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Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player. She played in four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup with the United States national team, winning in 2015 and 2019, and finishing second in 2011. She co-captained the national team with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020, and with Lindsey Horan in 2023. In 2012, Morgan and the U.S. team won the gold meda…
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I still want to grow the game in the United States. I still want to help the NWSL. That’s important to me. I think I’ve shown that through my entire time being a professional soccer player. But I need to look at what makes me a better player and what helps elevate my game.
I brought it up and was just joking about it. Obviously, he wasn’t serious about recruiting me through social media, but at the end of the day it drew a lot of attention from my fans. I have to hand it to him. Lyon wants to put their club on the map globally, and they’re invested on the women’s and men’s sides to do that. He’s passionate about women’s football.
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“I still want to grow the game in the United States. I still want to help the NWSL. That’s important to me. I think I’ve shown that through my entire time being a professional soccer player. But I need to look at what makes me a better player and what helps elevate my game.”
“I brought it up and was just joking about it. Obviously, he wasn’t serious about recruiting me through social media, but at the end of the day it drew a lot of attention from my fans. I have to hand it to him. Lyon wants to put their club on the map globally, and they’re invested on the women’s and men’s sides to do that. He’s passionate about women’s football.”
“I don’t know if I necessarily feel comfortable signing something that’s 18 months. I want to see where I am after the six months: As a player, as a person, whether I’m happy.”
“Being in Orlando, I feel like I have the ideal setup with my husband [Servando Carrasco] playing for the same club [ownership] that I play for. We’re really happy with that. But at the same time I felt like I had to follow my gut, and my gut was telling me I needed to explore something to continue to help evolve myself as a player and challenge myself a little bit more.”
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Saying "It has been a long time coming, and this decision wasn't easy, but at the beginning of 2024 I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer
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Won the American NWSL Challenge Cup with San Diego Wave (2024).
Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2024).
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Won: CONCACAF W Gold Cup with United States (2024).
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Won: NWSL Challenge Cup with San Diego Wave (2024).
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After announcing her pregnancy with her second child
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It was announced that Morgan will be one of the players featured in an upcoming Netflix documentary about the U
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2023).
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Won: NWSL Shield with San Diego Wave (2023).
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2023).
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Won the American NWSL Best XI with San Diego Wave (2022).
Won National Women's Soccer League Golden Boot (2022).
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Won: NWSL Best XI with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2022).
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Won: NWSL Golden Boot with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2022).
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Championship Best XI with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2022).
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Ball with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2022).
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Won: Time 100 Most Influential People with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2022).
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Won award: IFFHS Women's World Team (2022).
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Championship with United States (2022).
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2022).
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2022).
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Morgan was recalled to the national team ahead of two friendlies vs Colombia and the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship
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Morgan received the NWSL Golden Boot as the league's top scorer, and helped the team win the NWSL Shield the following season
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Played for San Diego Wave FC (2022–2024) — 48 appearances, 22 goals.
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The expansion team San Diego Wave FC announced Morgan's signing
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Morgan scored her sixth career international hat-trick for the United States in a friendly against Paraguay in Cincinnati
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2021).
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2021).
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“The Advice Alex Morgan Would Give Her Daughter About Getting Into Sports”
Played for Orlando Pride (2021–2022).
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In a friendly against the Netherlands, 509 days since her last appearance against the same opposition in the 2019 World Cup final
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Morgan signed with the English FA Women's Super League team Tottenham Hotspur
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Won: Olympic Bronze Medal with United States (2020).
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And their son was born on March 30, 2025
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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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Won: FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2019).
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Won: FIFA Women's World Cup with United States (2019).
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Won award: ESPY Award Best Female Athlete (2019).
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Won award: ESPY Award Best Team (2019).
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Won award: FIFA Women's World Cup Dream Team (2019).
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Awarded Time 100 (2019).
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Awarded Best Female Athlete ESPY Award (2019).
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Won award: The Best FIFA Women's Player (2019).
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Won: Time 100 Most Influential People with IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 (2019).
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Won award: IFFHS Women's World Team (2019).
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2019).
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Championship with United States (2018).
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Won award: CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Boot (2018).
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Won award: U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year (2018).
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2018).
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Won award: IFFHS Women's World Team (2018).
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Won award: CONCACAF Player of the Year (2018).
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Morgan made an appearance in the music video for the Maroon 5 song "Girls Like You", which features Cardi B
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Morgan announced in September 2017 that she would end the contract early and stay with the Pride for the 2018 season
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Morgan was one of a group of athletes visiting Epcot in Bay Lake, Florida, who were described in a police incident report as being "impaired and verbally aggressive
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Won: UEFA Women's Champions League with Lyon (2016–17).
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Won award: CONCACAF Player of the Year (2017).
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Won award: IFFHS Women's World Team (2017).
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Won award: National Women's Soccer League Second Best XI (2017).
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Won: Division 1 Féminine with Lyon (2016–17).
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Won: Coupe de France Féminine with Lyon (2016–17).
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2017).
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Morgan signed with Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) for a reported $33,000 per month
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Joined Orlando Pride in 2017.
Joined Lyon Women in 2017.
“Alex Morgan: ‘If Fifa start respecting the women’s game more, others will follow’”
Morgan and her husband, Servando, traveled to Tanzania as Sports Envoys with the U
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Signed with the French club Lyon, where she won the continental European treble, including the UEFA Women's Champions League
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament with United States (2016).
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Won award: FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 (2016).
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Won award: SheBelieves Cup Golden Boot and Golden Ball (2016).
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Won award: CONCACAF Player of the Year (2016).
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with United States (2016).
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Morgan joined UNICEF Kid Power 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
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Joined Orlando Pride in 2016.
Played for Orlando Pride (2016–2017) — 13 appearances, 9 goals.
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It was announced that the Thorns had traded Morgan, along with her teammate Kaylyn Kyle, to the expansion team Orlando Pride in exchange for the Pride's number one picks in the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft and 2016 NWSL Col
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Won the Algarve Cup with USA Women (2015).
Won award: ESPY Award Best Team (2015).
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Won award: FIFA Women's World Cup Dream Team (2015).
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Won: Algarve Cup with United States (2015).
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Won: FIFA Women's World Cup with United States (2015).
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Largely due to her numerous endorsement deals
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Starred in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company commercial that was broadcast nationwide in the United States
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Championship with United States (2014).
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After returning from injury before she reinjured her ankle at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, which ruled her out for the rest of tournament
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Morgan married the soccer player Servando Carrasco on December 31, 2014.
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Won the Algarve Cup with USA Women (2013).
Won: NWSL Championship with Portland Thorns (2013).
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Won award: National Women's Soccer League Second Best XI (2013).
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Won: Algarve Cup with United States (2013).
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Won award: ESPY Award Best Moment nominee (2013).
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Won award: CONCACAF Player of the Year (2013).
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Won award: USWNT All-Time Best XI (2013).
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Morgan scored two-second-half goals as the U
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Followed by the second novel, Sabotage Season, on September 3, 2013
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Appeared in television commercials for Bridgestone
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Played for Portland Thorns FC (2013–2015) — 36 appearances, 15 goals.
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Morgan appeared in the ESPN documentary series, Nine for IX
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Played for Portland Thorns FC (2013–2015).
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Joined Portland Thorns in 2013.
Won award: Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year, Team Sport (2012).
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Won award: U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year (2012).
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Runner-up: FIFA World Player of the Year (2012).
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Awarded U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year (2012).
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Won: Olympic Gold Medal with United States (2012).
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Won: CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament with United States (2012).
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Won award: ESPY Award Best Breakthrough Athlete nominee (2012).
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– 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
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Played for Seattle Sounders Women (2012–2012) — 3 appearances, 10 goals.
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Morgan signed with Simon & Schuster to pen The Kicks, a four-book series for middle-grade readers
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Scored her first World Cup goal in the United States' 3–1 semi-final victory over France
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Won the Algarve Cup with USA Women (2011).
Won: Algarve Cup with United States (2011).
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Won: WPS Championship with Western New York Flash (2011).
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Won: Four Nations Tournament with United States (2011).
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Morgan was the first overall pick in the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Draft by the Western New York Flash
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Morgan co-starred with national teammate Hope Solo in a television commercial promoting ESPN's SportsCenter
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Played for Western New York Flash (2011–2011) — 13 appearances, 4 goals.
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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
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Joined Western New York Flash in 2011.
Played for United States women's national soccer team (2010–2024) — 224 appearances, 123 goals.
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Won: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with United States U20 (2008).
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Runner-up: CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship with United States U20 (2008).
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Won award: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Silver Ball (2008).
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Won award: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Bronze Boot (2008).
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Won award: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup All-Star Team (2008).
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Played for United States women's national under-20 association football team (2008–2008) — 10 appearances, 5 goals.
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Played for West Coast FC (2008–2009) — 2 appearances, 2 goals.
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Played for California Golden Bears women's soccer (2007–2010) — 67 appearances, 45 goals.
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At 17 years old, Morgan was called up to the United States under-20 women's national soccer team
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In San Dimas, California, a suburb of Los Angeles
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Born 1989-07-02.
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“(May 10, 2021) You have to figure it out you have to be mom and a professional athlete. There’s a lot of athletes going to Tokyo that are also fellow mom athletes and I’m excited to catch up with them and kind of just represent all the moms, soccer moms united.”
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“(May 10, 2021) I want to show that I deserve to be at the top. I want to be the best player that I can be, that I can be a valuable member of the team after being a mother.”
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Being in Orlando, I feel like I have the ideal setup with my husband [Servando Carrasco] playing for the same club [ownership] that I play for. We’re really happy with that. But at the same time I felt like I had to follow my gut, and my gut was telling me I needed to explore something to continue to help evolve myself as a player and challenge myself a little bit more.
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