During the 2011 Women’s World Cup, Alex Morgan was the youngest player on the United States Women’s National Team. Just 21 years old at the time, Morgan scored 2 goals to help the USWNT to the final, where they lost on penalties to Japan.
Alex Morgan has learned from that loss, as well as the other setbacks they’ve had along the way. Now, as a 34-year-old with more than 200 caps of international experience, she enters this Women’s World Cup, her fourth, looking for immortality. To go to four World Cups, going to the final every single time, and winning three of them in a row, is something only two of her teammates will have experienced: Kelley O’Hara and Megan Rapinoe. She doesn’t take it…
