“Goal! Pride! It is Sarah Apple Hagen! And how do you like them apples?”
That was the call this past Sunday in the 11th minute when Sarah Hagen’s header from an Alex Morgan cross found it’s way into the back of the net. The Orlando Pride went up 1-0 on the Seattle Reign, and Hagen scored her first goal for the team. This goal, however, had an extra special meaning to the 26 year-old forward from Appleton, Wisconsin.
When she was 15, and an all-state star on the pitch for Appleton North High School, Hagen noticed a strange lump in her lower abdomen.