She finished her career with 16 goals as a mother
Morgan gave birth to her first child, daughter Charlie, on May 7, 2020, and would come back to play in the 2021 Olympics and 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Morgan was the 14th mom to play for the USWNT, and with her goal against Brazil on Feb. 22, 2023, she moved past Joy Fawcett to become the all-time leader in USWNT goals as a mom with 14. She finished her career with 16 goals as a mother.
At the professional club level, Morgan was one of the pioneers of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), playing in the league every year of its existence. Her club career also included brief stints in Europe at Olympique Lyon in 2017, when she helped the club win the treble – the league, French Cup and UEFA Champions League — and for Tottenham Hotspur in 2020. She started her NWSL career with the Portland Thorns (2013-2015), winning the inaugural NWSL title, and then played for the Orlando Pride (2016-2021) before playing her last two and a half seasons with the San Diego Wave, for whom she scored 22 goals. She won the NWSL Golden Boot in 2022 with 15 goals.
Morgan also played one season in the short-lived Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league after being taken #1 in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. She helped the Flash win the WPS regular season and league titles that year.
Alexandra Patricia Morgan was born in San Dimas, Calif. and grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Diamond Bar, where she attended Diamond Bar High School. She joined Cypress Elite at the age of 14 and, despite suffering an ACL tear as a teenager, worked herself up through the ranks to the U.S. U-20 WNT while earning a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley, where she would score 45 goals for the Golden Bears and become a four-time All-Pac-10 selection and a First-Team All-American.
In college, she met her future husband, Servando Carrasco, also a Cal soccer player who would go on to play nine years in Major League Soccer.
Morgan appeared on the cover of numerous major magazines during her career, including Time, Adweek, Sports Illustrated, SI for Kids and Glamour, to name a few. She is a best-selling author of a children’s book series and co-stared in a feature film “Alex and Me” in 2018.
In 2023, she launched the Alex Morgan Foundation to create equity and opportunity for girls and women on and off the field while focusing on sports equity and support for moms. It was another step in a long career of charity work, service and advocacy.
Her impact on and off the field will no doubt be felt for years to come.
