Alex Morgan the face of American soccer for a decade announces she is retiring Alex Morgan a generational Soccer Star who helped the United States win two FIFA Women's World Cup championships and an Olympic gold medal revealed on social media that she is retiring Morgan 35 will make her last professional soccer appearance on Sunday when her nwsl side the San Diego wave meets the North Carolina courage it's been a long time coming and the choice wasn't simple but from the beginning of 2024 I knew in my heart and soul that this would be my last season of soccer Morgan stated in a video shared to her social media Pages soccer has been a part of me for 30 years and that was one of the first things I ever adored and I devoted all I had to this Sport and what I received back was beyond anything I could have imagined she remarked Morgan got her first call to the United States Women's National Team in 2009 when she was a 20-year-old outstanding player at the University of California