American soccer icon, 35, has been the face of San Diego’s women’s soccer team since its inception
Alex Morgan has yet to score in a NWSL match this season for the Wave. Alex Morgan, the transcendent women’s soccer player who became the face of San Diego Wave FC and an icon to girls in the United States and beyond, says she is retiring.
Morgan posted a video to X on Thursday morning saying she will play one more match on Sunday before wrapping her career. San Diego hosts the North Carolina Courage at 5 p.m. inside Snapdragon Stadium. Morgan, 35, also announced that she is pregnant with her second child. She and her husband Servando Carrasco, a San Diego native, have a 4-year-old daughter together.
“I had a feeling at the beginning of 2024, I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer,” she said. “Soccer has been a part of me for 30 years. it was one of the first things I ever loved. I gave everything to this sport, and what I got in return was more than I could have ever dreamed of.”The face of San Diego’s franchise since its first match, Morgan led the club with 15 goals in 17 matches during a stellar 2022 season.
The 2024 season has been a letdown, both physically and in terms of production. Morgan missed significant time with an ankle injury, was left off the United States’ Olympic team for the Paris Games, and has watched the Wave tumble to 12th place in the 14-team NWSL, prompting two separate coaching changes. Despite appearing in 12 matches and starting nine of them, Morgan has yet to score. She started and played 69 minutes in last weekend’s draw with the Washington Spirit.
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