Alex Morgan: ‘You learn so much more from losing than winning’

The USA forward on aiming for a third successive World Cup title, motherhood and why England are one of the biggest threats to the defending champions

The US have won the Women's World Cup twice in a row - wresting it from Japan in 2015 before beating the Netherlands in the 2019 final. Should they prove victorious in Sydney on 20 August, they will be the first men's or women's team to win three consecutive World Cups.

But the road is treacherous. The word unconvincing" floats perniciously around their preparations, at a time when women's football has never been more competitive. Europe in particular is stronger than ever before.