Alex Morgan


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Birth date
Age
02/07/1989 
23
Height
Weight
Gender
173 cm / 5'8" 
62 kg / 137 lbs 
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Rank Event Year Location
FIFA Women's World Cup
2 Senior 2011 Germany
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
1 U20 2008 Chile

Nickname

Alex, Al or Ali. (ussoccer.com, 31 Dec 2010)

Hobbies

Yoga, snowboarding, wakeboarding. (ussoccer.com, 31 Dec 2010)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Political Studies - University of California, California, PA, USA

Language(s) spoken

English, Spanish

Club name

Western New York Flash, New York, NY, USA

Coach

Pia Sundhage [national], Aaran Lines [club] (SWE) from 2010 (espn.go.com, 29 Jun 2011; womensprosoccer.com, 2012)

Position and style

Forward (espn.go.com, 20 Jan 2012)

Debut

2010 for United States, against Mexico (espn.go.com, 14 Jul 2011)

Injuries

In 2007, during her senior year at Diamond Bar Highschool, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in her knee. (espn.go.com, 29 Jun 2011, calbears.com, 31 Dec 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
Aged 14. (alexmorgansoccer.com, 13 Jul 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
"I went to Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett and Julie Foudy's retirement game in 2004 and that's when I really started to focus on soccer." (espn.go.com, 20 Jan 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Scoring in the U20 World Cup Final. "The first few seconds after, I really couldn't even believe what just happened. I just stood there, shocked. It's definitely a moment I will always remember." (calbears.com, 31 Dec 2010)

Hero
Mia Hamm. (espn.go.com, 29 Jun 2011)

Most influential person in career
Her father. (espn.go.com, 29 Jun 2011)

General
WORLD CUP 2011
She was the youngest player in the USA squad for the 2011 World Cup in Germany. (alexmorgansoccer.com, 13, Jul 2011)


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