USWNT legend Alex Morgan fights back tears as she announces her RETIREMENT with emotional message

United States girls’s soccer legend Alex Morgan is retiring from the game, she introduced on social media Thursday morning. 

Morgan finishes her profession with 224 appearances for the US nationwide workforce, scoring 123 targets, the fifth-best all-time. She additionally has the ninth-most appearances for the Stars and Stripes of any girl. 

Morgan was lately left off the US’ Olympic roster by new head coach Emma Hayes, leaving her worldwide profession unsure. Now, she is hanging up the cleats for good. 

‘I grew up on this workforce, it was a lot greater than soccer,’ stated Morgan through press launch. ‘It was the friendships and the unwavering respect and help amongst one another, the relentless push for world funding in girls’s sports activities, and the pivotal moments of success each on and off the sphere.’

‘I’m so extremely honored to have borrowed the crest for greater than 15 years. I discovered a lot about myself in that point and a lot of that may be a credit score to my teammates and our followers.’

‘I really feel immense delight in the place this workforce is headed, and I’ll perpetually be a fan of the USWNT. My need for fulfillment might have all the time pushed me, however what I bought in return was greater than I may have ever requested and hoped for,’ Morgan concluded.

Morgan spent the final two years taking part in for the NWSL’s San Diego Wave. She has principally been primarily based in the US for her membership soccer, but additionally has stints with European mainstays Lyon and Tottenham. 

She additionally ranks fifth all-time in USWNT historical past in mixed targets and assists, solely behind Mia Ham, Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd, and Kristine Lilly. 

Morgan does maintain the USWNT report for targets as a mom, with 16, passing Pleasure Fawcett final yr. 

After giving beginning to daughter Charlie in 2020, Morgan represented the US on the Tokyo Olympics and finally yr’s World Cup. 

Morgan was the captain for the Wave in her last skilled match on Sunday  in opposition to the Washington Spirit. She got here off the pitch within the seventieth minute, giving off no hints it was her soccer swan music.