Alex Morgan

Alex Morgan biography

Alexandra Patricia Morgan, better known as Alex Morgan, is an American footballer, known for being one of the best players in women’s soccer worldwide. She was born on July 2, 1989, in Diamond Bar, California, and is the daughter of Pamela S. Morgan and Michael T. Morgan. She always showed interest in physical activity and sports, but only until she was 14 did she start playing soccer.

CLUB LEVEL

After finishing elementary and high school, in 2007 she entered the University of California to study Political Economy, through a sports scholarship that was granted. Morgan began training with the California Golden Bears, where she was the top scorer in her first year of career, having scored 8 goals.

She continued playing with the Golden Bears team in 2008, a season in which she scored 9 goals, despite being absent part of the season due to the commitments of the national team.

For the year 2009, scored 14 goals and gave 8 assists, played for the Golden Bears, so she became the third player to score more goals in the history of that team, having reached 45 goals. In that time, she graduated from Political Economy.

After graduating, on January 14, 2011, Alex Morgan was the first on the draft list of the WPS, being chosen by the Venezuelan club in England Western New York Flash, where she made her debut in professional women’s football. With her new club, she managed to get first place in the regular season and the WPS championship in that same year.

At the beginning of 2012, the WPS suspended operations due to legal and financial difficulties, so Alex Morgan joined the Seattle Sounders Women to face that season. After signing the contract, the soccer player was grateful and said:

“I am very happy to play in a city that is passionate about football. The Sounders have been one, if not the best, MLS amateur club. I can only imagine how Seattle fans would respond to having a full team of professional women in the future.”

By commitments with the national selection of the United States and the preparation for Olympic Games of London 2012, Alex Morgan only played 3 games in the regular season with her club, in which she scored 3 goals.

By January 11, 2013, it was reported that the talented soccer player would be one of the three USWNT players assigned to be part of Portland Thorns FC. Together with her new team, she achieved the first position of the local tournament, she was also the scorer with 8 goals and gave 5 assists. Alex was also part of the second ideal NWO of the NWSL. On August 31, 2013, she obtained the title of the NWSL.

On October 26, 2015, Alex Morgan was transferred to the Orlando Pride team in exchange for the Pride’s number one choice in the Expansion and University Drafts, as well as a space for internationals in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

For the month of December 2016, it was announced that Alex Morgan signed a contract to play in Ligue 1 of France with Olympique de Lyon. On June 1, 2017, the footballer managed to win the Women’s Champions League, after beating PSG in the final.

TRAJECTORY WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM

Alex Morgan was called for the first time to the US sub-20 team in 2008. Her debut was during the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship 2008, held in Puebla, Mexico, where she scored her first international goal against Cuba.

Alex Morgan was called to the United States women’s U-20 team, which competed in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, held in Chile. In the competition, she managed to score 4 goals in the tournament, which were a great contribution in achieving the title for her team. She also won the Bronze Boot as the third highest scorer of the tournament and the Silver Ball as the second best player in the same competition.

Morgan appeared for the first time with the absolute national team as a substitute in a match against Mexico in March 2010. Her first goal with that selection marked her in October of that year, in a match against China, which ended 1-1.

Alex Morgan was the youngest player on the payroll of the US team to face the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011. On July 13, scored her first goal in a Women’s World Cup, in the semi-final match against France. In the final of the tournament against Japan, scored the first goal and gave assistance for the goal of Abby Wambach, with which they equaled the score to 2 goals. The United States was runner-up, after losing in shots from the penalty spot.

She was part of the list of candidates invited to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games, where the United States team managed to win the gold medal, after defeating Japan on August 9 by a score of 2-1. Alex Morgan contributed 3 goals in 6 games played. That same year she was named as the female athlete of the year in the United States.

In 2015, she was called to play the Women’s World Cup in Canada, which her country won in a satisfactory manner and the player scored 1 goal in 5 games played.