After a rough April night in North Carolina, Orlando Pride and U.S. women’s national team forward Alex Morgan stuck around WakeMed Soccer Park. It was the evening after she was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people and there were dozens of fans clamoring for Morgan’s attention.
Despite the Pride’s 5-0 loss, the screams of young fans hoping to see the American superstar could be heard throughout the Cary, N.C., stadium.
Morgan obliged. During a World Cup year, she’s conscious of the impact U.S players can have on fans.
“We’ve realized the women’s national team has such a great reach and can have such an influence on the next generation and young girls, but I think it’s exciting to see how much more our reach has [grown] in terms of young boys, in terms of peers, in terms of other women in similar situations as us,” Morgan told Pro Soccer USA.