Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan is an Olympic gold medalist, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winner, and three-time SheBelieves Cup winner.
Alex Morgan is an Olympic gold medalist, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winner, and three-time SheBelieves Cup winner.
Alex Morgan’s professional soccer career is over as she walked off the field for one last time on Sunday in an emotional farewell. On the international stage she finishes her career with 224 appearances for the United States women’s national team and 123 goals.
One statistic stands out about the rest, however.
The USWNT never lost a game that Alex Morgan scored in.
Alex Morgan lived her last-ever professional soccer game, as she made her final career appearance for the San Diego Wave in their NWSL match against North Carolina Courage on Sunday.
Despite the extreme heat wave in Southern California this weekend, fans in San Diego filled the seats of Snapdragon Stadium, eager to watch the U.S. women’s national team legend say goodbye to her 13-year career.
Alex Morgan will play her final soccer game on Sunday with San Diego Wave FC and won’t ever make a return to the field. In a Friday press conference, the United States women’s national team legend said she had no plans of perusing coaching.
“I don’t think coaching is in my future,” Morgan said. “I’ve found my calling in investing in women’s sports and doing as much as I can to give as big as a platform to women’s sports as possible.”
One of the greatest United States women’s national team players of all time is calling it a career. Alex Morgan will play her final game on Sunday as the star striker announced in a four-minute video on social media Thursday.
Morgan had two big announcements in her retirement video as she revealed she’s pregnant with a second a child.
“This is also not the retirement video I expected when I initially thought I was going to do this. Because Charlie’s going to be a big sister. I’m pregnant,” Morgan revealed.
National Soccer Hall of Famer Landon Donovan took over on Friday as the interim head coach of the NWSL's San Diego Wave.
Landon Donovan announced as San Diego Wave interim coach
Donovan, 42, takes over for Paul Buckle, who had been serving as the team's interim coach but had agreed to the role only for the summer.
Plenty of United States women’s national team talk this summer has been around Alex Morgan being left off the Olympic roster. As for Morgan? She’s enjoying the Italian water and sunshine on vacation.
She and former USWNT teammate Kelley O’Hara experienced a double-date getaway to the Mediterranean this July. The two are living their best lives enjoying food and drinks while jumping off boats into the sea.
United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has selected her 18 players to compete for gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Manys fans were asking in the days leading up did Alex Morgan make Olympic roster for Paris?
No, she did not.
Here are the 18 players who will aim to win the USA’s first gold medal in women’s soccer since 2012.
USWNT Olympic roster
#Paris2024 ready
The United States women’s national team fandom is divided on one big question. Should Alex Morgan go to the Olympics this summer?
Only 18 players will be on USWNT head coach Emma Hayes’ roster this summer as the USA seek their first gold medal in women’s soccer since 2012. Does Morgan deserve one of the coveted roster spots?
Alex Morgan Olympics debate
Morgan was on the outside looking in at the start of 2024. When the USWNT Gold Cup roster was released in February Morgan’s name was nowhere to be found.
The USWNT have dropped to their lowest-ever position in the official FIFA rankings following their participation and win in the Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup.
The four-time World Cup champions now sit in fourth (2011.20 points), below France (2018.81), England (2021.41) and first-placed Spain (2085.96).
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