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Alex Morgan is born
-nicknamed "baby horse"
- multi-sport athlete in her childhood
-grew up in Diamond Bar,CA with two older sisters
-played AYSO
-played club soccer with 'Cypress Elite' at age 14
-when she was 7-8 years old she wrote a letter to her mom saying she was going to be a professional soccer player, it was her dream and she stuck to it
-impacted young girls to stick to their dreams no matter what it is -
Sept. 1, 1989 goes to Diamond bar high school
-picked All-League pick for sprinting and speed
-played varsity high school soccer
-she was always that ‘new girl’ on teams but she learned to push aside those insecurities and rediscover her her inner confidence, and by that she became a better teammate and person -
Selected for U-20 USWNT and ODP
-At age 17, she was selected to the United States U-20 Women's National Soccer Team, but due to a ACL injury she had to wait until April 2008
-also joined regional and state teams of 'Olympic Development Program' -
Studies and plays at the UC, Berkeley
-confidence carried her on and off the field, through high school and college at UC Berkeley and now professionally
-junior year of college she joined the ‘California Golden Bears’, became first California player to be in top three finalists for the ‘Hermann Trophy’
-led Golden Bears to the NCAA Tournament successively for 4 years while moving to second round twice completed Berkley career during fall of 2010 ranking third in all-time goals scored list with 45 goals and also in points with 107 -
Scores winning goal in FIFA U-20
-marked her international debut at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship held in Puebla, Mexico, where playing against Cuba she made her first international goal -
Joined USWNST (U.S. Women's National Soccer team)
-2010, she scored a goal against Italy in a vital game regarded the most significant goal of her career so far that helped the US team qualify for the final of FIFA Women's World Cup
-soccer taught her about leadership and sportsmanship and what it means to be a good teammate, also taught her the power of confidence -
USA wins 2nd place in Womens World Cup
-At age 22, Morgan became the youngest US player during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the team emerged runner up winning silver. Her first goal in the tournament came against France on July 13 in the semi-final match -
U.S Women's Soccer team win gold in the 2012 Olympics
-helped the US team to enter the final of that year’s Summer Olympics by scoring the game-winning goal against Canada in the semis
-US team emerged winners earning Morgan an Olympic gold medal
-year 2012 saw her scoring 28 goals and collecting 21 assists becoming one of the two American women along with Mia Hamm to score 20 goals and collect 20 assists in a year as also the youngest and 6th US player to score 20 goals in a year -
Wins Golden Ball and Golden Boot
-became the third highest scorer and the second best player of the tournament and this earned her a Bronze Shoe and a Silver Ball respectively -
joined Orlando Pride
-Horns traded her to ‘Orlando Pride’, an exchange process that was on October 26, 2015
