Alex Morgan Injury Update: Latest News Before USA’s 2015 World Cup Run

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Published: June 8, 2015

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Ahead of the United States' World Cup opener against Australia on Monday, all eyes will be on star forward Alex Morgan and her availability after she was shut down in April with a bone bruise in her knee. All indications leading up to the game were that Morgan should be able to play. 

Jeff Carlisle of ESPNW has more:

According to a team representative, Morgan trained fully with the U.S. team Saturday. She was shut down in April due to a lingering bone bruise in her left knee.

The assembled press was able to view only the first 15 minutes of Saturday's practice, and while Morgan did have some orthopedic tape on her knee, she appeared to be moving freely and without any discomfort as she participated in drills with her teammates, which included work with the ball.

USWNT coach Jill Ellis discussed Morgan on Sunday, "Alex has been back in training, fully. So, you know, I think she’s available. Obviously we’re going to look at what our needs are, but I’m just excited now that she is back in 100 percent training—looking great, sharp," per Jeff Kassouf of ProSoccerTalk.com.

Heading into the match against Australia, it certainly seems that Morgan will be good to go. 

In a less competitive group, the United States could have potentially played things cautiously with Morgan, especially given the less forgiving conditions of the artificial turf being used at the World Cup in Canada. But in a group with both Australia and Sweden, the USWNT find themselves in an all-hands-on-deck situation.

The star forward is at least prepared to deal with the surface.

"You need to put on compression shorts or leggings, or you need to put Vaseline on your knees because you are going to get turf burns," Morgan told Paul Vercammen and Michael Martinez of CNN. "The ball bounces very different. You are going to be a little m...
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