While still a senior at the University of California, a 21-year-old Morgan entered the pitch for the USWNT as a second-half sub Oct. 6, 2010. The U.S. trailed China, with an at-home unbeaten streak on the line, inside what was then PPL Park in Chester.

Alex Morgan speaks to FIFA about her illustrious career ahead of her official retirement ceremony at the site of first international goal.

The U.S. women’s team stumbled Thursday in its first game since July, allowing a goal in each half that sent Portugal to its first win against the Americans, 2-1 on a night two-time World Cup winner Alex Morgan was feted with a star-studded farewell.

Haven't seen this kind of anger since the Boston Tea Party. Another win for the U.S. women's national team, another round of calls of "arrogance." In what has become a theme throughout this World Cup for the defending champions, critics are once again ...