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    Kevin Baxter: US rout of Thailand proves that FIFA still has work to do to level the playing field

    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2019 3 minutes

    PARIS - The U.S. national team's 13-0 shellacking of Thailand in its Women's World Cup opener earlier this week revealed several truths.

    It proved Alex Morgan, who had five goals and three assists, is not just really good but may be in the best form of her stellar career. It showed the Americans, in addition to their other talents, are really good at celebrating goals even when they come in the final minutes against an already humiliated opponent.

    But most of all, it demonstrated that women's soccer, for all its growth over the last four

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