily deep in North Carolina's own half trying to do a little bit of a back heel to try to keep possession lands right to Alex Morgan typically doesn't miss from that angle always to on her left foot trying to whip it into that far Corner good save from Murphy sends it out for a corner kick let's see if San Diego can follow Su Carina scoring on their first now it's the wav turn still Hing around in the Murphy okay so we got Casey Murphy and said we AUST be the star on that right wing for in Bianca St George similar profile to Courtney Vine but they do both do give this North Carolina team a little bit of nuance a different Wrinkle in the attack we mentioned the most possession oriented teams in this league they become become known as that without injes I think I heard something talking about Alex said that Charlie came up to her said she wanted to be a soccer player dnam that's true we'll they we'll see what typ archetype she is um Alex Morgan a Golden Boot winner in 2022 in this league a shield winner last season with the wave you could list off any number of championships that she's been a part of for club and Country just an incredible career on and off the field for Alex Morgan over the last 15 years remember when she was nicknamed baby horse that's about the same time Lor right you guys were making those snow angels out in Utah she was starting her career yeah just lights out in terms of goal scoring her left foot my goodness so consistent there's Bianca yeah making things happen again St George San Diego under some rest here in the opening moment Sanchez's shot isely thees of I like the North Carolina to start this game because they are looking to see if they can press bit higher but also be a bit more direct and we've already mentioned it but that's what St George will give you on that right hand side theity to take on One V one she'll be dynamic decisive with her movements able to keep that ball alive and cause a little bit more chaos an 18 Yard Box defensively for San Diego that I'm sure they want to start this game dma certainly one of the top defenders in the world Abby doll keer traded away so Kennedy Wesley that Center pairing for San Diego along with gmao one of the newer additions where that's a shot that looked like a hand you bet it was you know who's going to take thisen oh my Alex Morgan per opport to one to Res this is one of the things that Donovan wants from the San Diego team is GMA Wesley the two center backs to drive forward gain some territory that's where this starts because then they're able to find cascarino the DC is allowed to be able to join in and then it's that shot that creates the hand ball and here it is Alex Morgan at the spot in her final game Hing to put this one away ande at to [Music] Seattle similar to Seattle allowing team like any way to get penalties free point it's just good for Orlando and you're like man we haven't been scoring an open play all right well if we can draw penalties if we can get points that way we can get back into the game I mean it's smart but okay Alex get a score penalty oh my goodness no way she can't score for her life my good she can't score for her life bro it's over over hang the boots [Music] up get one but Denise oan got the yellow card and Alex Morgan missed the penalty all in under 10 minutes okay that's wild penalty Miss missed it more like a save Murphy is pretty tall so you do have to place that in a better position than Alex did Murphy instead trying to tuck it into the of course great opport and just going back to that this is one of the things that L Donovan is looking for and he's encouraging from GMA Wesley as I was mentioning the two center backs to drive forward gain some territory that allows for more players to get forward and we will see that throughout this match from danc at times in this moment right here danak V Eggman they'll play next to each other but it will be DC the one that will step forward into the attack she was able to because of picked off that but can't make that pass hkin Carina into the corner on the attack man IEX probably like well this is my last match for re you know I think that is the biggest thing and one of the biggest things about this career of Alex Morgan is she has felt the weight of the world on her shoulders just knowing how important she's been right the voice that she's had they're able to wiggle their way out of a tight pressure there defens car while Diego team always willing to step up take the take the moments when needed not shying away from the big moments she said I never stopped betting on myself even with the she's had the disappointment of [Music] Tean on the left on the right side said of I would on myself and she was asked that earlier this week like Maria's in the middle that's the only way you to the left of Maria okay everyone's at I mean of course you find 100% I would be looking to her to score lots of my goals at the current moment that's what I do that's my die oh they got their own Corner they got their own corner is for snuck in there way snuck in there un hero who is this Isley who is this the corners have been I mean say delightful there she got up there man try to turn this North Carolina team over just the slightest got the PO equalizer TR it as telling me you see how they TR to do jolis so we scores in the 12th with the 12 number with the 12 jersey with the the 12 number Jersey and then there sub Alex Morgan at the 13 minute she wears number [Music] 13 but yeah uh take a by Alex this is this is it the Last Dance hang says thank you for changing the game yeah I like I said Alex like I said yesterday Alex like pretty much held it down for USA after after the Womack error pretty much help it down she had the torch that it's over over vulnerable she's been an athlete an ally an advocate and is someone for so long who has been the the last who for hold on is that J this who it is who she who's coming in for her though that's the real question who is this Ali okay I'm like who is that [Music] got I assume that's Charlie I'm not too sure though it's a random baby a random kid 150th and Final 150 piece for Alex yeah Charlie pretty big she probably already play socc nowc she look like she running around already so I thought we were a good game take no I don't think I don't know if Alex will be coaching in her career probably not you never know you never know name that's going to be that's going to be the like uh when we get there when some of our favorite Ballers are now managers it's going to be crazy like what kind of tactics are these that's going to be very interesting to see as the game progresses we're not there yet but just [Music] finishes her career with goals in the NSL that's all really had opportunity SCH too on her last match and she fumbled so had to sub 13 for sure for sure but it's one1 that's the most important part try but she's also good stret behind but she's also good back to her back toal help link play and that's where theid you just need to keep make sure you add Point don't lose any in your position all right that there Sanchez out tots to get it out Carina def there's good mement San Diego right now they're doing the work to be able to win The Possession turn the ball over and then you get players higher up and it's about sharing the load because you just see Sanchez working back dispossessing Ashley Sanchez and then you have DC in a really good position to be able to get faced up try to go One V one you know this is going to be the difficult part of the game for both of these teams the celebration but then you have to right immediately get back to business and start to execute the game plan yeah because arees in theud teams both gos are headers as [Music] well well we got nine eight and one record this season so I mean that's they hav they haven't even won 10 matches there still to come for the San Diego team it's just the first time they've scored in the first half since June 15 11 anden that's not a good St winless in the last five home matches three draws two losses when you wonder how much when did it all go wrong for San Diego it was before was here they were losing what happened was it wasn't before the Olympic break what really went wrong with San Diego how do you go Shield what did they change who did they lose they traded for Sanchez were they already struggling to win theni oh another go the German another Headley already two out of two they two out of two manful it these cor look at just a step backwards of Naomi and then just rises above and from a defensive standpoint the San Diego wave will be disappointed in conceding two corner kick goals early on in this match but what a header that is through traffic the positioning from ra but also just the positioning of others to block Sheridan not allow to come out and make the play I think the lesson here is a yes ption on Corner kicks and B I don't think anybody knows what is going to happen in the rest of thisch that is I don't really think the North Carolina Defender did anything to sharidan I feel like yeah I feel like that's a clean goal to me right right all the ladies this is the third Corner this is the third Corner goal I think Shar didn't honestly go for it full heartedly as well she kind of just saw the block and just put her arms out I because it's difficult to get up and get a moments little details difficult to defend that's a tough spill there for McNab yeah you're talking about one of the top goalkeepers in the world I mean kayin Sheridan nwsl goalkeeper of the year A couple of years ago for San Diego obviously she's gotten a lot of pra internally winning gold with Canada at the Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo Alex Morgan it's over Alex didn't scor no goals this season might be in a bottle but it's a cocktail and it's crazy she didn't want well she didn't even want to finish this season it's like she's like no I'm done now like she didn't want to finish the season like I'm most players retire at the end of the season now she's like no I'm done on this match it's over and then she pregnant we already know that but so that could be a reason just to finish it now I'm actually pregnant so so it makes sense makes sense now oh the partnership between her and Kurt have been excellent and it's something that sha nahas has spoke about a ton just the evolution of both of them particularly Kurt's and how she almost retired if she wasn't going to make this North Carolina team then sat on the bench and then it wasn't until sha nahas took over as the head coach as she was inserted as a starter as a center back and hasn't looked back has Jill Ellis been seen at this event that is a good question if she's innocent I pull up all day every day Alex Morgan was the face of the team when it was you know put into existence for expansion I'm pulling up if I'm innocent I'm I'm being seen but it's like well the media you know put me on the TV like like I said if Jill's innocent they I'm definely coming out teams defensively is the big question because right now San Diego is just pressing with one Ali everyone else is dropping trying to converge but then that allows either Berkeley or Curts to be able to step in the Midfield so they always have a numerical advantage and that's goes back to my point that I was talking about is it's not about trying to outp possess North Carolina when you play them it's about how good you can be defensively and then once you win it how are you solving that pressure how are you solving to be able to get players forward that's where cascarino will be a main part in this attack getting her One V one in those wide channels particularly on that left hand side as you can imagine we'll have a camera on Alex Morgan quite a bit tonight doesn't matter that she has stepped off the field subbed out in the 14th minute this is her night there's no doubt about that whether will belong to San Diego well that is yet to be determined the way of do score again I'm going to need a little cup of tea cration though I think in Alex's honor I was going to say two for two or four for four another of our referee Brad Jens bless for atere the delivery from both sides has been exceptional to start this game off of corner kicks whipped in right into and both teams not happy lot of numers you just have to get on the even if you can't win the ball initial service then just body up your play or don't allow them to get a good look on it Ali intercepting the ball and then just trying to play it off of the defender to earn the corner which she does player who came on for Alex Morgan in this match third year player with the wave okay wave W they still have Dynamic players on the field so delin taking the corners on this side a long member of Olympic Leon casarino [Music] Corner okay the header is on frame for the brace I'll just bring on theck this not like the last one have got to be eating up yeah but's theivy she finds her again to that once again is the one that's making contact she scored the game time goal in the 13th minute in the celebration of Alex Morgan almost gets another one there tie this game back up by the way I don't think anybody is enjoying defending the corner kicks I just think the Defenders might be enjoying their offensive opportunities that are coming on the corners phy R for North Carolina and Kennedy Wesley for San Diego haly Hopkins too scored one but she's an attacking player so little more than Norm vanman under Ashley Sanchez got to be a coul someone stumbled did she did she pick her clean let's get the replay let's get that replay mean V Eggman you're so lucky you're playing at The Wave you're playing at home because play the final pass excellent in One V one situations can combine so crafty but it's the defensive work that he wants to see more of you put the team at risk right there put the team risk it's already two 21ag that's IDE right was talking last saw those players that are going to threaten defenses and and make them dictate a little bit allow North Carolina to dictate a little bit yes we know this is a team that can keep possession but can they be dangerous yeah they have Sanchez died her hair brette was she always one of those inal at I'm not too sure te but she'll I have to get a good look long North Carolina courage Captain two NS champion in her career for the Irish international number 10 in the middle in blue usually running things in the midfield if the courage is having their Way Berkeley Hopkins still there for Sanchez Hopkins is one of those players that started out wide on that front line last game against Kansas City and then in the second half they moved her into the center forward switched her with Courtney Vine and was much more effective because Hopkins back to goal as we just saw in that previous play on this near side can keep possession allows for others to join into the attack and that was key because Vine was getting beat to a lot of those balls but Hopkins can hold up play user body well Tyler Lucy on the move throw incoming for North Carolina all right that's great hydration break let's take a drink of water and see the closing of Alex Morgan's career on the soccer field and just so impressive Lori this just for the most part she's a New York Times bestselling author as well but looking what she has done on the field so impressive yeah it's exceptional and throughout all of those we see that in 2022 she was Golden Boot in NSL but throughout this entire time 123 International goals just exceptional the amount that she found the back of the net from start to finish in her career always finding ways to reinvent herself as she was growing and evolving in her career Just Smiles all around Charlie always yeah Alex um to Alex earlier she calls Charlie her little mini me and she is she's been ever you think about you know what 26 hours that's such a number how busy you are how little time to yourself you have and Alex would talk about you know we'd be on the and I might want to go take a nap or something after training but wants to go out and go to the park or go to the museum so that's what we but Alex you could have scored that's the ridiculous part like Yes actually great one tough mother Alex I mean it's a hydration break right supposed to be saying something not sad who is this guy that's talking we'll work on it okay I think as long as we provide candy which if anybody knows us that typically is a staple that we have in the booth I think we got a shot appreciate those of you watching with us tonight look we know it's a lot we know there is a match happening as well but I think when the news of Alex Morgan's retirement broke just three days ago on Thursday you also knew this match was going to be about something more and typically we always follow the the game is the most important and we understand that for these players it is but there was also a big story happening in San Diego tonight that I think we're all aware of who said I'm not crying something like that a lot of signs out twice North Carolina going in front all three goals coming via the corner kick in this match Alex Morgan with aeny kick that was saved and she would probably tell you you know what it's about how this year's gone it just hasn't been the way she thought it would go but nonetheless her team found a way to get it done came back and tied it a couple of minutes later and North Carolina I think uh North Carolina played very good possession play football like I said they had a an early lead in the fourth minute Carina team mentioned ear Lor without it makes you got of be more uh aware of you know possession because you got a early go early Advantage makes mistakes you know makes the mistake that you well and that's the big the biggest challenge for both of these teams is having a full Squad of their players North still you have uh Sanchez deline Melanie even V uh Von Eggman uh GMA back there all players even Sheridan all players that have the ability to help this team get a goal yakobson Off the Bench as well with the minute she can play it's they still have options Christen Westfall only change for the wave in the backline to start tonight from their last match one-1 draw against Washington good ball across GMA ball taken away a lot of room in the Midfield both teams quite stretched that's a good ball though from Sanchez just to find Lucy in the wide channels Lucy will get it back in the box with the left foot off the post safe to say this is as dangerous as North Carolina has looked on the road at any point this season we've seen them they've been excellent at home coming off a really impressive win I know you called Lori with some bad weather there but 2-1 over the Kansas City current well they've been a a bit more Dynamic than we typically see them there is space as I was just mentioning in the Midfield both teams getting quite stretched but because of that it's allowing this North Carolina team that's a bit of a heavy ball from Hopkins trying to find St George but it's allowing for North Carolina just to play the strengths of that front line especially in the wide areas so they're able to go a bit more direct and it starts right here with Lucy just getting in the position I initially thought she [Music] narrowed her positioning a bit too much and too early on but then she takes the strike really well get all of that unfortunate for the left Winger four goals on the season for Luc overo Sanchez in the middle BARC the teenager calling it and was open right around theen spot perhaps not the best decision there from cascarino on the shot well this is why Lena Donovan says that she is their biggest goal threat on that front line espe when get wide getc just has a a good experience she's still a player that I see that's going to be with France national team in the future so want how to be playing [Music] well the out ofs corner kick on the way for the w well I love this from is because it's direct she knows that she has all the moves to be able to beat a player but then can you have that final product with it and she gets a shot off earns the corner kick forces Berkeley just have to keep her arm tucked in so she's not called for a handball in that situation but this is what you want to see out of this young player taking players on creating chances moments and earning set pieces ball bent in bouncing around arus remember just 16 years old one of the youngest players in the nwsl one of the players Alex Morgan was no doubt referring to at her press conference when she said you know I realize that there are some players on this team that are closer in age to my daughter than to me that's what you know that's how I knew that's when you were yeah maybe you need to re reti but it's also a credit to the pathway being there for young players I didn't have a kid but I think my coach was younger younger than me and I'd been playing soccer longer than he'd been alive so I wasn't going to rip on you was going for that first Target inside the box so she was going find out right on the edge I know a lot really but she's been the main one that put the crosses in the Box for this match it was originally scheduled to be on nwsl plus which obviously if you're hearing this then you're still watching it here so thanks for hanging out with us but a lot of credit goes to NWS Health commissioner Jessica Burman who understood this historic moment of Alex's retirement and it's really a historic way that the league and all of its broadcast Partners came together to cover this moment when you think about CBS Sports Prime video ESPN all simal casting this event that's the first time ever yeah that something like that has happened for a women's professional sport I mean it really speaks to a the hard work that has gone on in a very short amount of time behind the scenes for which we are so appreciative of all of our people working to make this happen and it also speaks to the Legacy that Alex Morgan has left P Ro Lucy went for the volley there's let it settle to her the wrist going for a third goal bring that down and then go right in front of goal some awkward touches defensively for San Diego will ConEd the corner third of the match for North Carolina W have already had six attempts from the corner and well get ready the first two from North Carolina wound up in the back of the net this is corner kick number three andley taking this time in will be Ranch scored in the 20th minute and a different look and now here comes Berkeley she wants another assist ack of assists perhaps that would be awful for the wave but of course they still have Sanchez and uh deline to put as the face so yeah could get out get out um if she's available can't wait what if that's the rumor hope get the opportunity who could use her defensively currently I don't know if she's willing to play anywhere I imagine she would like to play for a team that's in the playoffs currently if she did stay or what for next season if she does stay in himself I think she would want to go to a team that made the playoffs last year I don't think she goes to a team that didn't make the play or does she cuz we don't even know who's going and that also depends on how do San Diego wave perform at the end of the season uh will they get some wins under their belt or is it you know so that that's interesting how do will they be scoring goals will they winning [Music] what if Jill ell steps [Music] down anything can happen on hand for this match tonight helping to really push this league forward in every we had the recent collective bargaining agreement which was massive terms of the rights for players Julie had it next to her Chief marketing officer as well for nwsl both Cat soing In This Moment integral part and putting this together and really understanding the importance of like that lady's yapping her off to reate everyone behind the scenes in such a short amount of time to pull this off I mean the amount that goes in just these individual games but then when you have all of these s cast going on at once tremendous amount of work behind the scenes gold pants looks a little relaxy we know she loves to take that space she's been that way since her days of Florida State theing [Music] another one St georgees Bianca finish man no San Diego this is it's not looking good on Alex's fawell match fromy looks is to be able to curl it in behind McNab and St George with her positioning keeps herself wide and still has so much work to do takes that down perfectly because there's been there's Pace on it right there first touch to be able to set herself up does get a little deflection offn might be considered an own goal that would be her second in the in as many games be unfortunate for the left back but what a first touch for St George to be able to get off a quick second touch to execute that find back San Diego can get one back here in the additional time but three gos it's still looking rough for San Diego and I haven't tuned into them like they they sold doll camper what did they get for doll camper [Music] again y get for a player like row being able to pinch in creating the box in the Midfield then you have to get compact defensively this San Diego team look at the amount of space that this North Carolina team has to operate to get in between the lines it's just way too easy defensively from a San Diego perspective have to get more condens and now this is a North Carolina team that will be happy just to keep possession get more numbers forward Ashley Sanchez put it into play yeah this a San Diego wave acquire allegation money from BFC in exchange for Defender Abby do camper all right so San Diego weave have announced today the club has acquired 50,000 in allegation money from BC in exchange for Defender AB ability to possession you dispossess the team you make it difficult make it uncomfortable for them and Berkeley goes on a 20 y run just splits Lin So for 50 St George we l the money this get everybody including Murphy but in the end it will trickle harmlessly out of bounds as you may have noticed we're into n minutes of stoppage time but these you understand most of those coming when Alex Morgan said her goodbyes and the referees allowing her the time as she came off time thison San Diego typically pretty stingy defensively two goals is not bad cback SL two goals it's not bad at all but not where you want to be you got face reality that's where you are ised what he seen from his team so I think he'll be delightfully Al and be the St George stretch their Carolina lead right possession can they moment continue to recycle the ball on varying their attack is it on to go are they playing High Line San Diego so can they exploit that space in behind if not start to move it around use the ball to your advantage and don't allow San Diego to get themselves back into this game hey I was also featured in the um the Champions Cup you covered it here's what I came up with you ready okay so first of all Berkeley is just the second ever North Carolina player to have three assists in one game how about the hat rack because that's what you hang the hats on the hat rack you can't have a hat trick I actually like it I don't really want to admit it but I'm actually a big fan yay all right let's make it work everybody somebody send that out in a hashtag whatever you young kids do I you're pretty good at coming these things band wagon the 2020/2021 Olympics thank you for remembering my bandwagon we're all on it now no doubt well we were all on it then too but we need to get a good one for Tima shinga who just can't stop scoring for Kansas City an incred in League record eight straight games that the Golden Boot leader has scored in she has 15 now on the season for the Kansas City current who sitting in third place at the moment in the table Orlando at the top they won again earlier today Marta play five minutes of additional nine Washington Kansas City Gotham and then Carina in an opportunity to make up some ground on those teams above them now I have no idea what I would call it if she gets to four but Berkeley's going for it you can bet as we set up another corner and it looks like it's still sunny out there soy ini San Diego can see at halime we'll be looking back at all of the magical moments this historic night where we say goodbye to Alex Morgan also have our first half highlights row let it through Berkeley and CTS holding things down in the back for the courage of Sullivan just in front of them see Ro really pinches Ino from her starting we got two more additional but great first half for uh Lorie Lindsay's mom right now because Lor you had four assists in one game I think it's a lie I think it's you I don't remember that I do not what did you call it I don't think I even had that I trust your mom my mom is also the one at TST that thinks I still have it hello you won thank you you did you're a valuable part of that Winning Side look we uh we are an open book here if you hear something you the broadcast you know how to reach us hit us up especially our moms San Diego looking to finish the half strong Ali was calling for it in the middle cascarino can create Sanchez really liking her at that attacking Midfield spot ideally would like to have Jaden sha next to trying to get sha fully health he said we poten could see Shaw tonight obviously wants to be really careful make sure she's fully ready to go coming back from injury barcus put it right into the feet of Sanchez all right from one young Prodigy to another remember Ashley Sanchez was really one of the first to leave college early when she left UCLA and then barcus of of this new that didn't even to and I feel like she's a new acquisition I'm going to look my website that I found or that someone shared just to see cuz feel like she play for Chicago for some reason Wesley at n SL regular season goal in the 13th minute on this night where San Diego and the rest of the soccer World honoring celebrating number 13 Alex Morgan but this North Carolina team is not about to fall prey to the script that's been written big penalty kick save from Casey Murphy against Alex Morgan in this first half and then three goals from the courage giving them really boid right in Alex's farewell match her team's down driver seat two cushion but they need to make sure I mean they pretty much have to keep everyone that they have on the field on I just to clarify or I mean Orlando wave I mean can y'all I mean y'all have creators out here just get them on the ball and sheaves as she plays her final match tonight off we go for the second half North Carolina as strong as they have looked all year on the road Berkeley for the first time in nwsl history assists in the league before never the league has the word hasn't happened either that's right but now it's a thing Ryan Williams okay so we have calpro she came in field uh for danovic all right up for the wave I believe right for ands out one change for the second half Danny good to see her back she's been in dealing injan that first name is not Rachel Miss Williams so weather H with 10K minutes team because get the move it she's playing for this North Carolina side she'll be the one that gets forward now as kpro will be more of the anchor one that helps screen the back line when they are in possession Sanchez having to really come deep to collect for North Carolina GMA keeping it in play gold medalist who played every minute of the Olympics for the US on their run to gold in Paris this summer Kennedy Wesley scoring her first nwsl regular season goal off corner kick earlier tonight that one just Out Of Reach of barcus now everyone's been quiet for San Diego for North Carolina her first career nwsl goal in this her debut season in the league she's really such a delightful personality too had a chance to talk with her a couple of weeks ago fely Ro and just talked about she's the word privileged is how she felt to be able to play here in the nwsl she's she's a she's a journaler so she's really trying to note her time be aware of just all of these experiences and how they can help her grow as a player and she's fit in so nicely to this team and how they want to play and volumes to this courage team under sha nahas and just what he's attracted in terms of players because they do have a unique but also a very specific style of play and you can see that plenty of time wave we would like to know how you going to get it done when you don't have of the talent that you're soed to of carolene up top then how do you change that now St georgees just holds up the ball a little too muches ration of players and the credit to Shan and his coaching staff Ali just taken right off her foot by weather Ho but now it is back barcus quick to shoot her shot but it's blocked the only thing that San Diego needs to just be mindful of because they're doing such a good I like that the wav still have the ball I want to see doline how she plays I guess around the you know the The Penalty Box she needs to take a shot really the only one that's providing width and look at the numbers North Carolina wants you to go around them they want you to play wide they're happy to clog the central areas and right now at times this Indio team is playing right into that pressure Hopkins under some pressure from Wesley it's been a lot of player turnover really over the last three years under sha nahas at North Carolina big reboot for this club which had had some success nwsl champions Shield winners in 2019 North Carolina but look they had to go through really one of the more tumultuous times in this league Paul Riley had been the head coach at North Carolina and he was removed from his position abuse was brought forth and let's not forget that Alex Morgan played a big part in being an ally as helping players be brave enough to step forward and speak their truth and tell their stories and it really has made such a lasting impact y 100 man always too close to the goalkeeper wave come on got some of the most prolific wide players play looking at jny interviewing commissioner bman but sh Farley one of those players that getting her flowers tonight lots of love to shadey so you have some of the most prolific wi players but you can't make good crosses into the box come now with the athletic really wrote that article that broke it all open so huge credit to her as well mention chenade Farley she was honored tonight Gotham cere and also that's something you don't really need your teammate for you being able to put uh good crosses in the box is something that you're that's a specialty of yours people being held accountable she came back after eight years away from the game and she was able to find some Joy she was a part of the nwsl championship winning team for Gotham last year and she got to compete at the2 World Cup with Ireland making her debut yep was on that call for their first game against Australia in Australia witnessing that what a tremendous player and I don't know if she gets enough credit for for that as well I mean just such a smooth midfielder played at the University of Virginia obviously Maya alma mater as well uh but yeah tremendous tremendous person and player deserved retirement and celebration for her [Applause] oh man she had a play on her left and her right come on pretty much kind of stopped that counter herself Melanie but I do like that she is playing though cuz it's like when things aren't working asaro do play your best players even if they are the youngest threat and really hasn't been able to be Unleashed yet in this league but Landon Donovan talking this week about what she can add to that line when you saw a little Glimpse right there because she does draw two Defenders and Williams doing a good job of applying the pressure this is a tricky player though with cascarino and she continues to grow into the league grow into this team with San Diego tremendous Talent has the ability to to pull teams apart individually wise enough as well to to go in combination score goals play on either side of the field so a lot of upside huge ceiling San Diego being caught here a little bit Lori out of position and fortunate really not to have paid for it just really pulled AP tons of space for the courage to work with well we started to see this in the second part of the first half just them getting stretched they're trying to send numbers forward but just not collectively being able to to retreat get numbers behind and it's leaving all kinds of space for North Carolina to not even just pass through them but players to take space that's what led to the third goal in the first half Berkeley just recognizing from that back line no one's going to step and apply pressure so she'll go herself almost identical that last attempt just a bit too heavy for St George and then I think she gets caught between whether she's going to take that first touch or just go first time and it slices away from her Sheridan coming well out of her goal Landon Donovan saying we ask our goal to do things that most other teams don't do he he's tried to really impart confidence in his players in his time a couple of weeks the structure of what they're setting up but he wants them to try and he said I I understand it look he gets it you talk about someone who understands they also signed uh like I said the uh French uh fullback Marino they can bring her in see if she could play you know a little forward uh maybe in the midfield for a wave be attacking fullback similar to how Crystal D plays or Gotham but I've only seen her play defensively and she really doesn't didn't really didn't play as much cuz she was behind the Bacha and Leon so it's cool that she is over here though so a lot of French players not a lot but some pieces decide to finally leave the land oh my goodness the Collision everyone is cleaning this instant no fouls given either way it's just a accidental I ran into to you you get HK communication St George this is what she's on the field to do just be a p do whatever she can be aggressive to get something on it George may have fou there fourth but it starts above that it starts with no one just dropping in getting compact shutting down those Central channels it's too easy in terms of getting played through haly Hopkins down all right we got a player down North Carolina doubt spent some time together both have obviously shared and still a part of the Canadian national team and St George has been a part of Team Canada as well former West Virginia m we don't know who uh Landon Don was talking to but you need some changes Alex seems to be very satisfied so she's on her way out of here but San Diego still left to figure out what what's what's next for them with the new manager he's an intern so like I said if L say Landon doesn't help them he's still answered they could have a new coach next year cuz right now how many matches has he been in charge if he loses all these matches are they giving him a contract uh what type of record will be worthy of extending it to him right now I'm not giving him anything let's see who the wave have next I [Music] mean might as well kep the manager that you had now and the wait for off season to find a player a a manager that you you know you'd like what are they doing reviewing war or something versus who they [Music] trying to see if there's a foul looks like a foul on [Music] um St George whoa whoa whoa whoa oh they give a red card to sharidan it looked like there were to me the only foul was on St was on St George's did I thought she didn't get a touch on that ball to uh I thought germa had the last touch I don't know this is wild who's the keeper here we go oh so yeah St Georgia she does get that last touch she's the last player to hit the ball Sheridan goes down see you needed slow motion like that you need to look at it that way you need that replay the HD the 4K that replay so I mean down to down to 10 players now GMA was in the vicinity gma's done she's Tapped Out GMA is like bro I'm tapped out all right so they have 1 two 3 4 5 six seven so they have seven matches out of those seven matches what type of score what type of record does Landon need to be able to keep his job I think you do your best to try to get three to four wins Landon attempt to get three to four wins you can't lose more than three matches and then I I say you have a Grace of losing maybe you can lose three matches and win all four and maybe they'll give you an extension but I feel land then you got to win at least three to four games you can't lose more than three the draws are okay but I feel like you need a positive winning record the wins need to stand out so we'll see if he can get the job done if we can't and he still gets the job I mean we see I mean oh just they'll have to reveal their hand all right we got some changes Delian coming off look it's wild that these Sports didn't do anything for San Diego it's it was no no chemistry no tick taka nothing got three creative players Sanchez Melanie deline nothing notada not a lick that's so we'll see how uh the Carolina play with this uh advantage 30 minutes kick Carol Sanchez is he said uh marcelus in the middle of the wall LOLOL probably the most they could have different players play but then again I mean in the in the wall but if she's the only one available he's just really going downhill fast foron Donovan and Company and she tried to kick it over interestingly actually the third straight that K Sheridan has earned a red in the regular season uh I think we saw another I think there was another someone got carded sometimes put in difficult situations there was a team I I don't remember two I don't remember right now me a you're really good team at keeping possession not saying you take your foot completely off the gas but typically think about a team going a player down they lose their starting goalkeeper the other team starts salivating a little bit says let's go let's try to test this keeper but North Carolina in a really good position right now well it's about balance it's about finding those moments right now as we're seeing them just move it side to and uh if you're North Carolina it's about keeping a a smooth Tempo Temple that that makes you feel comfortable uh that doesn't really put you in too many bad positions because of your lead and now you're you're at goal now your player lead you know it is really even more it gives you even more time to focus on not making mistakes uh and just riding this out uh because this should be a cakewalk for the rest of this the rest of this match North Carolina was having success finding space they were even 11v 11 all kinds of time in the Box headed back across but nobody there to get on the end of it well a few times with Lucy because she puts herself in such good positions creates some width for herself we've seen this a few times I think she can take this down whether it's off of her chest little good little floated ball in behind instead just Carina face shot attemp onal hold on see Olivia wind charging the up top I know sha really highly of just had to be patient with her was out for really much of the preseason this is just her third appearance of the Season she made her season debut July 7th as a sub scored a goal in that match and she was pretty open about admitting she was just having some mental health struggles [Music] actually suiv oh [Music] Sullivan gosh that just hurts to watch seeing her in so much pain has Carina either Carolina Western New York Western New York flash a lot of those players moving to North Carolina when this franchise started in 2017 well this is interesting because I actually don't think Sanchez Sanchez even touches her there's no contact seems to be in considerable pain so I actually initially thought it was a late Challenge and then you could see the replay some additional monitors that we have no all right looks like old Sullivan may not be coming on oh wait oh suiv and wait and Williams no no they're is uh consoling her okay hopefully it's not too serious they're in the middle of the pack like fifth seed right let meere yeah this will put them in the uh fifth Place 31 points not bad but still eight matches eight to seven matches left for all the teams so at least a good [Music] month they're doing the wave up at the moment sounds like the wave is going around just a guess based on the crowd Acoustics as I said they don't really know what to do with themselves here expect a pretty good number when we do get that final number okay old Sullivan she's up finally hopefully she is the captain number million we reached across the league number that had never been met before and here we are still with seven matches to go after this weekend boy Deno suan is absolutely as tough as they come whatever was bothering her she's going to try to play through it and carry on wow Snapdragon stadium was like yeah we don't we really don't care about who's retiring we don't have the opportunity to make sure the field looks like a soccer field so sorry she was replaced by Hillary and casarino coming off to for theer down so sorry so sorry getting where there are some changes coming Ranna Pinto the hero against Kansas City getting the game winner in stoppage time after a weather delay and Bianca St George impact has certainly been filled tonight St George's good goal from her so com in for Gomez this uh Burke Berkeley that dropped in the dime first touch was for St George because that ball was whipped in with some Pace some curl on it so to take it at speed to collect Brianna for Tyler Lucy as Welly Carolina just bringing in those last fresh legs North Carolina has an incredible stretch of 18 straight unbeaten on their home field at waked soccer park in car North Carolina 8 and one this season but on the road different story and they know it and0 on the road for the courage joh telling us they've tried everything they tried do we go for walks do we talk about this and he said eventually just comes down to we just need to get the job done be competitive and no more talk about it actually think is the the final decision let's just get it done get the points and the result we need and then get back to business and with those two substitutes of alen and Pinto coming on it is going to shift some players around Alini will go to that left- hand side Windgate will shift out wide right and then Pinto will essentially occupy that Center forward Ro but at times and more often than not she will drop in as we're seeing on the ball right now into the Midfield as kind of that deep Ling attacking forward if you will I think I just made that up that position up she will drop into the Midfield as the center forward oh well Lor it's getting a little late but it's not that late we've had nwsl after dark go a lot later than this so it's it's too soon for you to be making stuff up all right I think we said where you were going Amir Ali came into thisat repacing Alex Morgan in the 14th minut Brianna Pinto is a number three overall pick by the courage in 2021 excuse me by Gotham got them that year little reminder that the nwsl summer Cup Championship still to come the tournament that took place over the summer not yet you can catch the champion tickets are on sale for thatat it'll be on Friday s an Toyota fi it's Gotham FC and the Kansas City current you can go to nwsl /summer cup to purchase your tickets I mean it was kind of over already at the at the half we know we'll that Denise oan injury and Sanchez took the shot and get Hillary be to make her first save well that's where sanchz is at her best and we just don't see that often enough from her whether it's just there's not much time and space typically this is a team that has a lot of possession higher up the field so she's working within tighter spaces but once the game opens up give the ball to Sanchez have a run at that back line this is going to be tough Collision right there in the middle of the field with Ali got Collision we just don't want to see any more players getting hurt no we do not you mentioned earlier kurts just how valuable she's been I mean every minute played the last two seasons she broke the nwsl record for consecutive minutes played earlier this year she's up over 7,000 now consecutive minutes on the field wow I love that you brought back up the story of the fact that she really had to wait her time Kaye Curts was a trialist meaning she was not drafted so in 2018 she joined North Carolina after a preseason try out made the team had to spend some time not really getting a lot of opportunities 202 was her first year really as a regular starter I think did Ashley Sanchez already get off the field no she's still act there actually no Jaden Shaw though I think once she comes back we'll have a better look at um San Diego but as long as she's missing I think something is missing from the team going forward offensively just based upon you know how good the talent the talent that she has and what she could become two of them off Corner kicks glitch in here come on get stable for me Lori from a bigger picture perspective for for San Diego clearly there are some things that this club is trying to iron out they need to figure out what they're going to do with their head coaching position Landon Donovan filling that role on an interim basis at the moment they need to figure out what they're going to do replacing the likes of Alex Morgan should be in your mind and we'll see what Sanchez does here the first step that San Diego really needs to focus on well dang like NAB gets the corner after Thisick yeah North Carolina done well be calm in possession keep the ball go forward when you do have numbers her regular season debut tonight when she had to come on in this half for kayin Sheridan and North Carolina merely scoring onick on the road as well they Road match win it's not over but officially it's not overti one winds up bouncing gets past everybody and now out of play oh yeah just looking at go side we know that cascarino another French International as well theyve come new additions to this team those are more Winger players so I'm thinking you have to find players down the spine of your team germa Wesley two players that can anchor the center back but then how are you building in front of that so going and getting another really kind of like two-way midfielder that can help you direct traffic uh build into the attack but then also cover a lot of ground because you can see there is times when this team does want to be brave they want to be a more attacking oriented team so that's going to require to cover a lot of ground in those Central areas so midfielder and then even more of a threatening Striker up top Center forward if you have the Wingers you have the ability to be able to exploit the space in the wide areas then you've got to be get somebody that's active inside the 18 yard box and be a vertical threat but then get on the end of service as well so I think two players in the attack Midfield forward will die te yeah we're going to have some establish time for sure but got North Carolina giving away the free kick see this is what you don't want to do winning the shield in 2023 so they've been accustomed to early success it's really the first season of adversity in their young existence that they've had to face and to me it's really just about looking at the profile of player that you have for San Diego and adding additions that look different to that right because you need versatility you need players that are going to complement sometimes that looks the same but then also they're completely different styles of play and if you have Jaden Shaw one of those attacking Midfield roles who can play off of her what does that look like because she's going to be a central point I would imagine in this team for years to come here is the free kick from the wave I mean oo that was not bad was not bad at all MCN get the [Music] AE Washington SZ is still on the field okay MCN just a little bit uh behind that could have been pretty perfect that's why like I said the North Carolina can't give up ohow wow only one Ro almost so good at defending she makes the off offensive player fall make that make sense bigs to come back across body and triling leg so smooth from nma just collects it and then keeps possession for a team Williams once again playing those passing Lanes she got GMA on [Music] hers away with their two goal lead Windgate a flick Pinto the header two headers I'm not so sure knew was going to come that quickly off a little flick header got a bit got caught flat footed there's wind and then right here the trailing leg so smooth from she fell herself I mean just twisting and turning stalls you can see Windgate with the momentum just goes the ground and like nothing ever happened kpro getting back on the field for San Diego tonight Sanchez will play it back to GMA Ali good work from Ali here just to draw the foul keep get them get them their possession oh wow it's [Music] only9 got some changes wave that will be the end of [Music] Sanchez Jones 23 oldie played at Memphis also Canadian youth national teams Alex Morgan taking this one in from the bench promis not to be too far away from the sport she said she really thinks she's found her place investing in women's sports she's not planning to stop that anytime soon of course she has a media company that she helped found together and also the Alex Morgan Foundation both of those very female focused okay GMA to Towing the line but that's your Center back all on Alex Morgan's uh retirement match they're down three they're down 3-1 she missed a no she her penalty got saved they got a red card with the goalkeeper I mean wow very eventful video Haven enjoyed theat that we Ran's video by itself was just really powerful go back and find that she put that on all of her social media platforms San Diego looking to muster a little more fight here toward the end of the match I think Maya Jones has some fresh leg can see that bur of eny as she was chasing thep I forgot when they were playing with 10 players westall lost it Pinto has Windgate to her right that's where she goes and Windgate typically quite a exactly that kind of ball she can turn she's got the speed to get in behind the line but can receive it at her feet too just her first touch a bit strong yeah that ball has to go to her right foot though the front foot to be able to take that in stride instead played behind her so she has to take it with her left the way that this team plays in North Carolina just the smallest little details allow them to go with numbers or to be able to break out quickly this game has not exactly gone the way that San Diego or Alex Morgan might have hoped that it would tonight and as we said when she had that penalty kick save that that's kind of the story of and of San Diego right some more changes Carina coule of chud Bell a recent Edition who is just traded to the courage former North Carolina tarel and ACC fres goam Ashley Sanchez her time is done spe good work from Sanchez actually and uh the German in League off the field as well North Carolina picking up a couple the summer andc the courage we'll wait to see we expect there to be a pretty hefty number of minutes added in stoage time although I suppose that's sub doll camper was only valuable for 50 rats I want to know if GMA leaves hopefully she doesn't leave for free if you're uh San Diego wave never allow it but college soccer stops the clock so if you have a long stoppage they just stop the clock they don't even have Savage time why couldn't we do that I mean I'm serious what was Leanne's answer well she didn't really address it I'm not going to address it either come on instead of collision here hat rack okay I should stick with hat rack and take that home and not push it all right I'm just saying we're getting all these ridiculous amounts of stoppage time and you would still have those minutes if you just stopped the clock and people wouldn't be confused as to how much time is left come on college soccer look they have golden go too now in college game I mean I'm just excited about what college soccer is doing these days she's up quick 90th minute is in San Diego okay Carolina the quick shot oo Wingate she wasn't waiting for nobody as ined more minutes for Alex Morgan to watch her final match of her career Amir Ali player who came on forgan in the 14th still in for a wave she does so well just keeping the possession of the ball and you know the keeper the defender is not going for not trying to go steal the ball at all so she gets just pretty much control everything she ended up going for her own shot I mean and I'm okay with it save not gonna let Morgan have her night not on her watch it's just a a quick release because once she just finds a little window to be able to execute and get the shot off almost cat is Casey Murphy little bit of a bobble handles it well in the end but you can see all the trickery and the ability from barcz we address this and talked about it in the first half I mean this is a 16-year-old with a huge ceiling and now according to Lena Donovan as you just mentioned it is about what do you do with that skill set because you can be even more dangerous you have all of the talent showing off like we have what n minutes of additional time growing into the minutes that she's getting already getting more and more minutes during the summer cup hence the name during the summer and aply named but now she just has to be continuing to grow with confidence with the more minutes that she's getting and different profile this is what we're talking about for the San Diego team giving her more minutes she has a different profile than other players her ability to take on One V one quick step to to be able to bypass Defenders so excited to see her growth these years to come it's going to be some fun watching this league down the stretch seeing how things finish up does Orlando cap off their special season with the shield finish on top it it's theirs to lose you feel like at the moment right Lor I mean 47 points now the pride but that being said you just never know in this league all the battles that we'll see I'm sure to be in those top eight spots our playoffs expanded in the nwsl to eight for the first time ever we'll see how that all plays out well I think that's why the focus has to be on getting in the top four yes the top eight make the playoffs but top four provides you with home field advantage and within that we know how difficult look at North Carolina how difficult it has been for them to get a road win this could be their second of the season and they're in the top five of this league so here comes Windgate Windgate making the most of her minutes North Carolina for good measure but wait that's one I think is going to be called back mer spec at home yeah it's either spec or it's originally wind gate and that is a tough one because it's actually Al I think Windgate does keep herself on looks like it's westall that kept her on right decision in the end yeah offside the call so Windgate and spec denied in their attempt to add a fourth goal for the courage but just to finish that previous point it is about getting in the top four because HomeField advantage in this league is huge with the amount of travel if we just look at North Car this could be their second win as we were mentioning they're tough to come by and so if you can get yourself into the top four that is Aug areed late playf great Point all right we look again and this appears to be the moment they're looking at if she offside or not bro spec wondering are they saying I was off well they're going to go look at it I I I think that's exactly what that clap from wind gate will tell you and Brad Jensen being reced by the V correct she has to be behind the ball oh behind the player so it looks like she's behind the ball but I don't know this Defender closest closest the ball the reaction it's a goal there we go and what a run this is though from wind they recognize where the is they've foring behind the ball spec she came on as a sub gets the gold the fourth goal for Carolina Russian uh Alex Morgan side car team in terms of build up getting numbers forward because the lines between San Diego have been a big a big one-sided defeat so not looking good Landon Donovan we'll see how you face the next Alex Morgan so proud to call this San Diego Club home since the franchise began ending her career on this field tonight that's been the big story of course coming in but North Carolina writing their own story not to be deterred Casey Murphy's going to have to go find herself a villain costume for Halloween she certainly played that early denying Alex Morgan from the penalty spot but look this courage team had their own agenda tonight all the respect of course for what Alex Morgan has done for the game but they need to come in and prove they could win away from home and they've done it in really impressive fashion tonight yeah they certainly have and one of the talking points coming into this game for us was how are they going to manage their emotions in terms of the the start and stop of this game obviously it's just all about celebrations continuously rebounding after stoppages in play theyve done that tremendously it's just about executing keeping a level ahead and that Ali yeah but that win against Kansas City last weekend I think had to provide them a lot of confidence we've had some important wins throughout this season but to come back from behind against the third place team at the time who've scored a ton of goals limited shinga limited deia for majority of that game got the tiing goal and then the game winner after the two-hour long weather delay so those moments those specific things this game getting that win after the weather delay all those all right that's about going to wrap us up here this last match to play and points are at a premium and this North Carolina team especially with given their record will be one of those teams wanting and looking to hunt for that HomeField advantage in the playoffs you didn't feel the need to mention the hat rack there not at all actually forgot about the word and we're moving on well I'm glad I'm reminding you Malia Berkeley that's a heck of a performance absolutely not taking anything away from the the actual assist hatrick just from the term hat rack understood imagine a couple of extra minutes here after the goal in stoppage that we're working with and then we'll call it a night San Diego will call it a night too late Al Morgan calling it a career tonight at Snapdragon Stadium all right yo all right all right all right all right Carina North Carolina with the big dub 4 Z that's four 4-1 excuse me Alex Morgan is officially retired officially and I'll see y'all on the next one with that [Music] la