Alex Morgan’s emotional retirement video included a pregnancy announcement

Soccer star Alex Morgan is officially hanging up his boots and calling time on his career (a stellar career at that), but not before playing one more game when his San Diego Wave FC takes on the North Carolina Courage on Sunday.

In an emotional video posted on social media, the two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist said that at the beginning of the year she had a feeling “in her heart and soul” that this would be her last season. And she seems to be at peace with it.

“I have a very clear mind about this decision and I am very happy to finally be able to tell him,” Morgan says in the video. “It has been a long time coming and this decision has not been easy.”

But she also noted that this wasn’t the retirement video and announcement she was hoping to make, sharing that her daughter, Charlie, will be a big sister because Morgan is pregnant.

“Even though this was unexpected, we are very happy,” Morgan said. “For me, family is everything.”

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— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) September 5, 2024

Having made her debut with the U.S. women’s national team in 2010, Morgan now ranks fifth in team history with 123 goals in 224 games. However, the 35-year-old was not part of the team’s roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

More of Morgan’s emotional retirement video:

“Football has been a part of me for 30 years and it was one of the first things I ever loved. And I gave everything for this sport. And what I received in return was more than I could have ever dreamed of. Success for me is defined by never giving up and giving it your all.”

“And that’s exactly what I did: I gave my all every day on the pitch. And I did that: giving my all in the tireless effort to achieve global investment in women’s sports because we deserve it; giving my all in my various businesses beyond the football field; and giving my all as a mother to my daughter, Charlie.

“The other day Charlie came up to me and said that when she grows up, she wants to be a soccer player. I felt immensely proud, not because I want her to be a soccer player when she grows up, but because there is a path that even a 4-year-old can see now. We are changing lives and the impact we have on the next generation is irreversible. And I am proud of my part in making that happen, in pushing the game forward and leaving it in a place that I am so happy and proud of.”