San Diego Wave Retired Alex Morgan Iconic No. 13 jersey

San Diego – Alex Morgan The jerseys filled the concourses and seats of the Snapdragon Stadium, with the iconic no. 13 each era – from red, white and blue San Diego Wave’s Navy and Pink – on the back of the fan.

But Jersey no. 13 That everyone was there that no one was wearing them, and it would no longer carry another wave player.

Wave in retirement Morgan no. 13 After the game on Sunday, and presented the USVNT legend with the framing jersey moments after the team 3-0 loss of Home Dash.

“I’ll try to keep him together,” Morgan said as she held tears. “Thank you for so many times in my career. It can be most advanced for three years. From building a club from the basis, to win the shield in the second season and won Challenge in the third season and violated for Shield.

“To the Fans: Oh, We Have Been Through It. The Ebbs and Lows, The Highs and Lows, There’s a Brings People Together. We Did It All, and I Just Applaud You Showing Up Every Single Day. That’s Why I Showed Up. To the Young Girls And Boys in the Stadium: This Wasn’t a Possibility for 7-year-old Alex. I Had A Dream Of Playing Soccer, But It Wasn’t Issible, and Now It Is. So, Thank You So much for you, that means everything. “

About 100 Morgan’s family members and friends were attending in a match and ceremony on Sunday, including former teammates such as Tobin Heath.

“To see my time here in San Diego and that it seemed so much of sweat and tears,” Morgan said to the ESPN and see it with my family, to make my daughter and son know that I was part of this The team, the beginning of that and that it was somehow fixed in history forever, it will be a great story for them. “

The wave marked Jersey’s pension – a rare part in football – by giving fans of pink tapes, the look that Morgan did iconic. It was also huge “no. 13” the structure wrapped in a pink re-calculation, which Morgan used to roll over to make her head tape.

Collect pink no. 13 The structure was messages from fans that moved from children with almost unreadable handwriting to MORG notes, who continued to play from their first child in 2020. Years. Fans are cheered fans fans fans fans and fans cheering fans fans fans fans to fans fans fans fans and proclaiming things. Fan fans fans are fans cheering fans fans fan fans fans cheering fans fans fans fans fan fans fan fans fans fans fans on Sunday.

Morgan retired last year after almost a 15-year career. At the same time, she announced that she was pregnant with her other child. In May, she bought owner share in the wave.

Morgan is a two-way winner of the World Cup and the Olympic Champion that scored 123 international goals, the highest in the history of the USPNT.

She was “Nomad” during her career, while describing it on Sunday. Morgan played seven professional clubs on two different continents in addition to several semi-professional teams during her career. She won the championship in two different American professional leagues, as well as UEFA Champions League.