USWNT legend Alex Morgan announces retirement from soccer NBC Chicago [Video]

Alex Morgan is hanging up her cleats.

The U.S. women’s national team legend announced her retirement from soccer on Thursday and shared that she is pregnant with her second child.

“I have so much clarity about this decision, and I’m so happy to finally tell you,” Morgan said in a social media video announcement. “It has been a long time coming and this decision wasn’t easy, but at the beginning of 2024, I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer.”

Morgan shared that she will play in one last game when her National Women’s Soccer League club, the San Diego Wave, hosts the North Carolina Courage on Sunday.

The 35-year-old forward began her senior career in 2008 and started playing with the senior USWNT in 2010. She went on to win the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019 while adding an Olympic gold medal in 2012 and Olympic bronze in …