Morgan had one of the greatest scoring years of any player in U.S.
In 2012, Morgan had one of the greatest scoring years of any player in U.S. history when she pounded in a remarkable 28 goals with 21 assists. Mia Hamm is the only other U.S. player to have a year in which she scored at least 20 goals and had at least 20 assists, hitting those exact marks in 1998. Morgan’s 2012 goal total was third most in USWNT history in a calendar year and her assist total tied for second most ever in a year.
Morgan won the first of her two U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year awards in 2012. She would also win in 2018. She was named to the FIFA FIFPRO World XI six times, the second most of any player in history thus far. She twice finished second in voting for FIFA Women’s Player of the Year and finished third once. Morgan was named Concacaf Female Player of the Year four times, including winning the inaugural award in 2013.
Morgan played a major part in helping the USA win back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cups, playing in 13 of the 14 matches over the 2015 and 2019 tournaments while scoring seven goals with four assists. In 2019, she scored a crucial header goal in the semifinal against England, followed by her now-famous “sipping tea” celebration, and earned a penalty kick in the World Cup Final against the Netherlands that Megan Rapinoe converted for the 1-0 lead. In the opening game of the 2019 World Cup, she tied a U.S. and World Cup record with five goals against Thailand.
Morgan played in 22 World Cup matches and scored nine goals. She played in 16 Olympic matches and scored six goals.
She scored one of the biggest goals of 2022 when she converted from the penalty spot to defeat Canada, 1-0, in the title game of the Concacaf W Championship to help the USA earn a berth to the 2024 Paris Olympics after clinching a spot in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup earlier in that tournament.
Her goal against Nigeria on Sept. 3, 2022, gave her goals against teams from all six FIFA Confederations, the 14th U.S. player to accomplish that feat.
In 2008, Morgan helped lead the USA to the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup title in Chile on a team coached by the legendary Tony DiCicco. Morgan scored four goals in that competition, including what turned out to be the game-winner in the World Cup Final, a 2-1 win over Korea DPR. She won the Silver Ball as the second-best player in the tournament – behind teammate Sydney Leroux – and won the Bronze Shoe as the third-leading scorer.
