Alex Morgan announces soccer retirement and pregnancy in emotional video

Published: Sep 04, 2024 Duration: 00:04:38 Category: Sports

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I'm G to get to the point quickly um I'm retiring and I have so much clarity about this decision and I'm so happy to be able to finally tell you um it has been a long time coming and this decision wasn't easy but but at the beginning of 2024 I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer soccer has been a part of me for 30 years and it was one of the first things that I ever loved and I gave everything to this Sport and what I got in return was more than I could have ever dreamed of success for me is defined by never giving up and giving your all and I did just that I'm giving my all every single day on the field and I did that giving my all in the Relentless push for Global investment in women's sports because we deserve that giving my all in my various businesses beyond the soccer field and giving my all as a mom to my daughter Charlie Charlie came up to me the other day and said that when she grows up she wants to be a soccer player and it just made me like immensely proud not because I wish for her to become a soccer soccer player when she grows up but because a pathway exists that even a four-year-old can see now we're changing lives and the impact we have um on the next generation is is irreversible and I'm proud in the hand I had in making that happen in pushing the game forward and leaving it in a place that I'm so happy and proud of um this is also that not the retirement video I expected when and I initially thought I was going to do this um because Charlie's going to be a big sister I am pregnant and as unexpected as this came um we are so Overjoyed to me Family Means Everything I wouldn't be here without my husband and my family uplifting and motivating and encouraging and supporting me me and sacrificing for me for the last 15 years as a professional athlete um I'm also so grateful that I'll get one last game to put on the boots and this Sunday September 8th will be that game I just want to thank the fans for always supporting us for always just using what we're saying and making it magnified um you know being there showing up day in and day out uh supporting not only the teams that I've played on and um but the player and the human that I am as well and I also need to thank the team my team behind the scenes you know teammates coaches staff um everyone who has played a part in my career has played some part that has made me where I am today and who I am today and I am I'm am so shaped into me because of because of you because of soccer um and I am forever grateful I cannot wait to celebrate with you one last game um it's been a ride and thank you

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