
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco, an American professional soccer player, plays as a striker in the San Diego Wave FC (NWSL), which is the highest division of women's soccer in the United States. She also co-captained the United States women's soccer team between 2018 and 2020 with Megan Rapinoe as well as Carli Lloyd. In the months following her graduation in the early years of the University of California, Berkeley in the USA, where she played for the California Golden Bears, Morgan was picked as the first overall selection in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. She made her professional debut and played in the team's win of the league championship. Morgan was 22, at the time was the youngest athlete on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which the team finished as runner-up. Morgan scored the game-winning goal in the semi-final match against Canada in the semi-final game at the 2012 London Olympics. She ended 2012 with 21 and 28 goals. assists as she joined Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and give 20 assists in the same calendar year , making her the sixth youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single season. She was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, and was the FIFA World Player of the The Year finalist. Morgan helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, where she was named to the Dream Team for both tournaments, while she won the Silver Boot in 2019.
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