Alex Morgan Biography, Net Worth, Salary, Husband, Soccer Career, Height

A very talented and exceptional footballer, Alex Morgan is one of the most famous and most sought-after American soccer stars who has won the admiration of many people around the world with her skills. She now plays for Orlando Pride, a professional women’s soccer team in the USA and for the United States National team.

During her career, Morgan has earned several titles notable among which is the title of US Soccer female athlete of the year. She was also FIFA’s world player of the year finalist. She was also recently named as the Best Female Athlete of 2019 in the ESPY Awards.

Alex Morgan Biography

Alex Morgan was born on July 2, 1989, at San Dimas, California, the U.S to parents identified as Michael T. Morgan and Pamela S. Morgan. She grew up with two older sisters identified as Jeni and Jeri Morgan.

According to reports, she developed an interest in playing soccer since from her childhood and she was greatly inspired by her father who began coaching her since at that tender age as she initially started playing with the AYSO.

Morgan attended the Diamond Bar High School for her high school education. While at high school, she joined the school’s soccer team and became a three-time All-American given to her by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

After her High School education, Morgan proceeded to the University of California, Berkeley where she majored in Political Economy. Again, in college Morgan played for the college team known as the California Golden Bears as she played a vital role in the team, helping the Golden Bears towards reaching the NCAA Tournament for four years consecutively and became the first Golden Bear player to be in the top three finalists in the Hermann Trophy awards.

Morgan finished her collegiate career being the third all-time goalscorer having scored 45 goals for the Golden Bears.

Alex Morgan Professional Soccer Career

Having ranked the third-highest goalscorer in her college days, it was apparent that Morgan had laid a very solid foundation for herself before starting her professional club career. On this premise, Morgan joined the West Coast FC from 2008 to 2009 even though she made only 2 appearances and netted 2 goals for the club before she left the club for the California Storm.

By 2010, Morgan joined the Storm where she played only 3 games but scored 5 goals for the team. Her stay with the Storm was quite brief; she left the team later in the same year and moved to the Pali Blues where she played in 3 matches and scored a single goal for the club.

On January 14, 2011, Morgan was the first overall pick during the 2011 WPS Draft as she was drafted by the Western New York Flash. After her debut with the Flash, Morgan made an additional 14 appearances scoring four goals, helping the team to win the regular-season title as well as the WPS Championship trophy.

Following the suspension of the WPS in 2012 due to financial and legal skirmishes, Morgan joined the Seattle Sounders Women in 2012. However, Morgan had to meet up with her home country’s national team responsibilities as well as her club matches and due to that, she made only 3 appearances, scoring 2 goals for Seattle. Subsequently, Morgan was signed by the Portland Thorns FC for the maiden season of the National Women’s Soccer League during the NWSL Player Allocation.

Eventually, in the 2013 season, Morgan helped the Portland team to win the first edition of the championship title as they trashed former champions, Western New York Flash 2–0; Morgan assisted on the second goal. This made Morgan to be listed in the NWSL Second XI on August 28 of the same year.

Growing stronger, in the 2014 season, Morgan made 15 appearances and scored six goals thereby helping the team to advance into the playoffs again but they suffered a defeat to the FC Kansas City. In addition, Morgan made only 4 appearances for the Thorns as she met her obligations to the US national team in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup at Canada. As a result of this, the Thorn placed sixth at the end of the season. Morgan was able to make a total of 36 appearances and scored 15 goals for the team before leaving the club in 2015.

Morgan then joined the Orlando Pride in 2016. She featured in 15 games and netted four goals in her first season. Eventually, on January 5, 2017, Morgan went on loan to the French side, Lyon. She made her debut with the team in the 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine match against En Avant de Guingamp. Morgan made a total of 8 appearances scoring 5 goals for the team before returning back to Orlando Pride.

Morgan continues to make great strides for the Orlando Pride today.

International Career

Alex Morgan has ably represented her country to the best of her ability. She made her first appearance for the under-20 team during the match against Cuba in the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship in Mexico, where she scored her first international goal in that match and helped the team to claim the gold medal in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile. Her efforts earned her the Bronze boot as she emerged as the third-highest goal scorer as well as the Silver Ball as the tournament’s overall second-best player.

Later Morgan earned her senior team cap when she came in as a substitute in a match against Mexico in March 2010. Subsequently, Morgan played in series of competitions for the US national such as the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and in the just-concluded 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup which the US team eventually won. On July 7, 2019, Morgan claimed the Silver Boot following her performance in the World cup.

So far, Morgan has been able to garner a page full of honors and accolades in the height of her career. Few amongst them are the FIFA Women’s World Cup which she won twice in 2015, and 2019. She also won the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in 2014 and 2018, as well as the Olympic Gold Medal in 2012 and the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2016. On an individual level, Morgan won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Silver Ball in 2008, ESPY Award Best Female Athlete in 2019, as well as the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2018, with the CONCACAF Women’s Championship golden boot in 2018, to mention just a few.

Husband

Morgan is quite a multi-talented athlete, apart from her football career she is also an author and has also featured in numerous television commercials as well as documentary series such as the commercials promoting the ESPN’s SportsCenter, ESPN documentary series, Nine for IX, and The Nine for IX documentary 99ers. Also, Morgan was among the female players that have been featured in the EA Sports’ latest FIFA video game.

On the home front, Morgan is happily married to Servando Carrasco who is also a soccer player. Servando plays as a midfielder for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. The couple tied the knot as husband and wife on December 31, 2014. According to reports, they met during their college days at the University of California Berkeley where they both played college football.

At the moment, there are no reports of Alex Morgan having any kids with her husband just yet.

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Net Worth, Salary

From the foregoing, it is quite obvious that Alex Morgan is among the most successful and wealthiest female football stars at the moment. To buttress this point, the popular Time Magazine had earlier named Morgan as the highest-paid American women’s soccer player in June 2015.

At the moment, the current net worth of Alex Morgan is estimated at about $3 million. Equally, her annual salary is around $450,000. She has amassed her fortune through years of hard work in her career as well as her abundant endorsement deals.

Height Weight, Body Measurement

Alex Morgan is a pretty football player and fans love her for this. She stands at a height of 5 ft. 7 inches (1.70 m) while she maintains a weight of 56 kg. She has a dark brown hair color as well as a pair of attractive blue eyes. Her body measurement has been revealed to be 34 inches (busts), 24 inches (waist), and 35 inches (hips).

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