USWNT legend Alex Morgan returning to NWSL in special role with major announcement in retirement

Billy Heyen

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Alex Morgan is coming back to the NWSL.

Sadly, not as a player, but the United States soccer legend is taking on a new role.

Earlier this week, Morgan was announced as a minority investor in San Diego Wave FC. She was part of the team from its inaugural season in 2022.

"San Diego is where I’ve built my home, where I am raising my children, and found a purpose beyond my playing career,” Morgan said. “I believed in Wave FC before a single match was played, and I still believe this club has the power to change the future of women’s sports. I’m proud to invest in that future and not just as a player, but now as an investor.”

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Morgan was the Wave's captain in her three seasons in San Diego.

Now, she takes on an even loftier title.

Morgan remains a USWNT legend.

“I grew up on this team, it was so much more than soccer,” Morgan said of the USWNT in 2024. “It was the friendships and the unwavering respect and support among each other, the relentless push for global investment in women's sports, and the pivotal moments of success both on and off the field. I am so incredibly honored to have borrowed the crest for more than 15 years. I learned so much about myself in that time and so much of that is a credit to my teammates and our fans. I feel immense pride in where this team is headed, and I will forever be a fan of the USWNT. My desire for success may have always driven me, but what I got in return was more than I could have ever asked and hoped for."

Morgan earned 224 caps with the United States. She scored 123 goals.

In her club career, she played for a number of clubs in the U.S. as well as Lyon in France and Tottenham Hotspur in England.

Morgan gets to keep making her imprint on the sport she loves even in retirement.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle