Alex

Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American professional soccer player. She is captain and striker for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team.She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team alongside Carli Lloyd and Megan rapinoe from 2018 to 2020. [8][99 Morgan was picked as number one in the Western New York Flash's 2011 WPS Draft shortly after she graduated early from University of California, Berkeley. Morgan played for the California Golden Bears. There, she made her professional debut and played in the team's win of the league title. Morgan was 22 years old at the time, and was one of the youngest players on the national team at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011. The team finished second. In the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada during the 2012 London Olympics she scored the game-winning goal. She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists and was able to join Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and record 20 assists in the same calendar year , making her the sixth youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single season. The following year, she was named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete Of The Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan played a role in helping to help the United States win the title at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She was named to the Dream Team in both tournaments. In the year 2019, Morgan won the Silver Boot.