Alex Morgan is sole USWNT nominee

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Alex Morgan is the lone U.S. women’s national team player to make the shortlist for the Best FIFA Women’s Player award.

Her USWNT teammate Sophia Smith, who last week was named the 2022 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, was not included among the 14 nominees announced Thursday. The full list of nominees is below.

Morgan won the NWSL Golden Boot in 2022, scoring 15 goals in the regular season for the San Diego Wave. The 33-year-old striker also scored the game-winning goal for the USWNT in the Concacaf W Championship final.

Smith finished second to Morgan in the Golden Boot race, but the 22-year-old won the NWSL MVP and led the Portland Thorns to the NWSL title. She also paced the USWNT with 11 goals in 2022, becoming the youngest player to lead the United States in scoring since Mia Hamm in 1993.

The Best FIFA Women’s Player award has been presented annually soccer’s international governing body since 2016, when it replaced the FIFA’s previous Player of the Year award. USWNT players have won the award twice in the six years of its existence: Carli Lloyd in 2016 and Megan Rapinoe in 2019. Morgan finished second to Rapinoe in 2019.

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