{"id":23210,"date":"2023-03-30T00:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/30\/how-alyssa-thompson-quickly-showed-she-is-the-real-deal-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:58:09","slug":"how-alyssa-thompson-quickly-showed-she-is-the-real-deal-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/30\/how-alyssa-thompson-quickly-showed-she-is-the-real-deal-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"How Alyssa Thompson quickly showed she is the real deal \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/USATSI_20178905-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The National Women\u2019s Soccer League was blessed by the emergence of several high-level rookie players in 2022, but few in league history can claim to have settled in as quickly as Alyssa Thompson. Described as \u201ca generational talent\u201d by Angel City general manager Angela Hucles after being drafted as No.1 overall pick earlier this year, Thompson played as if free from pressure on her NWSL debut, scoring her first league goal after 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Showing to receive on the inside-left, the 18-year-old let the ball roll across her, took a touch to separate from an NJ\/NY Gotham FC defender, then unleashed a right-footed strike with such venom that the out-stretched leg of Allie Long\u2014and the fingertips of goalkeeper Abby Smith\u2014could merely deflect the ball, not keep it out. 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