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Morgan said arriving in the host country for a
World Cup gives rise to a mixture of "nerves, anticipation and
excitement" and that while there are a lot of similarities with
the previous editions this one is "going to be the best one
yet."
"We have 32 teams in the World Cup like never before, so it's
just going to be very competitive; it's going to be the most
watched World Cup," she added at their first training session in
Auckland.
The U.S. held a training camp in New Zealand in January, beating
the co-hosts in two matches in Wellington and Auckland, and
Morgan hopes home fans will adopt the Americans as their second-favourite
team behind the 'Football Ferns'.
The 34-year-old, who is appearing at a fourth World Cup, hoped
for "a little bit of a home crowd feeling, a lot of people
cheering for us, against us".
Forward Megan Rapinoe won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards
in 2019 and will also be playing at her fourth World Cup but
said the tournament still gives her butterflies.
"There's nothing quite like that and only comes every four years
so it's a nice little treat every time," she added.
(Reporting by Reuters TV, writing by Pearl Josephine Nazare in
Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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