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Jenna Tonelli

Alex Morgan’s Retirement Marks New Chapter in Her Impact on Women’s Sports

Morgan retired in September after making more than 400 appearances for club and country. | Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images

Alex Morgan may have stepped away from the pitch, but she’s got no plans to step away from the game. 

On a late September evening in Manhattan, she sat shoulder to shoulder with fellow U.S. women’s national team legend Ali Krieger as they battled it out together—this time on the screen rather than the field—during the EA Sports FC 25 launch party. She credits the game with bringing more visibility to women’s soccer, a mission that will be at the center of her post-retirement plans.

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