
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (American professional soccer player) is a striker. She also serves as the captain of the San Diego Wave FC of National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's professional soccer. From 2018 until 2020, she was co-captained America's women's national soccer squad alongside Megan Rapinoe. In the months following her graduation early from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played with the California Golden Bears, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. Morgan made her debut as a professional with the club and assisted the team win their league championship. Morgan was then just 22 years old. old, was the youngest national player at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 and finished second. Morgan scored the game-winning goal against Canada in the semi-final game during the 2012 London Olympics. She was the second player in the United States to have 20 goals and 21 assists for the year 2012, making her the seventh-youngest and most prolific player in the United States to achieve 20 goals in one year. She was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year and was the FIFA World Player of the The Year finalist. Morgan has also played a role in helping the United States win their titles in both the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, in which she was selected to the Dream Team for both tournaments and also won the Silver Boot in 2019.
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