U.S. Women’s National Team and San Diego Wave forward Alex Morgan announced she will be retiring imminently as she and her husband Servando Carrasco are expecting their second child. She will play one final game for the San Diego Wave on Sunday against the North Carolina Courage at home, Morgan announced in a video posted to her social media Thursday.
“I have so much clarity about this decision, and I’m so happy to be able to finally tell you,” Morgan said. “It has been a long time coming, and this decision wasn’t easy. At the beginning of 2024, I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer.
“Soccer was a part of me for 30 years, and it was one of the first things that I ever loved. I gave everything to this sport, and what I got in return was more than I could have ever dreamed of.”
Thank you🫶 pic.twitter.com/8BkofVOh3s
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) September 5, 2024
Morgan, 35, retires as a two-time World Cup winner with the USWNT in 2015 and 2019 and won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In her 224 career appearances, she scored 123 goals — leaving her ninth on the all-time list for USWNT appearances, and fifth for most goals scored in the program’s history.
She has been with the San Diego Wave since 2022, having previously played for the Orlando Pride and Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL, along with international stints in Lyon in 2017 and with Tottenham Spurs during the pandemic.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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