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Alex Morgan in peak form as top-ranked U.S. team opens World Cup qualifying tournament

Alex Morgan has played in two Women’s World Cups but feels like she didn’t really leave her mark on the tournament.

“I had a couple of injuries going into last World Cup. The one before that, I wasn’t starting. I was new on the team,” she said.

So if the third time really is the charm, Morgan said she believes she should have a great tournament next summer in France.

But the U.S. has to get there first, something Morgan and her teammates will begin working on in earnest Thursday when they kick off the CONCACAF Women’s Championship against Mexico in Cary, N.