Former US captain Alex Morgan has retired. She played the last match of her career a day ago in the Women’s Soccer League for San Diego Waves, although her team lost 1-4 against North Carolina. This was Morgan’s 63rd match for Diego. She played her 150th match in this league. 35-year-old Morgan won 2 Olympic medals and 2 FIFA World Cups in her 16-year-long international career. Morgan played 224 matches for the US national team. She is the 9th highest player to play the most matches and the 5th highest goal scorer with 123 goals. Morgan is the same footballer who first raised her voice for equal pay for women players. Had announced 4 days ago, informed about pregnancy in a social post
Morgan had announced her retirement 4 days ago. Through a social post, the American footballer had told that she was going to play her last match. In this post, Morgan also gave information about becoming a mother for the second time. In the message, Morgan told that this decision was not easy for her, but since the beginning of 2024, she knew that this was going to be her last football season. Raised the issue of equal pay for women’s footballers
Morgan, along with her fellow players, complained about the inequality in the salaries of women and men players in American football. A case was also filed against US Soccer in 2019. The players had accused US Soccer of gender discrimination and unequal pay. After a 6-year fight, she got success in 2022 and an agreement was reached to give equal pay to the women and men’s teams of America. Won 2 Olympics and 2 World Cups, no place in the Paris team
Morgan started in the national team at the Under-20 level in 2008. After making her debut in the senior team in 2010, Morgan was the youngest member of America’s 2011 World Cup team at the age of 22. She had secured her place in the national team for a long time with goals in the semi-finals and finals of this World Cup. However, the US team lost in the World Cup final. But the very next year, Morgan got her first major success in national football with a gold medal in the London Olympics. After this, Morgan was also a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the FIFA World Cup in 2015 and 2019 and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, she was not included in the team that won the gold medal in the Paris Olympics. Included in America’s all-time best-11
Morgan’s football career is full of achievements. Two years after her debut, in 2012, she received the US Soccer Female Athlete of the Year award. She was also selected for the FIFA World Player of the Year list. Morgan has also been awarded the CONCACAF Player of the Year Award four times. She has also been a part of the FIFA Pro Women’s World-11 six times. In 2013, Morgan was included in America’s all-time best national women’s team. In 2022, she also received the Golden Boot Award in the US National Women’s Soccer League.
