Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played for the California Golden Bears, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. Morgan, who was 22 at the time, was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the team was runner-up. At the 2012 London Olympics, she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada. She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and provide 20 assists in the same calendar year and making her the sixth and youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single season. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Morgan also helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, where she was named to the Dream Team for both tournaments, while she won the Silver Boot in 2019.
In 2013, the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, Morgan joined Portland Thorns FC and helped the team win the league title that year. Morgan played for the Thorns through the 2015 season, after which she was traded to first-year franchise Orlando Pride. In 2017, Morgan signed with French team Lyon, where she won the continental European treble, which included the UEFA Women's Champions League.
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In 2012, Morgan signed with Simon & Schuster to pen The Kicks, a four-book series for middle schoolers.[210] The series is focused on four young girls and features themes of friendship, leadership, and soccer. In a statement released by the publisher, Morgan said she wanted her books to "inspire young girls" and "celebrate" her love of soccer. The first novel, Saving The Team, was released on May 14, 2013, followed by the second novel, Sabotage Season, on September 3, 2013.[211] Saving the Team debuted at number seven on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade.[212] In 2015, a live-action kids comedy series based on the books, called The Kicks, began airing on Amazon Prime.[213]
Morgan has signed several endorsement deals with businesses including Nike,[214] Panasonic,[215] AT&T,[215] Chobani,[216] McDonald's,[217] P&G,[218] Mondelez International,[219] and Coca-Cola.[220] Time named Morgan the highest paid American women's soccer player in June 2015 attributed mostly to her endorsement deals.[221] In July 2011, she signed a one-year endorsement deal with Bank of America.[222] In January 2012, Morgan and national teammate Heather Mitts became brand ambassadors for health product company, GNC.[223] The same year, she made appearances on behalf of Ubisoft promoting the launch of their video game, Just Dance 4.[224] In 2013, she appeared in television commercials for Bridgestone.[225] She joined a two-year partnership as the spokesperson for ChapStick in October 2013.[226] In 2015, she starred in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company commercial that was broadcast nationwide in the United States.[227][228] She appeared in commercials for Chobani in 2016.[229][230] In July 2018, Morgan joined the team of ambassadors at Molecule, an athlete recovery mattress and bedding company.[231]
Morgan has been featured in a number of magazines. In the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, she appeared in a section composed of athletes in body paint.[234] She was featured in the 2013 music issue of ESPN The Magazine replicating Katy Perry's One of the Boys album cover.[235][236] In May 2015, Morgan was featured on the cover of ESPN Magazine with teammates Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux.[237] The same year, she appeared on multiple covers of Sports Illustrated before and after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[238][239] She appeared for a second time in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2015.[240] Morgan posed for one of the three 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers, the other cover models being Tyra Banks and Camille Kostek.[241] She has appeared on the covers of Health[242] and Self magazines.[243] She has been featured in Shape,[244] Vogue,[245] Elle,[246] Time,[247][248] and Fortune.[249]
In 2011, Morgan co-starred with national teammate Hope Solo in a television commercial promoting ESPN's SportsCenter.[250] Morgan and teammate Carli Lloyd were guests on Live with Kelly and Michael following the 2012 Summer Olympics in September 2012.[251] In 2013, Morgan appeared in the ESPN documentary series, Nine for IX. The Nine for IX documentary, The 99ers, in which she appeared focused on the success and legacy of the national team squad that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.[252] In January 2015, she guest-starred on an episode of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn entitled The Quad Test.[253] In April 2015, Morgan joined Abby Wambach on American Idol to announce that the show's season winner would record the official song for Fox's coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[254] In May of the same year, her likeness appeared on The Simpsons along with Christen Press and Abby Wambach.[255] Morgan was a presenter at the 2015 ESPY Awards[256] and received an ESPY with her teammates for Best Team.[257] In 2018, Morgan made an appearance in the music video for the Maroon 5 song "Girls Like You", which features Cardi B. She was joined by fellow athletes Danica Patrick, Aly Raisman and Chloe Kim who also appeared in the video.[258] In June 2018, Morgan made her acting debut in the direct-to-video film Alex & Me with co-star Siena Agudong, where she portrays a poster of herself who comes to life.[259]
In July 2015, Morgan, and her Portland Thorns teammates Christine Sinclair and Steph Catley became the first female athletes to appear on the cover of EA Sports' latest FIFA video game, FIFA 16. Morgan, Sinclair, and Catley were chosen to appear on its region-specific packaging in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, respectively, alongside Lionel Messi, who appears in worldwide versions of the game. FIFA 16 was the first edition of the franchise to include women's international teams in the game.[260] In FIFA 19, Morgan was featured throughout The Journey as an interactive character and is credited with a voice role. She was also consulted by EA to help give insight and shape the world of Kim Hunter, the game mode's playable female character.[261]
Following the United States' win at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Morgan and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City.[262] Each player received a key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio.[263] In October of the same year, the team was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House.[264] 2ff7e9595c
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