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Thank you Alex!, Morgan retires from soccer

Morgan scored against 32 different countries

Commerce City, Colorado – Wednesday September 19, 2012; The US WNT defeated the National team of Australia 2-1 during an International friendly game at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Alex Morgan thanks the crowd after the USWNT victory.

Since scoring her first career goal in 2010 (it came against China PR), Morgan scored against 32 different countries, with the most coming against Japan (12 goals). She scored 10 goals against Canada, nine against Mexico, eight against New Zealand, seven against both France and Thailand and six each against Costa Rica, Sweden and Trinidad & Tobago.

Morgan’s last game in a U.S. uniform was June 4, 2024, against the Korea Republic. Her final goal came against Argentina on Feb. 23, 2024, in the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Appropriately, the goal came in Carson, Calif., just 40 miles from the SoCal native’s hometown of Diamond Bar.

Morgan’s penultimate USWNT goal came against the Dominican Republic on Feb. 20, 2024. It was her 27th career USWNT goal as a reserve, nine more than any other player in team history.

Morgan finishes her international career third in U.S. history in two-goal games (23), behind only Wambach (37) and Hamm (28). Her 29 career multi-goal games also trail only Wambach (45) and Hamm (38). Of Morgan’s 123 international goals, only five were from the penalty spot.

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