Alex Morgan is 'ready' for life after football following final match with San Diego Wave｜NWSL｜USWNT

I feel like I did everything that I could have I left everything on the field um I did everything I ever wanted to do and more and with this decision I feel so at peace because I am ready to start a family I'm ready to hang up the boots and like allow the Next Generation to flourish and just Rel in the spotlight yeah I'm just I'm ready and it's it's a good feeling when you finally comes back stepping up to take the penalty um you know I came off the field and I thought to myself that's the best example I could give of betting on yourself because if I step up and take it yeah there's a chance I can miss that but if I don't step up and take that in bed on myself there's no chance I'll make it um so I think that's just how I've tried to live my life and my career as a soccer player and I mean you know it's it's F ending in the way that it happened it's just having the confidence and courage to um believe in yourself and show everyone that oh it's hard to think about one thing that stands out for tonight um I think you know top of mind um is probably when I took off my boots and Shing hers and I just actually took a moment to let everything soak in I saw my teammates I saw North Carolina I saw the fans and I think just understanding the gravity of the situation and the end of a very very long chapter or book um it was a special moment um and I try to do that all day today um I don't take in every moment um I haven't in the past so today it was important for me to to be able to you know see people see everyone um understand um where we are and uh just realized all of the love and support that I've received since announcing my retirement um it was yeah that was a a special moment