American international Alex Morgan, who played for Olympique Lyonnais between 2016 and 2017, announced on Thursday that she would retire from sport after a final match with her club on Sunday.
The 35-year-old forward, a double world champion in 2015 and 2019 and Olympic champion in 2012, also revealed in a message on social networks that she is pregnant with her second child. Alex Morgan explained that she will play her last match on Sunday in the American Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) with her club San Diego Wave.
A sportswoman committed to gender equality
The player is also known for her commitment to gender equality in sports. During her season at OL, she won a treble of French championship-Coupe de France-Champions League. In 14 years of international career, she scored 123 goals, becoming the fifth best scorer in the history of the American women’s team.
Alex Morgan also has nine World Cup goals and six Olympic goals. She last played for the United States in June against South Korea. “I grew up on this team. It was so much more than football,” she explained. She emphasized “the friendships and the unwavering respect and support between us, the constant efforts to develop women’s sport worldwide, and the defining moments of success, on and off the field.” In 2020, Alex Morgan gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Charlie.
