U.S. women’s soccer team wins

Alex Morgan tied it in the 88th minute and added the winner just before the final whistle in stoppage time to give the U.S. women’s soccer team a dramatic 2-1 victory over New Zealand on Saturday in an exhibition at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas. In stoppage time with the temperature around freezing, Rachel Buehler delivered a cross from the left wing into the middle, where Abby Wambach (right in photo) headed it high in the air. Morgan got under it about 6 yards in front of the net and headed it off the right post and in for the winner. Two weeks after winning the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics with five straight victories the U.S. dominated possession, but appeared headed for a defeat before Morgan’s late heroics. – AP