Southern Californians Ali Riley (left) and Alex Morgan, who played against each other when they attended Stanford and Cal, respectively, in the late 2000s, also met earlier this year in national team jerseys. In January, the USA hosted New Zealand for friendlies in January and won, 4-0 and 5-0.

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