Alex Morgan, a centerpiece of the U.S. women’s national soccer team that won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal, and one of the program’s greatest scorers, announced that she will retire after Sunday’s game with the NWSL’s San Diego Wave.
“I have so much clarity about this decision and I’m so glad to be able to finally tell you,” she tearfully said in a video on social media. “It has been a long time coming, and this decision wasn’t easy, but at the beginning of 2024, I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer.