Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish star gets big Olympics goal

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish stars have been all over this summer’s Olympic games. They’ve had a ton of success. That success continued on Wednesday.

Former Irish midfielder Korbin Albert hasn’t been with the U.S. Women’s National Team for very long, so it shouldn’t have been a surprise that she entered the 2024 Olympics in Paris with no goals yet in international play. 

On Wednesday, that all changed. And she did it at the best possible time. Albert scored a couple of goals in the USWNT squad’s group-stage finale against Australia.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish star leads team to Olympics victory

With the U.S. already up, 1-0, on Trinity Rodman’s second goal of the tournament late in the first half, Albert entered as a substitute during the 65th minute, which also saw Rodman’s departure. Albert picked up a yellow card during her time on the field, but it’s likely that no one will ever care.

What they will care about is her first international goal, which she scored in the 77th minute.

While that goal was insurance at the time, it proved to be the game winner as Australia’s Alanna Kennedy had her second tournament tally in the 91st minute. 

That made it a 2-1 final score in favor of the U.S., which will begin the knockout stage when it faces Japan in Saturday’s quarterfinal match. 

The former Notre Dame Fighting Irish star has now shown that she can be a real contributor to their Olympic efforts moving forward.