| General |
| Alex Morgan | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Alexandra Morgan Carrasco | |
| Date of birth: | 2 July 1989 | |
| Place of birth: | San Dimas, California,  United States
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| Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
| Playing position: | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | San Diego Wave
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| Number: | 13 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
2007–2010 |
AYSO Region 31 California Golden Bears
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013–2015 2016–2020 2017 2020 2021 2022– |
West Coast FC California Storm Pali Blues Western New York Flash Seattle Sounders Women Portland Thorns FC Orlando Pride → Lyon (loan) Tottenham Hotspur Orlando Pride San Diego Wave
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2 (2) 3 (5) 3 (1) 13 (4) 3 (2) 36 (15) 54 (18) 8 (5) 4 (2) 13 (5) 3 (5) |
| National team | ||
| 2008 2010– |
United States U20 United States
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10 (5) 169 (107) |
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who most recently played as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur of the English FA Women's Super League, and the United States women's national soccer team. Since 2018, she has co-captained the national team with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe.
Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played for the California Golden Bears, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. Morgan, who was 22 at the time, was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the team won silver. At the 2012 London Olympics, she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada. She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and collect 20 assists in the same calendar year and making her the sixth and youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single season. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan also helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, where she was named to the Dream Team for both tournaments, while she won the Silver Boot in 2019.
In 2013, the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, Morgan joined Portland Thorns FC and helped the team win the league title that year. Morgan played for the Thorns through the 2015 season, after which she was traded to first-year franchise Orlando Pride. In 2017, Morgan went on loan to French team Lyon, where she won the continental European treble, which included the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Off the field, Morgan teamed with Simon & Schuster to write a middle-grade book series about four soccer players: The Kicks. The first book in the series, Saving the Team, debuted at number seven on The New York Times Best Seller list in May 2013. Additionally, a film starring Morgan in her acting debut, Alex & Me, was released in June 2018 where she plays a fictionalized version of herself.
In 2015, Morgan was ranked by Time as the top-paid American women's soccer player, largely due to her numerous endorsement deals. Morgan, along with Canada's Christine Sinclair and Australia's Steph Catley, became the first women's soccer players to appear on the cover of FIFA video games in 2015. Morgan also appeared alongside Lionel Messi on covers of FIFA 16 sold in the United States.
Honors and awards[]
Club[]
Western New York Flash
- WPS Championship: 2011
Portland Thorns FC
- NWSL Championship: 2013
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2016–17
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17
International[]
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2012
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2015, 2019
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2008
- Algarve Cup: 2011, 2013, 2015
- Four Nations Tournament: 2011
- SheBelieves Cup: 2016, 2018
- CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2014, 2018
- CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2012, 2016
Individual[]
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Silver Ball: 2008
- ESPY Award Best Female Athlete: 2019
- ESPY Award Best Breakthrough Athlete nominee: 2012
- ESPY Award Best Moment nominee: 2013
- Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year, Team Sport: 2012
- U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 2012, 2018
- FIFA World Player of the Year finalist: 2012
- The Best FIFA Women's Player: 2019 (finalist)
- National Women's Soccer League Second Best XI: 2013, 2017
- CONCACAF Player of the Year: 2013, 2016, 2017
- USWNT All-Time Best XI: 2013
- SheBelieves Cup Golden boot and Golden ball: 2016
- FIFPro World11: 2016, 2017, 2019
- CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Boot: 2018
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2017, 2018, 2019
External links[]
- Official website
- National Women's Soccer League player profile
- Orlando Pride player profile
- UC Berkeley player profile
Alex Morgan at IMDb
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