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Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (American professional soccer player) is an attacking player. She is also the captain of the San Diego Wave FC of National Women's Soccer League, the highest level of women's professional soccer. From 2018 until 2020, she was co-captained the women's national soccer team of America alongside Megan Rapinoe. After graduating in the early years of the University of California, Berkeley where she was a player with the California Golden Bears, Morgan was chosen as the number one overall pick in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. She made her professional debut at the club , and also helped the team win their league championship. Morgan was just 22 at the time was the youngest player on the national team in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the team was runner-up. In the 123rd minutes of the semi-final clash against Canada in the 2012 London Olympics she scored the game-winning goal. The 2012 season ended with 21 and 28 goals. assists and was able to join Mia Hamm as the only American woman to score 20 goals and record 20 assists within the same calendar year . making her the sixth youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in one season. After being named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, Morgan was also a FIFA World Player of the Award finalist. Morgan was also instrumental in helping the United States win their titles at the 2015 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, in which she was selected to the Dream Team for both tournaments as well as winning the Silver Boot in 2019.