For years, Alex Morgan was supposed to take on the mantle as the next legendary USWNT attacker. So why hasn't it happened?
One of the guiding principles by which USWNT has existed has always been the dominant attacking player, and how that tradition has almost literally been passed on from generation to generation. Abby Wambach started her international career playing with Mia Hamm, just as Hamm had played with Michelle Akers before her. Fittingly, each of these three players were major figures in each of the three World Cups the U.S. women won. Both Hamm and Akers made the U.