Diamond Bar's Alex Morgan Scores 2 Goals Against New Zealand

Two late goals from Diamond Bar’s Alex Morgan helped the U.S. women’s soccer team defeat New Zealand 2-1 on Saturday.

Morgan, a standout from Diamond Bar High School, tied the game in the 88th minute, and then scored again right before the end of the game.

“It was a great ending,” Morgan told the Associated Press. “I think that we really pushed to the end, to the final whistle. We didn’t want to come away with a loss, especially on home turf, so we definitely played it out to the end. Thank goodness we won.”

The exhibition game was played at FC Dallas Stadium. The U.S. team will next play in the Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal, going against Denmark February 29.