After multiple FIFA Women’s World Cups, Olympic Gold Medal, UEFA Women’s Champions League, and other major trophies, Alex Morgan has announced she is walking away from the sport of soccer.
The San Diego Wave and U.S. Women’s National Team legend announced her decision this morning which came as a surprise to fans within the American soccer world.
Morgan will play her final career game this Sunday, September 8, at Snapdragon Stadium when they face off against North Carolina Courage.
The USWNT icon says that this decision was difficult to make but that the feeling of the end started to evolve in early 2024.
“I’m retiring. I have so much clarity about this decision,” said Alex Morgan in her retirement video. “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. The impact we have on the next generation is irreversible, and I am proud of the hand I had in making that happen, pushing the game forward, and leaving it in a place that I am so happy and proud of.”
Accomplishments are listed as followed:
Named the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year twice (2012, 2018), FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 selection (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) and CONCACAF Player of the Year four times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018). Morgan also captured an NWSL Championship, NWSL Shield, NWSL Challenge Cup and Champions League, among others.
Alex Morgan also announced she is pregnant with her second child on Thursday, which comes four years after welcoming her first child, Charlie, in May of 2020.