“I don't really have many regrets. I did miss a lot of the events in the days leading up to my sister's wedding because I was at a U17 camp. There were moments like that growing up when I felt like I focused too much on soccer. But that's probably the reason I am where I am today.”

American former professional soccer player

Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player, born in 1989. She became known for her long career with the United States national team and for appearing in four FIFA Women’s World Cups. With the U.S., Morgan won the World Cup in 2015 and 2019, after finishing second in 2011, and took Olympic gold in 2012. She co-captained the national team from 2018 to 2020 and again in 2023. That same year she scored 28 goals and made 21 assists, became the second American woman after Mia Hamm to reach 20 goals and 20 assists in a calendar year, and was named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year for 2012.