Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney
(CNN) — Alex Morgan, one of the world’s most prolific goal scorers and best-known soccer stars, announced her retirement from professional soccer on Thursday.
Morgan, a 35-year-old forward for the NWSL’s San Diego Wave, posted an emotional four-minute video on social media to say her final game will be this weekend against the North Carolina Courage.
Morgan also revealed that she is pregnant with her second child.
“Football has been a part of me for 30 years. It was one of the first things I ever loved. And I gave everything to this sport. What I got in return was more than I could have ever dreamed of,” Morgan said.
Morgan, who plays for the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT), is a two-time World Cup champion and won an Olympic gold medal in 2012.
“We are changing lives and the impact we have on the next generation is irreversible and I am proud of the hand I had in making that happen, pushing the game forward and leaving it in a place I am so happy and proud of,” she said.
He scored 123 goals for the U.S., ranking fifth on the national team’s all-time list.
“Charlie [la hija de Morgan] “She came up to me the other day and said that when she grows up, she wants to be a soccer player and it made me feel immensely proud, not because I want her to become a soccer player when she grows up, but because there is a path that even a four-year-old can see now,” Morgan said.
