The first book in the series, Saving the Team, debuted at number seven on The New York Times Best Seller list in May 2013. Off the field, Morgan teamed with Simon & Schuster to write a middle-grade book series about four soccer players: The Kicks. In 2017, Morgan signed with French team Lyon, where she won the continental European treble, which included the UEFA Women's Champions League. Morgan played for the Thorns through the 2015 season, after which she was traded to first-year franchise Orlando Pride. 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 also helped the United States win their titles at the 20 FIFA Women's World Cups, where she was named to the Dream Team for both tournaments, while she won the Silver Boot in 2019. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. player to score 20 goals in a single season.
She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and provide 20 assists in the same calendar year and making her the sixth and youngest U.S.
At the 2012 London Olympics, she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada.
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 was runner-up. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. 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. She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 11, 2023Īlexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 14, 2023
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