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- Alex Morgan took home her second consecutive FIFA Women’s World Cup Championship after the United States Women’s National Team’s victory on Sunday.
- Morgan attended the University of California, Berkley, where she led the women’s soccer team in goals scored all four seasons.
- She married MLS midfielder Servando Carrasco on New Year’s Eve, 2014.
- She has become a household name as her career has evolved since first playing for the USWNT in 2008, becoming one of the best strikers in the world.
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Over the past decade, Alex Morgan has risen from an unknown college athlete to one of the most famous female soccer players in the world.
Known as one of the best soccer players in the world, Morgan has accumulated 169 caps and 107 goals.
After Sunday’s 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, she is now a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion as a member of the United States National Team.
In addition to her success on the field, she has become a role model and celebrity. Below we take a look at her rise to fame.
Max Rosenberg contributed to this article.
Not too long ago, Alex Morgan was unknown college athlete.
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Morgan was born on July 2, 1989, and is from Diamond Bar, California.
She went to Diamond Bar High School where she played soccer, volleyball, and ran track.
Then she attended the University of California, Berkeley to play soccer. Morgan led the team in scoring in all four seasons with the California Golden Bears. They reached the NCAA Tournament four years in a row behind her.
She graduated a semester early with a degree in political economy.
Morgan’s rise to fame began when she played in the World Cup in 2011 for the U.S. Women’s National team.
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In 2008, she first played for the under-20 US national team.
By 2010, she was called up to play for the senior US national team.
She was the youngest player on the US team that finished second in the 2011 World Cup. In the final match against Japan, she became the first player to ever record a goal and an assist in the World Cup final. The US won silver in the final after losing to Japan in a shootout.
After her rise in the World Cup, Sports Illustrated featured her in its annual swimsuit issue.
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Along with some of the top models in the world, a number of athletes are chosen to appear in SI’s swimsuit edition.
Morgan graced the pages of the issue wearing only body paint. Since her first shoot with Sports Illustrated, Morgan also modeled in the swimsuit issue in 2014 on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, and was one of three cover models for SI Swimsuit 2019.
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