
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacker and captain 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 with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from the year 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. Morgan made her debut with the club and assisted the team win their league championship. Morgan was then just 22 years old. old, was the youngest national player in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011, where she was second. She scored the winning goal in the match against Canada in the 123rd minutes of the semi-final at the 2012 London Olympics. Her 2012 ended with 28 goalsand 21 assists and Mia Hamm was the only American woman who scored both 20 and 20 goals. It made her the 6th-youngest U.S. player ever to achieve 20 goals in one season. Morgan was later named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan also assisted in helping the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, where she was named to the Dream Team for both tournaments in addition to winning the Silver Boot in 2019.
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