Video: Watch Alex Morgan Tearfully Announce Retirement From Soccer [Video]

U.S. women’s soccer star Alex Morgan announced this week that she will be retiring from the sport in a tearful video posted on social media.

“I’m gonna get to the point quickly. I’m retiring, and I have so much clarity about this decision, and I am so happy to be able to happy to be able to tell you. 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 said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.

“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,” she …