Alex Morgan Research Paper
Yet no one knew it then, on the date of July 2, 1989, an idol was born. That idol was Alex Morgan. Alex is now a professional soccer player for the U.S. women's national team. With lots of hard work and dedication, Alex’s career is now one to remember. Growing up Alex was a multi-sport athlete, which takes lots of discipline and effort. She played soccer, volleyball, and ran in track. She started to play club soccer in between 12 and 13. In an interview she said, “ I tried out for a club but I wasn’t on the team. I was able to go to practice with them but the coach just wasn’t messing with me, so it was a bad first year of club.” She didn’t give up then, the next year she was on the club team Cypress Elite when she was 14. Being involved
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In high school she played multiple sports but after her sophomore year she decided that she was going to stick with soccer and start focusing more on hat. Her senior year in college was really the start of her whole career. She played on the school team called the Golden Bears and was definitely their star. She led them to the NCAA tournament all of her four years and the second round twice (the NCAA is the National College Athletic Association.) The cool thing about Morgan is that she missed multiple college matches to go play for the U.S. national team which is excellent. And in 2009 she became the youngest member of the women’s national soccer team. In 2011 she was drafted first overall in the Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the New York Flash. In that same year she was in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup so she definitely had a lot on her plate. Being the youngest player she scored her first World Cup goal against France in the semifinal match.
At the end of that 2011 season she joined yet another soccer team. This was the Seattle Sounders. Then later she joined another team called the Portland Thorns. Both of these teams are in the national league. One of the exciting points is when she got a spot on the Olympic team in 2012, where she earned her first Olympic medal, which was gold. That match was against Japan and they won 2-1. Unfortunately they ended up losing that game from a shoot out after the game had
In high school she played multiple sports but after her sophomore year she decided that she was going to stick with soccer and start focusing more on hat. Her senior year in college was really the start of her whole career. She played on the school team called the Golden Bears and was definitely their star. She led them to the NCAA tournament all of her four years and the second round twice (the NCAA is the National College Athletic Association.) The cool thing about Morgan is that she missed multiple college matches to go play for the U.S. national team which is excellent. And in 2009 she became the youngest member of the women’s national soccer team. In 2011 she was drafted first overall in the Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the New York Flash. In that same year she was in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup so she definitely had a lot on her plate. Being the youngest player she scored her first World Cup goal against France in the semifinal match.
At the end of that 2011 season she joined yet another soccer team. This was the Seattle Sounders. Then later she joined another team called the Portland Thorns. Both of these teams are in the national league. One of the exciting points is when she got a spot on the Olympic team in 2012, where she earned her first Olympic medal, which was gold. That match was against Japan and they won 2-1. Unfortunately they ended up losing that game from a shoot out after the game had