- Alex Morgan Alex Morgan was the youngest member of the U.S. women's national team during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic women's soccer team in 2012.In 2009, Alex Morgan became the youngest member of the U.S. women's national soccer team, and competed in the 2011 FIFA World Cup. She was the first overall pick in the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer draft, and landed a spot on the U.S. Olympic women's soccer team in 2012.
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How she got her start
Alex Morgan was a multi-sport athlete growing up, but she didn't start playing organized soccer until she was 14 years old. She attended Diamond Bar High School, where she was a three-time all-league pick and was named an NSCAA All-American.Alex Morgan, at age 22, was the youngest member of the USA’s runner-up squad at the 2011 Women’s World Cup, where she scored in the semifinal and final. Three years earlier, in the midst of her college career at Cal, she led the USA to the 2008 U-20 World Cup title. We asked the Southern California product to reflect on her youth soccer days and address some of the key issues facing young soccer players. she started to transition into the club scene after the AYSO season when she was 12 or 13.she tried out for a club but she wasn’t on the team.she was able to go to practice with them but the coach was just messing with her, so it was a bad first year of club. The next year, she found her team, Cypress Elite, when she was 14. That was her first club team. Works Cited Nguyen,Pat. Alex Morgan. Prezi.com. N.p Web. 23 Apr. 2015 <https://prezi.com/wx2abthkprt_/top-ten-best-us-women-soccer-players-in-history/ myawesomehero.weebly.com/works-cited-page.html www.biography.com/people/alex-morgan-20837393 ushistorydiscrimination.weebly.com/works-cited.html http://www.biography.com/people/alex-morgan-20837393 ushistorydiscrimination.weebly.com/works-cited.html https://www.newpaltz.edu/english/workscitedvol5issue7.pdf prezi.com/..._/top-ten-best-us-women-soccer-players-in-history/ www.mpc.edu/home/showdocument?id… https://sportsocgenderblog.wordpress.com/type/image/ https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/United-A-Team-Nation www.foxsports.com/.../gallery-alex-morgan-career-highlights-... learning.blogs.nytimes.com/.../editor… |