Former US captain Alex Morgan retired from football: voiced for equal pay for female footballers; Won 2 Olympic medals, 2 World Cups

Former US captain Alex Morgan has retired. A day earlier, she played the last match of her career for the San Diego Waves in the Women's Soccer League, although her team lost 1–4 to North Carolina. This was Morgan's 63rd match for Diego. He played his 150th match in this league. The 35-year-old Morgan won 2 Olympic medals and 2 FIFA World Cups in his 16-year-long international career. Morgan played 224 games for the US National Team. He is also the ninth most capped player and the fifth highest goalscorer with 123 goals. Morgan is the footballer who first called for equal pay for female players. Announced 4 days ago, announcing pregnancy in social post Morgan announced her retirement 4 days ago. In a social post, the American footballer said that she is going to play her last match. In the post, Morgan also shared information about becoming a mother for the second time. In the message, Morgan said the decision wasn't easy for her, but she knew starting in 2024 that this would be her last football season. Raised the issue of equal pay for female footballers Morgan joined her teammates in complaining about the pay disparity between male and female players in American football. A case was also filed against US Soccer in 2019. The players accused US Soccer of gender discrimination and unequal pay. After 6 years of fighting, they succeeded in 2022 and agreed on equal pay for the US men's and women's teams. Won 2 Olympics and 2 World Cups, not in Paris squad Morgan made his national team debut at Under-20 level in 2008. After debuting for the senior team in 2010, Morgan was the youngest member of the US's 2011 World Cup squad at age 22. He cemented his place in the national team for a long time by scoring in the semi-final and final of this World Cup. However, the American team lost in the World Cup final. But the very next year, Morgan got his first major breakthrough in national football with a gold medal at the London Olympics. Following this, Morgan was also a member of the 2015 and 2019 FIFA World Cup and bronze medal-winning squads at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, he was not included in the team that won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Inducted into America's All-Time Great-11, Morgan's football career is full of accomplishments. In 2012, just two years after her debut, she received the US Soccer Female Athlete of the Year Award. He was also selected for the FIFA World Player of the Year list. Morgan has also received the CONCACAF Player of the Year award four times. She has also been a part of FIFA Pro Women's World-11 six times. In 2013, Morgan was named to America's All-Time Greatest Women's National Team. In 2022, she also received the Golden Boot Award in the American National Women's Soccer League.

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