Morgan keeps San Diego connection, becoming a minority investor in what was the final club of her playing career
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Morgan retired from soccer in September 2024Has now returned to former club San DiegoBecomes a minority investor in the WaveFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Morgan retired from professional soccer in September 2024, revealing that she was pregnant with her second child at the same time. It brought down the curtain on a career that returned two World Cup titles, an Olympic gold medal and a whole host of trophies at club level, including a Champions League triumph from her time in France with Lyon.
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Morgan's last two trophies came with the San Diego team she joined in 2022, in the form of the 2023 NWSL Shield and the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup. Now, she's back at the club hoping for more success, albeit in a different role, working more closely with the Levine-Leichtman family which completed the acquisition of the Wave back in October.
WHAT MORGAN SAID
"San Diego is where I’ve built my home, where I am raising my children, and found a purpose beyond my playing career,” Morgan explained on Tuesday, as it was announced that she would be a minority investor. "I believed in Wave FC before a single match was played and I still believe this club has the power to change the future of women’s sports. I’m proud to invest in that future and not just as a player, but now as an investor.
"I had the idea from a few years ago to want to remain a part of the Wave in some capacity, even after hanging up my cleats, and I shared that with the Levine-Leichtman family and they shared wanting to have me as an investor and a part owner, so it was really just a natural, authentic conversation that blossomed into what is today, me becoming an investor in the Wave.
"The mission has always been to leave the game in a better place and to continue to advocate for women's sports and women's soccer and advocate for the things that I'm also passionate about in San Diego and this community that I live in, that I'll have raised my kids in and this team that I've dedicated three years already to. So it all just made sense to continue on with the Wave and the mission stays the same in continuing to uplift women and this team and the NWSL. I have done that since day one of my professional career, and the inaugural season of the San Diego Wave, the inaugural season of the NWSL, and now my inaugural season as a new investor."
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Lauren Leichtman, the controlling owner of the San Diego Wave, added: "Alex has always fought to positively impact this game beyond the pitch. She used her platform to lead, to advocate and to build something meaningful in San Diego. Her decision to invest is not only a continuation of her leadership but also a reflection of her belief in what we are building."