Alexandra Morgan Carrasco, an American professional soccer player, is a striker with San Diego Wave FC (NWSL) which is the highest division of women's soccer in the United States. She also co-captained the United States women's soccer team between 2018 and 2020 with Megan Rapinoe as well as Carli Lloyd. [8][99 Morgan was selected number one in the Western New York Flash's 2011 WPS Draft shortly after she graduated early from University of California, Berkeley. Morgan played for the California Golden Bears. Morgan made her professional debut at the club , and also helped the team win its league championship. Morgan was just 22 at the time was the youngest player on the national team in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which the team finished second. In the 2012 London Olympics, she scored the game-winning goal in the 123rd minute in the semi-final game against Canada. She ended 2012 with 21 and 28 goals. assists as she joined Mia Hamm as the only American woman who scored 20 goals and give 20 assists during the same calendar year , becoming the sixth youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in one season. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete Of The Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan contributed to helping the United States win the title at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She was named to the Dream Team in both tournaments. In the year 2019, Morgan won the Silver Boot.
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