She is a forward for the Orlando Pride in the NWSL and the United States women's national soccer team
Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley where she played for the women's soccer team, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash
There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship
At age 22, she was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
In the 2012 London Olympics she scored the game-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semifinal game against Canada
She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American women to score 20 goals and collect 20 assists in the same calendar year, and making her the sixth and youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single year
She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist
Off the field, Morgan teamed with Simon & Schuster to write a middle-grade book series about four soccer players entitled The Kicks
The first book in the series, Saving the Team (ISBN 1442485701), debuted at number seven on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade in May 2013
She has endorsement deals with Nike, Nationwide, Panasonic, Coca Cola, ChapStick, and Bridgestone
She married soccer player Servando Carrasco in December 2014
In 2015, Morgan, along with Canada's Christine Sinclair and Australia's Steph Catley, became the first female players to make the cover of FIFA video games
Morgan appeared alongside Lionel Messi on covers of FIFA 16 sold in the United States
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