Alex Morgan who has won two Women's World Cups and Olympic gold medal with the United States has announced her retirement from professional football Morgan 35 who confirmed her decision to retire in a video posted to social media on Thursday external also said she is pregnant with her second child the striker who became one of the most famous female players in the world will play her final professional match on Sunday when her clubside San Diego wave take on North Carolina courage in 2022 she was part of the USA side which secured a landmark equal pay deal after all members of the squad filed a law shoot Morgan said she is proud to have played a part in making an irreversible impact on the game for the next generation of female footballers it has been a long time coming in this decision to retire wasn't easy she said but at the beginning of 2024 I felt in my heart and sold that this would be the last season that I would play soccer Morgan gave birth to her daughter Charlie in May 2020 and joined women's Super League side Tottenham later that year although she only played Four matches in London before returning to the US she lifted the 2015 and 2019 World Cups with her country won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games and a bronze at Tokyo 2020 Morgan said she has so much clarity about deciding to retire soccer has been a part of me for 30 years and was one of the first things that I ever loved I gave everything to this Sport and what I got in return was more than I could ever have dreamed of former England Defender Casey Stony who was Morgan's manager at the wave until she was sacked in June said the game losers are great with her retirement