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Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional
soccer
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player who plays as a striker
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. She is the captain of San Diego Wave FC
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of the National Women's Soccer League
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(NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team.
She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team with Carli Lloyd
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and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020.
Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played for the California Golden Bears
The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...
, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft The 2011 WPS College Draft took place on January 14, 2011. It was the third college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.
FormatWestern New York Flash. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. Morgan, who was 22 at the time, was the youngest player on the national team at the
On January 14, 2011, Morgan was the first overall pick in the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, where the team was runner-up. At the 2012 London Olympics
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, she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada. She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and provide 20 assists in the same calendar year and making her the sixth and youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single season. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan also helped the United States win their titles at the 2015
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and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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s, where she was named to the Dream Team
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for both tournaments, while she won the Silver Boot in 2019.
In 2013, the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, Morgan joined Portland Thorns FC and helped the team win the league title that year. Morgan played for the Thorns through the 2015 season, after which she was traded to first-year franchise Orlando Pride. In 2017, Morgan signed with French team Lyon, where she won the continental European treble
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, which included the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Off the field, Morgan teamed with Simon & Schuster to write a middle-grade book series about four soccer players: ''The Kicks''. The first book in the series, ''Saving the Team'', debuted at number seven on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in May 2013. Additionally, a film starring Morgan in her acting debut, '' Alex & Me'', was released in June 2018 where she plays a fictionalized version of herself.
In 2015, Morgan was ranked by '' Time'' as the top-paid American women's soccer player, largely due to her numerous endorsement deals. Morgan, along with Canada's Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...
and Australia's Steph Catley
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, became the first women's soccer players to appear on the cover of ''FIFA
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'' video games in 2015 – Morgan appeared alongside Lionel Messi on covers of ''FIFA 16
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'' sold in the United States. She was named one of ''Times 100 Most Influential People of 2019 and 2022.
Early life
Born to Pamela and Michael Morgan in theLos Angeles County
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suburb of San Dimas, California, Morgan was raised with her two older sisters, Jeni and Jeri, in the nearby suburb of Diamond Bar. She was a multi-sport athlete growing up and began playing soccer at an early age with AYSO, and her father was among her first coaches. However, she did not begin playing club soccer until age 14 when she joined Cypress Elite. With the club team, she won the Coast Soccer League (CSL) under-16 championship and placed third at the under-19 level.
Morgan attended Diamond Bar High School
Diamond Bar High School (DBHS) is a public high school located in Diamond Bar, California, as part of the Walnut Valley Unified School District.
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, where she was a three-time all-league pick and was named All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). At the school, she was known for her speed and sprinting ability. Morgan played for Olympic Development Program (ODP) regional and state teams as well. She later credited the program as an integral part of her development as a soccer player: "... programs like ODP helped me especially because I did come into the club scene late and it was important for me to play as much as possible, play with the best players and learn from the best coaches. That, for me, was crucial to my development."
In 2006 at age 17, Morgan was called up to the United States under-20 women's national soccer team. While playing in a scrimmage against the men's junior national team, she sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and did not play for the team again until April 2008.
California Golden Bears (2007–2010)
Morgan attended University of California, Berkeley, where she played for theCalifornia Golden Bears
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from 2007 to 2010.
She led the Cal Bears in scoring during her first season with the team. During a match against Stanford
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in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, Morgan scored an equalizer with less than two minutes left in regulation time, resulting in a 1–1 draw. The team was ultimately defeated during penalty kicks
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. Despite continued absences due to U.S. national team commitments throughout her collegiate career, Morgan led Cal in scoring and helped the team reach the NCAA Tournament four years in a row, advancing to the second round twice.
After being named a candidate for the Hermann Trophy
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during her junior year, Morgan became the first Golden Bear to be one of the top three finalists for the award. She was one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award
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, given to the best overall candidate in each sport.
Morgan finished her collegiate career ranked third all-time in goals scored (45) and points (106) for Cal. She graduated from Berkeley one semester early, with a degree in Political Economy.
Club career
Western New York Flash (2011)
On January 14, 2011, Morgan was the first overall pick in the 2011 WPS Draft The 2011 WPS College Draft took place on January 14, 2011. It was the third college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.
FormatWestern New York Flash. She was the first Cal player to be drafted in the first round of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Morgan scored her first goal for the Flash during the team's home opener—a 3–0 win over the Atlanta Beat on May 1, 2011. Throughout the 2011 season, she played in 14 matches and scored four goals. The club won the regular season title and the WPS Championship title the same year.
On October 26, 2015, it was announced that the Thorns had traded Morgan, along with teammate Kaylyn Kyle, to an expansion team Orlando Pride in exchange for the Pride's number one picks in the
On January 5, 2017, Morgan signed with French champions
Due to the ACL injury that slowed her progress in 2007, Morgan was not called up to train with the United States under-20 women's national soccer team until April 2008. Her first appearance for the under-20 team occurred during the
Morgan scored the winning goal in the Olympic semi-final match against Canada in extra time, sending the United States to the gold medal match against
Morgan missed the
In 2011, James Frey, whose daughter was a fan of Morgan, approached her with the idea of creating a book series based around soccer for young girls. The two worked together to create it and, in 2012, Morgan signed with Simon & Schuster to pen ''The Kicks'', a four-book series for middle-grade readers. The series is focused on four young girls and features themes of friendship, leadership, and soccer. In a statement released by the publisher, Morgan said she wanted her books to "inspire young girls" and "celebrate" her love of soccer. The first novel, ''Saving The Team'', was released on May 14, 2013, followed by the second novel, ''Sabotage Season'', on September 3, 2013. ''Saving the Team'' debuted at number seven on '' The New York Times'' Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade in its first week of sales. Frey's production company, Full Fathom Five, later produced a live-action kids comedy series based on the books, called ''
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Seattle Sounders Women (2012)
After the WPS later suspended operations in early 2012 due to legal and financial difficulties, Morgan joined her national teammates Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, Megan Rapinoe and Stephanie Cox on the Seattle Sounders Women for the 2012 season. Of her signing, Morgan said, "I am excited to play in a city that is so passionate about soccer. The Sounders have been one of, if not the best fan support in MLS. I can only imagine how Seattle fans would respond to having a full professional women's team in the future." Due to her national team commitments and preparation for the2012 Summer Olympics
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, Morgan made three regular season appearances for the club. She scored two goals and served two assist in her 253 minutes on the pitch. With the national teammates' presence on the team, the Sounders sold out nine of their ten home matches at the 4,500 capacity Starfire Stadium
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. Average attendance during the 2012 season for the Sounders Women was four times higher than the next closest team.
Portland Thorns FC (2013–2015)
On January 11, 2013, Morgan was one of three U.S. national team players to join the Portland Thorns FC for the inaugural season of theNational Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...
via the NWSL Player Allocation
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. She scored her first goal for the Thorns during the team's home-opener at Jeld-Wen Field
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in front of 16,479 spectators helping her team defeat the Seattle Reign FC 2–1. She finished the regular season as the team's point leader, and joint scoring leader (with Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...
), with eight goals and five assists (21 points). The club finished third during the regular season led by head coach Cindy Parlow Cone
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. On August 31, 2013, Portland captured the league's inaugural championship title after defeating regular season champions Western New York Flash 2–0; Morgan assisted on the second goal. Morgan was named to the NWSL Second XI on August 28.
Morgan returned to the Thorns for the 2014 season led by new head coach Paul Riley. She scored six goals in her 15 appearances for the club. The Thorns finished third during the regular season with a record and advanced to the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The team was defeated by eventual champions FC Kansas City
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2–0.
During the 2015 season, Morgan made four appearances for the Thorns due to her national team commitments at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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. She scored one goal during a 3–3 draw against the Washington Spirit on August 31. The Thorns finished in sixth place during the regular season with a record.
Orlando Pride (2016)
On October 26, 2015, it was announced that the Thorns had traded Morgan, along with teammate Kaylyn Kyle, to an expansion team Orlando Pride in exchange for the Pride's number one picks in the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft
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and 2016 NWSL College Draft
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as well as an international roster spot for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Morgan scored four goals in her 15 appearances for the Pride. The club finished in ninth place during the regular season with a record led by head coach Tom Sermanni.
Lyon (2017)
On January 5, 2017, Morgan signed with French champions Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...
(Lyon) for a reported $33,000 per month. The six-month contract included a mutual option for an additional season.
She made her 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine
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Lyon finished in first place, ...
debut on January 14 during a 3–0 win against En Avant de Guingamp
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and recorded two assists. During a match against ASPTT Albi
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on March 17, she scored a brace in the second half to help lift the team to a 5–0 win. On May 7, she scored a brace during the team's 9–0 win over ASJ Soyaux
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after which the club was named league champions for the ninth consecutive season. She scored five goals in her eight appearances during the regular season.
On March 12, Morgan scored a hat-trick against Rodez
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to lead Lyon to a 6–0 win and advance to the semi-finals of the French Cup. She scored four goals and recorded two assists during the semi-final against Hénin-Beaumont
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(three of the four occurred within a ten-minute span). Lyon won the Cup after a penalty shootout on May 19. Morgan did not play during the French Cup final due to a lingering hamstring injury suffered during a match against Paris Saint-Germain.
Morgan made her 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
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The final was held at the Cardi ...
debut in the first leg of the quarterfinals on March 23 during the team's 2–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg. On June 1, she started in the 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final but subbed off after 23 minutes due to the hamstring injury. Lyon won the match after a penalty shootout.
Return to Orlando (2017–2020)
Following the Champions League Final, the Pride announced Morgan's addition to their 2017 active roster on June 21, 2017, waivingChristina Burkenroad
Christina Marie Burkenroad (born July 12, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey. In January 2016, she was drafted by the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. Born a ...
to make room on the 20-player roster. After recovering from the hamstring injury she suffered in the final, Morgan made her competitive return for Orlando on July 1 against the Chicago Red Stars. Morgan scored nine goals in fourteen games for Orlando in 2017, and the team achieved an record. On October 7, Morgan played the entirety of the Pride's first ever NWSL playoff match, a 4–1 loss to the eventual champions Portland Thorns FC. Following the season's end, Morgan was named to the league's 2017 Second XI.
Although her contract with Lyon included an option for a return in 2018, Morgan announced in September 2017 that she would terminate the contract and instead return to Orlando for the start of the] 2018 Orlando Pride season, 2018 season. The team failed to match the success of its 2017 campaign, finishing seventh out of nine teams in the league with a record of . Morgan played in nineteen games for the Pride, contributing five goals over the course of the season.
Morgan spent most of the 2019 season on international duty, including the World Cup, before ending the season injured. She only featured in six games for Orlando and failed to score, the first time she ended a Pride season scoreless.
In October 2019 she announced she was pregnant, eventually giving birth in May 2020. Morgan missed the early-summer 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup
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tournament held following the disruption of the season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. She returned to training with the Pride in early September ahead of the Fall Series, the September–October slate of games scheduled for the end of the season.
Tottenham Hotspur (2020)
On September 12, 2020, Morgan signed with English FA Women's Super League team Tottenham Hotspur. The contract reportedly ran from September through December 2020, with an option to extend the deal through the end of the2020–21 FA WSL
The 2020–21 FA WSL season (also known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the third season after the rebranding of the f ...
season in May 2021. Orlando retained Morgan's NWSL rights. Still trying to regain fitness having not played since August 2019 and giving birth in May 2020, Morgan eventually made her Spurs debut on November 7, 2020, appearing as a 69th-minute substitute in a 1–1 WSL draw against Reading. On November 14 she made her first start for Spurs, playing 45 minutes in a 2–2 draw with Bristol City
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before being substituted at half-time. In her third appearance Morgan played against North London rivals Arsenal
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in the League Cup group stage, substituting on at half-time. The match finished in a 2–2 tie and a penalty shootout with Morgan the only player to not convert, instead firing the decisive penalty over the crossbar in a 5–4 defeat. She scored her first goal for the club on December 6, 2020, an 84th-minute penalty in a 3–1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, Spurs' first league win of the season. The following week, Morgan scored her second penalty in as many games as Spurs beat Aston Villa
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3–1. On December 21, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Morgan would end her contract with the club and return to the United States.
Return to Orlando (2021)
Morgan returned to Orlando Pride ahead of the 2021 season. Having missed the start of the2021 NWSL Challenge Cup
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while on international duty to play in friendlies
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against Sweden and France, Morgan made her first appearance for Orlando since August 2019 on April 21, 2021, in a 1–0 Challenge Cup win over Washington Spirit, a total of 609 days. She registered an assist on the only goal of the game, scored by Sydney Leroux. Morgan scored in each of the first four games of the regular season as Orlando went unbeaten and finished May at the top of the table. It was the first time a player had scored in each of the first four games of a season in league history. She was named NWSL Player of the Month for only the second time in her career in May 2021.
San Diego Wave FC (2022–present)
On December 13, 2021,San Diego Wave FC
San Diego Wave FC is a National Women's Soccer League expansion team that began play in 2022. The team is based in San Diego, San Diego, California. The team is owned by Ron Burkle.
The team is the San Diego area's first women's professional soc ...
announced the signing of Morgan. The terms of the trade were revealed three days later following the opening of the trade window with Orlando receiving a record $275,000 in Allocation Money and Angharad James Angharad James may refer to:
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in return. Morgan scored the winning goal in the 2024 Challenge Cup
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, making it 1–0 in the 88th minute, the first time San Diego Wave has won this cup.
International career
Due to the ACL injury that slowed her progress in 2007, Morgan was not called up to train with the United States under-20 women's national soccer team until April 2008. Her first appearance for the under-20 team occurred during the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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in Puebla, Mexico, where she scored her first international goal against Cuba.
Morgan was named to the United States U-20 women's national team that competed in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile, scoring a total of four goals in the tournament against France, Argentina and North Korea. Morgan's fourth goal was a match-winner that won the U.S. the tournament, which was subsequently voted the best goal of the tournament, and later FIFA
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's second-best goal of the year. Her performance on the field earned her the Bronze Shoe as the tournament's third-highest scorer and the Silver Ball as the tournament's second-best player behind teammate Sydney Leroux.
She has been capped by the senior national team, first appearing as a substitute in a match versus Mexico in March 2010, and scored her first international goal after coming on as a substitute against China
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, which salvaged a 1–1 draw in October 2010. Her most important goal to date came a month later in a crucial road match against Italy. After entering the match in the 86th minute, she scored in the fourth minute of added time to give the United States a 1–0 victory over Italy in the first leg of a playoff to qualify for the final spot for the Women's World Cup.
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Morgan was the youngest player on the U.S. national team that placed second in the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the even ...
. On July 13, 2011, she scored her first FIFA Women's World Cup goal in the 82nd minute of the semi-final matchup against France, giving the U.S. a 3–1 lead and ultimately, the victory. She scored the first goal (69') in the FIFA World Cup final
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against Japan after coming on as a substitute at the half, as well as assisting on the Abby Wambach
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header (104') for a goal in extra time. Her performance made her the first player to ever record a goal and an assist in a World Cup final. Morgan finished eighth in the balloting for the 2011 FIFA World Player of the Year.
2012 London Olympics
Morgan became a starter for the U.S. the fifth match of the year in January, the final of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. She scored twice and provided two assists to Wambach that day, in a 4–0 win over the Canadian hosts and has become a regular starter ever since. Between January and late May 2012, Morgan scored 14 goals in a 12-match stretch including a sequence of three straight two-goal efforts on January 29, February 11 and 29. She earned her first career hat-trick on March 7, 2012, during a 4–0 victory against Sweden in the third-place match of the Algarve Cup. In June 2012, she was nominated for anESPY Award
An ESPY Award (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) is an accolade currently presented by the American broadcast television network ABC, and previously ESPN (as of the 2017 ESPY Awards the latter still airs them in the form ...
as the Best Breakthrough Athlete.
In the opening match of 2012 London Olympics group play, Morgan scored both the equalizer and the goal that sealed the win against France. In the next three Olympic matches, she assisted on the match-winning goal, including two to Wambach.
Morgan scored the winning goal in the Olympic semi-final match against Canada in extra time, sending the United States to the gold medal match against Japan
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. Her goal came in the 123rd minute, the latest goal ever scored by a member of the U.S. women's team and a FIFA record. The goal continued her propensity for late heroics in the closing stages of matches. Seventeen of her 28 total goals to date have come after the 60th minute. The match-winning goal was Morgan's team-high 20th in 2012, becoming only the sixth and youngest U.S. player to do so in a single year. In the final, a 2–1 win against Japan on August 9, Morgan assisted on a Carli Lloyd
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header. She ended the tournament with three goals, and a team-high four assists (tied with Megan Rapinoe) and ten points (tied with Rapinoe and Wambach).
To celebrate her achievements, she was honored at her former high school and the No. 13 jersey was retired.
In 2012, Morgan led the U.S. in goals (28), multi-goal matches (9), assists (21) and points (77). Her calendar year goals, assists and points totals are the third-best, tied second-best (one tally shy of record), and second-best, respectively, in USWNT history. Morgan joined an exclusive club as she and Hamm are the only USWNT players to record at least 20 goals and 20 assists in the same calendar year and became only the third and youngest player to reach 20 assists in a calendar year. Morgan and Wambach combined for 55 goals in 2012 – matching a 21-year-old record set in 1991 by Michelle Akers (39 goals) and Carin Jennings (16 goals) as the most goals scored by any duo in USWNT history. She had either scored or assisted on 41 percent of the U.S.'s 120 goals this year. And, by herself, she comfortably out-scored and out-assisted her opponents, who combined for 21 goals and 12 assists in 32 matches against the U.S.
For her excellence on the field, U.S. Soccer
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announced Morgan as the 2012 Female Athlete of the Year. Morgan's exploits have also earned her a place on the FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist, ultimately finished third in voting.
2013–14
At the2013 Algarve Cup
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Teams
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, Morgan shared top-scoring honors. She finished the competition with four assists and three goals, including the equalizer against Sweden that advanced the U.S. to the final and the two goals against Germany that won the championship. She previously won the tournament's golden boot in 2011. On June 2, 2013, Morgan scored two-second-half goals as the U.S. defeated Canada 3–0 in front of a sold-out crowd in Toronto. This was the first match between U.S. and Canada since the epic semi-final of the 2012 Olympic Games. Morgan was named to her third appearance on the 10-player short list for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in 2013 and finished fourth in the voting. For the inaugural CONCACAF Awards, she was recognized as the CONCACAF 2013 Female Player of the Year. And as a part of U.S. Soccer's celebration of its Centennial anniversary the Federation revealed the U.S. Soccer's All-Time Women's National Team Best XI, she was youngest player selected at 24 years old.
Morgan had a return of five goals in seven matches for the USWNT in 2014 after returning from injury before she reinjured her ankle at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
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, which ruled her out for the rest of tournament.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Morgan scored in a 1–0 friendly win over England in February upon her return to the international fold. She was part of the USWNT that won its tenth Algarve Cup in 2015. She scored in the 3–0 defeat ofSwitzerland
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Morgan spent two months recovering from a knee injury in the build-up to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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. Morgan's knee injury happened in April during the NWSL season against the Boston Breakers. She made her first start at the World Cup finals as the U.S. defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the last group match to advance as group winners. She registered her only goal of the World Cup's knockout stage with the opener in the 2–0 last 16 win over Colombia
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. Morgan did, however, win penalties for the USWNT in the 2–0 victories against Colombia in the last 16 and Germany in the semi-finals, respectively. She then started the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final
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as the USWNT defeated Japan
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5–2 to win its third FIFA Women's World Cup
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. Morgan played in all seven World Cup finals matches and started in every one of them since being restored to the starting XI against Nigeria.
2016 Rio Olympics
At the first SheBelieves Cup competition in March 2016, an invitational four-team tournament consisted of England, France, Germany and the United States, Morgan was awarded the Golden Boot and the MVP award. She scored in victories against France and Germany as the USWNT won the tournament with three wins from three. Morgan scored eight goals during her first nine appearances of 2016. Morgan marked her 100th cap for the USWNT in a 5–0 friendly win against Republic of Ireland on January 23, by registering a goal and an assist. At the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers in February, Morgan scored the fastest recorded goal in tournament history and in the history of the USWNT, netting after just 12 seconds, before later adding a second, in a 5–0 defeat ofCosta Rica
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. She followed this up with her third career hat-trick in a win against Trinidad and Tobago, as the USWNT secured their qualification for the Rio Olympics
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. Morgan started in the qualification final against Canada, as the USWNT won 2–0 to be crowned tournament winners. She was voted in the Best XI for the tournament.
Morgan was named to the United States' 18-player roster for the Rio Olympics
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on July 12, 2016. She started and scored a goal in the team's opening match vs New Zealand on August 3. The United States was knocked out of the tournament in the quarter-final round via a penalty shootout loss to Sweden
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. Morgan scored the equalizer in regulation time to draw the match level, but missed her penalty in the ensuing shootout. Morgan ended her 2016 national team goal scoring campaign with a brace of goals in the team's 8–1 victory over Romania on November 10.
2017–2018
Morgan made three appearances at the2017 SheBelieves Cup
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The four teams were ranked No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the FIFA Women ...
, including a start vs England on March 4. On May 26, she was named to the team's roster for two abroad June friendlies vs Sweden
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and Norway, but withdrew in the coming days after suffering a hamstring injury. Morgan was then included in the United States 23-player roster for the 2017 Tournament of Nations
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, where she scored one goal in a match vs Japan on August 3. She ended the year strong, leading the team in goals scored with seven.
In 2018, Morgan won U.S. Soccer's Female Player of the Year award. She was nominated alongside Julie Ertz
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, Tobin Heath
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, Lindsey Horan and Megan Rapinoe. She tallied 18 goals total in 19 appearances for the United States in 2018. This included her fourth career hat-trick vs Japan
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at the 2018 Tournament of Nations
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and her seven goals at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
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, where she won golden boot as the tournaments top scorer. She helped the team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in the semifinal of that tournament scoring twice in a 6–0 win vs Jamaica on October 14. Morgan then won the CONCACAF Women's Championship for the second time in her career after helping her team defeat Canada 2–0 in the final on October 17, where she contributed one goal.
2019 FIFA World Cup
In the lead up to the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, Morgan scored her 100th career international goal in a friendly vs Australia
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on April 4, 2019. As a leader of the USWNT at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, Morgan scored five goals in the opening group game against Thailand to equal the World Cup single-game goals record set by Michelle Akers in 1991
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. Morgan also registered three assists in the game. The team's 13–0 scoreline set a new record for margin of victory in a World Cup match. On July 2, 2019, Morgan became the first woman to score a world cup goal on her birthday, in a 2–1 win over England to reach the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final
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. In the final on July 7, Morgan helped win a penalty that was later converted by Megan Rapinoe to open the scoring, as the United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0. Morgan was awarded the tournament's Silver Boot; finishing as the joint-top scorer with six goals but losing out to Megan Rapinoe on a fewest minutes tiebreaker. She was named to the bench in the opening friendly of the Victory Tour against Ireland but was unused before being ruled out for the rest with a season-ending ankle injury.
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Morgan missed the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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and 2020 SheBelieves Cup
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Featuring national teams from Spain, England, Japan, and hosts United States, it began on March 5 and ...
due to pregnancy. With club and international soccer severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Morgan made her national team comeback and first appearance under new head coach Vlatko Andonovski on November 27, 2020, in a friendly against the Netherlands, 509 days since her last appearance against the same opposition in the 2019 World Cup final. In February 2021, she was named to the 2021 SheBelieves Cup
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Featuring national teams from Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and hosts United States, it began on February 18 ...
roster. In June 2021, Morgan was named in the 18-player United States Women's soccer team roster for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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. She appeared in all six matches for the United States in the tournament, which saw the team take home the bronze medal on August 5 following their 4–3 victory over Australia
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. Morgan scored in the team's 6–1 group stage win over New Zealand on July 24, and converted a penalty kick in the team's quarter-final shootout win over the Netherlands on July 30. On September 21, 2021, Morgan scored her sixth career international hat-trick for the United States in a friendly against Paraguay in Cincinnati.
2022
Ahead of two abroad friendlies vsAustralia
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in November 2021, USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski opted to leave a core group of veteran players off of his 22-player roster, which included Morgan. He cited that he needed to give roster spots to younger players to award them valuable minutes ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
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. As a result of this decision, Morgan subsequently was not included in the 23-player roster for the 2022 SheBelieves Cup
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in February. On June 13, 2022, Morgan was recalled to the national team ahead of two friendlies vs Colombia
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and the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship
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. Morgan helped the team win their third consecutive CONCACAF title and directly qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics
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, scoring the game winner on a penalty kick in a 1–0 victory over Canada in the final. She also helped the United States clinch qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
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scoring twice in the team's opening match against Haiti
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on July 4, and being in the squad for the team's 5–0 win over Jamaica on July 7. She was named to the tournament's best XI and was awarded golden ball as the tournament's best player. Morgan was also the joint top scorer of the tournament having scored three goals; tied with Julia Grosso
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, Jessie Fleming
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, and Khadija Shaw.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Morgan made her fourth World Cup appearance in 2023. She started all three group stage games, as well as the Round of 16 game against Sweden. However she obtained no goals and only one assist over the course of the tournament. The U.S. lost the match in a penalty shootout, making it the first time the team was eliminated before quarterfinals.2024
After teammateMia Fishel
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tore her ACL during the final day of training for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
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, Morgan was called to the squad as her replacement. She wore the number 7 jersey instead of her usual 13. In their first game of the tournament, Morgan scored a goal against the Dominican Republic.
Other work
Books and television series
In 2011, James Frey, whose daughter was a fan of Morgan, approached her with the idea of creating a book series based around soccer for young girls. The two worked together to create it and, in 2012, Morgan signed with Simon & Schuster to pen ''The Kicks'', a four-book series for middle-grade readers. The series is focused on four young girls and features themes of friendship, leadership, and soccer. In a statement released by the publisher, Morgan said she wanted her books to "inspire young girls" and "celebrate" her love of soccer. The first novel, ''Saving The Team'', was released on May 14, 2013, followed by the second novel, ''Sabotage Season'', on September 3, 2013. ''Saving the Team'' debuted at number seven on '' The New York Times'' Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade in its first week of sales. Frey's production company, Full Fathom Five, later produced a live-action kids comedy series based on the books, called ''The Kicks
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Synopsis
Twelve-year-old soccer player ...
''. The series was greenlit by Amazon Prime
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in 2014 and began airing in 2015.
Endorsements
Morgan has signed several endorsement deals with businesses including Nike, Panasonic, AT&T,Chobani
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, McDonald's, P&G, Mondelez International, and Coca-Cola. '' Time'' named Morgan the highest paid American women's soccer player in June 2015 attributed mostly to her endorsement deals. In July 2011, she signed a one-year endorsement deal with Bank of America. In January 2012, Morgan and national teammate Heather Mitts
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became brand ambassadors for health product company, GNC. The same year, she made appearances on behalf of Ubisoft promoting the launch of their video game, '' Just Dance 4''. In 2013, she appeared in television commercials for Bridgestone
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. She joined a two-year partnership as the spokesperson for ChapStick in October 2013. In 2015, she starred in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company commercial that was broadcast nationwide in the United States. She appeared in commercials for Chobani
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in 2016. In July 2018, Morgan joined the team of ambassadors at Molecule, an athlete recovery mattress and bedding company.
In 2016, Morgan joined UNICEF Kid Power UNICEF Kid Power is a philanthropic initiative that was launched in 2015 as a division of the US Fund for UNICEF. It marks UNICEF's first foray into the hardware space.
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as a UNICEF Kid Power Champion, in an effort to fight global malnutrition and as well as raise awareness among kids, via the world's first "wearable for good", created by UNICEF.
Sports diplomacy
In 2017, Morgan and her husband, Servando, traveled to Tanzania as Sports Envoys with theU.S. State Department
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's Sports Diplomacy
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The use of sports and politics ...
Office. In Tanzania, the couple hosted soccer clinics and visited schools, contributing to Sports Diplomacy's mission to promote gender equality and inclusion through sport.
In popular culture
Magazines
Morgan has been featured in a number of magazines. In the 2012 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue, she appeared in a section composed of athletes in body paint. She was featured in the 2013 music issue of '' ESPN The Magazine'' replicatingKaty Perry
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's '' One of the Boys'' album cover. In May 2015, Morgan was featured on the cover of ''ESPN Magazine'' with teammates Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux. The same year, she appeared on multiple covers of '' Sports Illustrated'' before and after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She appeared for a second time in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' in 2015. Morgan posed for one of the three 2019 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue covers, the other cover models being Tyra Banks and Camille Kostek. She has appeared on the covers of '' Health'' and '' Self'' magazines. She has been featured in '' Shape'', '' Vogue'', '' Elle'', '' Time'', and ''Fortune
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''.
Television, film and music video appearances
In 2011, Morgan co-starred with national teammate Hope Solo in a television commercial promoting ESPN's ''SportsCenter
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''. Morgan and teammate Carli Lloyd were guests on '' Live with Kelly and Michael'' following the 2012 Summer Olympics
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in September 2012. In 2013, Morgan appeared in the ESPN documentary series, ''Nine for IX
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''. The ''Nine for IX'' documentary, ''The 99ers'', in which she appeared focused on the success and legacy of the national team squad that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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. In January 2015, she guest-starred on an episode of ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
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'' entitled ''The Quad Test''. In April 2015, Morgan joined Abby Wambach on '' American Idol'' to announce that the show's season winner would record the official song for Fox's coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. In May of the same year, her likeness appeared on '' The Simpsons'' along with Christen Press and Abby Wambach. Morgan was a presenter at the 2015 ESPY Awards
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and received an ESPY with her teammates for Best Team. In 2018, Morgan made an appearance in the music video for the Maroon 5
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song "Girls Like You
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", which features Cardi B
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. She was joined by fellow athletes Danica Patrick
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, Aly Raisman and Chloe Kim
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who also appeared in the video. In June 2018, Morgan made her acting debut in the direct-to-video film '' Alex & Me'' with co-star Siena Agudong
Siena Nicole Agudong (born August 19, 2004) is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Nickelodeon series '' Star Falls'' (2018), and the Netflix series '' No Good Nick'' (2019) and ''Resident Evil'' (2022). Her fil ...
, where she portrays a poster of herself who comes to life. On July 17, 2023, it was announced that Morgan will be one of the players featured in an upcoming Netflix documentary about the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team competing in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The docuseries is slated to premiere this fall.
Video games
In July 2015, Morgan, and her Portland Thorns teammatesChristine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...
and Steph Catley
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became the first female athletes to appear on the cover of EA Sports' latest FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
video game, ''FIFA 16
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The gam ...
''. Morgan, Sinclair, and Catley were chosen to appear on its region-specific packaging in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, respectively, alongside Lionel Messi, who appears in worldwide versions of the game. ''FIFA 16'' was the first edition of the franchise to include women's international teams in the game. In '' FIFA 19'', Morgan was featured throughout ''The Journey'' as an interactive character and is credited with a voice role. She was also consulted by EA to help give insight and shape the world of Kim Hunter, the game mode's playable female character.
Ticker tape parade and White House honor
Following the United States' win at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...
, Morgan and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City. Each player received a key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio (; born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961; later Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm) is an American politician who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New Yor ...
. In October of the same year, the team was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House.
Personal life
Morgan married soccer player Servando Carrasco on New Year's Eve 2014. The pair met at UC Berkeley where they both played soccer. In October 2019, the couple announced they were expecting a baby girl in April 2020. Their daughter was born on May 7 of that year. Although the name is rarely used any more, Morgan was given the nickname "Baby Horse" by her teammates on the U.S. women's national team for her speed, running style, and youth. Morgan received the key to the city of Diamond Bar, her hometown, on January 24, 2016. On Sunday, October 1, 2017, Morgan was one of a group of fellow athletes visiting Epcot in Bay Lake, Florida, who were described in a police incident file as being "impaired and verbally aggressive....toward staff and around guests". The three members of the group, including Morgan, were given trespass warnings, banning them from Disney property, though no charges were filed. According to a deputy, Morgan was "yelling, screaming and....appeared to be highly impaired". The athlete later posted an apology in a Tweet that read, in part, "I will learn from this and make sure it does not happen again." In September 2017, Morgan and U.S. teammate Megan Rapinoe were the first two female players in the United States to sign up for theCommon Goal
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campaign, created by Juan Mata of Manchester United
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, wherein players donate 1% of their wages to support soccer-related charities.
Morgan is vegan. She and NBA player Kyrie Irving were crowned by PETA
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Acronym
* Pembela Tanah Air, a militia established by the occupying Japanese in Indonesia in 1943
* People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an American animal rights organization
* People Eating Tasty Animals, an ...
as Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2019.
Career statistics
College
Club
NotesInternational
Filmography
Music videos
Honors and awards
Western New York Flash * WPS Championship:2011
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Portland Thorns
* NWSL Championship: 2013
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Lyon
* Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17
* Coupe de France Féminine: 2016–17
* UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17
San Diego Wave
* NWSL Shield
The NWSL Shield is an annual award given to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team with the best regular season record as determined by the NWSL points system. The NWSL Shield has been awarded annually since 2013 and is recognized as a ...
: 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
* NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup, currently known as the UKG NWSL Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tournament organized by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top-tier women's league in the United States soccer league system. Th ...
: 2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's fi ...
United States U20
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
: 2008
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* CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship runner-up: 2008
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United States
* FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...
: 2015
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, 2019
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* Olympic Gold Medal: 2012
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* Olympic Bronze Medal
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid ou ...
: 2020
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* CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2014
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, 2018
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, 2022
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* CONCACAF W Gold Cup
The CONCACAF W Gold Cup is an upcoming international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Car ...
: 2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's fi ...
* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
, 2016
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* SheBelieves Cup: 2016
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, 2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
, 2021
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, 2022
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, 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
,2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's fi ...
* Algarve Cup: 2011, 2013, 2015
* Four Nations Tournament: 2011
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Individual
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
Silver Ball: 2008
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
Bronze Boot: 2008
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
All-Star Team: 2008
* ESPY Award
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Best Female Athlete: 2019
* ESPY Award
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Best Breakthrough Athlete nominee: 2012
* ESPY Award Best Moment nominee: 2013
* ESPY Award
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Best Team: 2015, 2019
* Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year, Team Sport: 2012
* U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Soccer Player of the Year is given by the United States Soccer Federation to the American soccer players judged best in the calendar year. It is considered the highest accolade for American soccer players.
The U.S. Soccer Male Player ...
: 2012, 2018
* FIFA World Player of the Year finalist: 2012,
*The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is a football
award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. From 2001 to 2015, the award was known ...
: 2019 (finalist); 2022 (finalist)
* National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...
Second Best XI: 2013, 2017
* CONCACAF Player of the Year: 2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
, 2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
, 2017
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, 2018
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* USWNT All-Time Best XI In December 2013, the USWNT All-Time Best XI was named by the United States Soccer Federation. A committee of 56 former soccer players and administrators, as well as media members, voted for the team. 11 United States women's national soccer team pl ...
: 2013
* SheBelieves Cup Golden boot and Golden ball: 2016
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* FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
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, 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
* CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Boot: 2018
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* IFFHS Women's World Team: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
* IFFHS World's Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020
* IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020
* FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot: 2019
* CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Ball: 2022
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* CONCACAF Women's Championship Best XI: 2022
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* NWSL Golden Boot: 2022
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* NWSL Best XI
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) presents six annual awards to individual players. The Golden Boot award is presented to the top scorer at the end of the regular season, while the Most Valuable Player, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of ...
: 2022
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* 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup: Player of the Final (MVP)
See also
*List of FIFA Women's World Cup winning players
This is a list of all teams, players and managers who have won the FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédéra ...
* List of Olympic medalists in soccer
* USWNT All-Time Best XI In December 2013, the USWNT All-Time Best XI was named by the United States Soccer Federation. A committee of 56 former soccer players and administrators, as well as media members, voted for the team. 11 United States women's national soccer team pl ...
* List of soccer players with 100 or more caps
* List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were held in London, United Kingdom, from 25 July 2012 to 12 August 2012.
Approximately 10,500 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports. Athletes from the Unite ...
* List of University of California, Berkeley alumni in sports
References
Match reportsFurther reading
* Morgan, Alex (2015), ''Breakaway: Beyond the Goal'', Simon and Schuster, * Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, * Longman, Jere (2009), ''The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World'', HarperCollins, * Stevens, Dakota (2011), ''A Look at the Women's Professional Soccer Including the Soccer Associations, Teams, Players, Awards, and More'', BiblioBazaar,External links
* *archive
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The team is the San Diego area's first women's professional soc ...
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