U. S. Women’s National Team star Alex Morgan will be enrolled in Tottenham Hotspur, the FA Women’s Super League team loaned by THE NWSL’s Orlando Pride for the upcoming FA Women’s Super League campaign, the Spurs announced Saturday morning.
Graham Hays of ESPN reported friday for the first time.
Morgan’s transition movement to Tottenham continues the recent trend of FOOTBALL stars USWNT signing up for the FA Women’s Super League for the 2020-21 campaign. Tobin Heath and Christen Press are expected to play for Manchester United, while Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis will sign up. manchester City.
Morgan’s first for Tottenham will be the first in months, as she gave birth to her daughter, Charlie, in May.
The California local had recently begun education with Pride to prepare for the NWSL’s six-week fall season, however, the resolve to cede it to Tottenham means that the FA Women’s Super League will arguably be home to the biggest women’s soccer star of the 2020-21 season. .
The 31-year-old is one of the top prolific scorers in USWNT history, with 107 foreign goals tied for fifth place of all time on the national team list with Michelle Akers. Only Abby Wambach, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Carli Lloyd scored more for the United States.
Morgan was a driving force in the United States, which won an Olympic gold medal in 2012 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019. It also led Western New York Flash to a women’s professional football championship in 2011 and the Portland Thorns to an NWSL name in 2013.
This will mark Morgan’s time in Europe, having played in the past for Lyon in Division 1 in France while on loan for Orlando in the 2016–17 season.