Holders US make history by trashing Thailand 13-0 at World Cup

REIMS, France - Alex Morgan scored five and three Americans got at least a brace as the FIFA Women's World Cup holders destroyed Thailand 13-0 here on Tuesday to begin their defending campaign strongly.

It's the biggest scoreline in the quadrennial event's history and Morgan leveled the record held by Michelle Akers who had been the only one scoring five in a World Cup match before tonight's US-Thailand game.

The Orlando Pride forward, who turns 30 years old in less than a month, broke the deadlock with a 12-minute header, just six minutes after an earlier effort was ruled offside.

Her other goals all came in the second half, respectively on 53, 74, 81 and 87 minutes. And Samantha Mewis and Rose Lavelle each had a brace.

"I'm feeling in peak form right now," said the former Lyon player at the post-match press conference.

"The preparation days before this, I think, the team in general was feeling great. Having the pre-camp at the Tottenham training facility helped us build more together and united," added the 29-year-old Morgan.

Carli Lloyd sealed the victory in the second minute into the stoppage time, coming out the oldest goal scorer at the grand competitions. The 36 years and 330 days old now has scored in five consecutive World Cup games.

Averaging 29 years old, the Americans dominated from the very beginning in terms of both ball possession and the result, putting so much pressure on their opponents with three shots on goal in the very first five minutes.