Alex Morgan, one of many best American soccer gamers of all time, introduced her retirement from the sport final October. The Workforce USA legend completed her skilled profession as a ahead for the NWSL’s San Diego Wave FC.
Whereas Morgan is not gracing the pitch along with her elite goal-scoring expertise, she nonetheless stays concerned within the San Diego Wave franchise.
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Earlier this week, Morgan introduced her determination to assert an fairness stake within the NWSL group as an investor.
Morgan first joined the Wave as a participant earlier than the 2022 season.
“San Diego is the place I’ve constructed my house, the place I’m elevating my kids, and located a function past my enjoying profession,” Morgan stated in a press release. “I believed in Wave FC earlier than a single match was performed, and I nonetheless consider this membership has the ability to vary the way forward for ladies’s sports activities. I’m proud to spend money on that future and never simply as a participant, however now as an investor.”
Followers took to social media to react to this announcement.
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“I knew you’ll be again!” one
“Hope she will be an influential and decision-making individual for the workforce,” one other
“I’m so so so so excited for her! want extra ladies like her concerned in sports activities!” one other
The Wave’s controlling possession group, the Leichtman-Levine household, is thrilled to have Morgan on board as a minority investor.
“Alex has all the time fought to positively impression this recreation past the pitch,” Lauren Leichtman stated. “She used her platform to steer, to advocate, and to construct one thing significant in San Diego. Her determination to speculate isn’t solely a continuation of her management but additionally a mirrored image of her perception in what we’re constructing.”
Former San Diego Wave FC ahead Alex Morgan (13).Abe Arredondo-Imagn Photographs
This is not Morgan’s first sports activities funding of 2025. Earlier this 12 months, the 35-year-old soccer icon invested in “Unequalled” — the 3v3 ladies’s skilled basketball league began by Brenna Stewart and Napheesa Collier.