Morgan sorry about Epcot spat
Alex Morgan has apologized for a Disney World spat that led to her and other Orlando City Soccer Club players being booted from Epcot Sunday.
Morgan was described as “highly impaired” and shouted she knew the Orlando SWAT team when Orange County sheriff’s deputies tried to escort her and a group of others away from the park Sunday, according to an incident report released Tuesday.
Morgan posted on her Twitter account Wednesday, “I want to apologize for my actions that occurred over the weekend. I will learn from this make sure it does not happen again. #liveandlearn.”
Morgan and Orlando City players Donny Toia and Giles Barnes were among six people listed on an Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident report documenting why they were escorted of the park and accused of trespass.
No charges were filed in connection with the incident after the players and their friends left the park.
Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni deferred to Orlando City SC for an official response during a National Women’s Soccer League conference call, but he did say he didn’t think the incident was a major issue and expected Morgan to play as usual on Saturday during the Pride’s semifinal match on the road against Portland.
Morgan, Toia and his wife, Courtney, were escorted out after meeting with deputies and accused of trespass. Barnes also was given a trespass warning, according to the report. The other two people are listed on the report as witnesses.
According to the Orange County incident report, Epcot managers called deputies to trespass several individuals who were “impaired and verbally aggressive.”
Barnes cut in front of another guest inside the U.K. pub and they later got into a verbal argument, the report says. He used curse words and was escorted out of the pub to be trespassed. As he was being taken out, the deputies were called back to help with other individuals.
The incident report described difficulty escorting Morgan, Toia and Toia’s wife to a conference room and recalled them “being belligerent, with screaming and yelling” once inside the room.
All three were eventually escorted out of the park.
Orlando City is idle during the international break and players were given four days off from training, with the team likely to resume training today or Friday. A club spokesman said Tuesday officials were reviewing the incident.
Orlando Pride forward Marta was voted the September National Women’s Soccer League Player of the Month by the NWSL Media Association.
Marta, 31, had two goals in four appearances during September, helping lead the Pride to their second consecutive undefeated month. Orlando went 2-0-2 during the final 30 days of the regular season.
Orlando scored eight goals in September to finish the 2017 regular season with the No. 1 offense in NWSL, with their 1.88 goals per game the fourth best singleseason mark in NWSL history. The Pride went undefeated during the final nine matches of the regular season to clinch the first playoff appearance in club history.