U.S. Soccer announced this afternoon that Orlando Pride forward Alex Morgan has been nominated for the 2017 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year. Morgan, who claimed the award in 2012 while a member of Seattle Sounders Women of the USL W-League, is one of five finalists for the award, joining Julie Ertz, Lindsey Horan, Samantha Mewis, and Megan Rapinoe. None of the other finalists have previously won the honor.
At the international level, Morgan played in eight of the U.S. Women’s National Team’s 16 games this year, including against France in the SheBelieves Cup and the home-and-home series against Canada in November.