Alex Morgan Run as A Competitive soccer The player has ended.
This Olympic gold medalist and the US The long-time star player of the women’s national team has decided to retire from the game. “I’m retiring,” Morgan said Thursday in a video X, previously shared on Twitter.
“I have a lot of clarity about this decision, and I’m very happy to finally be able to tell you. It’s been a long time and this decision was not easy. But at the beginning of 2024, I felt in my heart and soul that this is the last season. In which I will play soccer.”
Morgan would end his impressive career with the USWNT with 123 goals, which ranks him fifth on the all-time list.
She finished her USWNT career with 123 goals, good for fifth all-time, along with 53 career assists, ninth all-time in US history. The USA record in matches played by Morgan is 177 wins, 15 losses and 32 draws.
She scored in 86 of her 224 international appearances (good for ninth in US history), while making 158 starts, and during that span she captained the USA 23 times. In the 86 matches in which Morgan scored the USWNT never lost, 76 wins and 10 draws.
Morgan was a member of Team USA’s FIFA Women’s World Cup winning teams in 2015 and 2019.
“I grew up on this team, it was so much more than soccer,” Morgan said in a statement US Soccer Federation.
“It was the camaraderie and the unwavering respect and support between each other, the relentless push for global investment in women’s sport and the key moments of success on and off the field. I have been incredibly honored to borrow Crest for over 15 years.
“I learned a lot about myself in that time and a lot of that goes back to my teammates and our fans. I am very proud of where this team is going and will forever be a fan of the USWNT. My desire for success could always drive me, but what I got in return was more than I could have ever asked for and hoped for.
Morgan also revealed that her family will be growing in the coming months.
“I am pregnant. As unexpected as this came, we are overjoyed. Family means everything to me, I wouldn’t be here without my family and my husband uplifting, encouraging, encouraging and supporting me and sacrificing for me over the past 15 years as a professional athlete.”
Morgan is scheduled to play his final game on September 8.
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