Alex Morgan And The US Women’s Team Trounce Japan
Alex Morgan and the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team avenged their reputation in a rout against Japan last night. The star forward has been battling a nagging knee injury, but she was committed to playing a role in putting the U.S. women’s team back on top.
In her workouts, Alex Morgan had been paying special attention to her knee, as reported earlier this summer in the Inquisitr.
“My knee is doing well, thank you for asking,” Morgan said during Wednesday’s media day for the U.S. team. “I’ve been doing a lot better and I’m still day-to-day. Once June 8 comes, there’s no question in my mind that my knee will not be bothering me. I’ll be 100 percent.”
CONGRATS @alexmorgan13! One for the history books! #BandTogether pic.twitter.com/Gm2oSWl70N
— Nationwide (@Nationwide) July 6, 2015
Coming off the knee injury, Alex Morgan only scored one goal in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, though she certainly had an enormous impact. She was able to make a number of runs that allowed other team members to make plays and score. Even so, surely she would have preferred to continue her reputation as a prolific scorer for the team.
As one of the team’s most popular players, Alex Morgan has a number of endorsements and has authored children’s books. She graduated from the University of California (where she met her husband, soccer player Servando Carrasco of Sporting Kansas City) in 2010 with a degree in political economy of industrial societies.
Alex Morgan’s book series, The Kicks, tells children, primarily girls, the importance of being part of a team. With these publications, Morgan has found her name on the New York Times Bestsellers’ list a number of times.
Endorsements with Nike, Panasonic, and Coca-Cola are among Alex Morgan’s current sources of income, estimated to be a total of $1.3 million. Morgan is also a big supporter of breast cancer charities, and often dons a pink headband with its own Twitter account in honor of her mother-in-law, who was diagnosed back in 2006, and has since beaten the disease.
Women's World Cup Final: Alex Morgan and USWNT seek redemption against Japan http://t.co/RyxGKcxqx9
— SB Nation College (@sbncollege) July 5, 2015
Alex Morgan and her team conveyed pure elation as they ran around the field, draped in the American flag.
What do you think will be Alex Morgan’s next big project?
[Photo courtesy of World Soccer Talk]
