Alex morgan soccer biography

American soccer player (born 1989)

For other people named Alex Morgan, see Alex Morgan (disambiguation).

Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who last played as a striker for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL),^[7][8] which she was the captain of, and the United States national team.

Alex morgan soccer biography

She co-captained the United States with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020 and with Lindsay Horan in 2023.^[9][10]

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 Worl