For all her accomplishments, for all the trophies, for all her achievements, Alex Morgan was never talked about as the best ever. It never seemed as if the conversation around her career was in the same echelon as nearly mythical figures like Mia Hamm, Marta, Christine Sinclair, or others who came before.
That was a feature of Morgan as a person and a player, not a bug.
The USWNT legend never navigated her career with her own interests in mind. Instead, Morgan always put others first — her teammates, her fans, her daughter, her sport.
By the time Morgan announced her retirement at the end of the 2024 season, she didn’t sit top of the all-time goal-scoring charts like Sinclair or Abby Wambach. She didn’t collect the most appearances of any American, finishing well behind the seemingly unreachable mark Kristine Lilly set. Morgan didn’t even win the most Women’s World Cup trophies or Olympic gold medals of any American player.
None of that matters, because when you tally up what Morgan did accomplish on the field — and these achievements are gargantuan — and combine them with her impact off it, there’s really no other conclusion to come to.
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