That’s a lot of excitement packed into a few days. American football star Alex Morgan played his final professional game on Sunday, September 8, three days after announcing his surprise retirement while expecting his second child at age 35.
Receiving a standing ovation on Friday during her final press conference from her San Diego Wave teammates, who occupied the first two rows of seats in the press room, the athlete entered the Californian grass on Sunday accompanied by her 4-year-old daughter, Charly. She then could not hold back a few tears during her farewell speech on the grass, after the match. “What an adventure it has been” She said before a crowd of more than 26,500 spectators and almost a hundred people from her entourage, including her husband, Servando Carrasco, a former American League (MLS) soccer player.
Meanwhile, he came into the spotlight after playing the final thirteen minutes of his career in a championship game against the North Carolina Courage, during which – in a little twist of fate – he missed a penalty.
Thirteen minutes as the number 13 that I always wore on my jersey during a particularly rich career with two world championship titles (2015, 2019) and an Olympic coronation (2012) with the United States national team.
Advertising contracts and activism.
Alex Morgan is retiring after 224 appearances for her team, scoring 123 goals – the fifth-highest total among the U.S. women’s national team – and providing 53 assists.
“I felt it was the right time” stop, he explained at a press conference on Friday when he planned to retire at the end of the season. “I felt like I had lost a little bit of speed in the game over the last few weeks, and I felt like for my body, my mind and my heart, it was the right decision at this time,” he added.
Alex Morgan is as well known for her high-profile endorsement deals as she is for her activism on behalf of women’s sport. She helped fight for equal pay and benefits for the women’s national team compared to the men’s; she was one of the key figures who exposed a harassment scandal within the NWSL in 2021, and mobilised players to demand that the NWSL adopt an anti-harassment policy as well as reforms to improve working conditions.
“I accomplished everything I was supposed to do”
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American gymnast Simone Biles, a world star in her discipline and multi-Olympic medalist, thanked the footballer “for having raised the profile of women’s sport”. Basketball star Caitlin Clark called her ” legend “. “She brought a lot to the game, she scored a lot of goals. I feel like I’ve been watching her play for a long time.”said Christian Pulisic, captain of the United States men’s national team, who welcomed a “amazing race”.
“Women’s football is in an incredible situation where I have done everything I had to do. I achieved everything I was supposed to do”Alex Morgan, for his part, judged.
During her fifteen-year career, the American spent one season in France, at Lyon in 2016-2017. She won a treble between the French Championship, the French Cup and the Champions League with OL.
