USWNT icon Alex Morgan announced today that she is retiring from professional soccer, and will lace up her boots one last time for the San Diego Wave on Sunday, September 8th. Morgan, one of the faces of the USWNT’s fight toward equal pay, retires a two-time World Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and UWCL and NWSL champion.
The 35-year-old also announced on Thursday that she is pregnant with her second child, growing her family after having her daughter, Charlie, in 2020.
Morgan’s off-pitch legacy changed the game
Not only did Morgan help oversee the USWNT’s fight for equal pay, which was ratified in the team’s CBA in 2022, she also played a huge part in the NWSL’s 2021 watershed change that enacted policies to protect players.
“We’re changing lives, and the impact we have on the next generation is irreversible, and I’m proud of the hand I had in making that happen,” said Morgan in a video posted to X.
“Charlie came up to me the other day and said that when she grows up she wants to be a soccer player,” Morgan explained. “And it just…
