Sometime in 2010, Heather O'Reilly and Abby Wambach were standing behind the goal during a U.S. women's national team five-a-side tournament, watching the new addition to the team, 21-year-old Alex Morgan. The kid was still in college; they'd heard about her before she arrived, the youth national team sensation with lightning speed and the ability to score.
Standing there, perhaps with folded arms, maybe a finger to their chins, heads cocked toward one another, O'Reilly and Wambach studied Morgan, going back and forth, trying to find words to describe what they were seeing:
"She's lively.