The wins just keep on coming forAlex Morganthis year — she’s going to be a mom!
TheOrlando Prideand U.S. women’s national soccer team forward and her husband, MLS playerServando Carrasco, are expecting their first child, a daughter, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
“We are so overjoyed to grow our family,” Morgan tells PEOPLE, adding of her daughter on the way, “She’sthe best World Cup giftI could have asked for.”
Alex Morgan (L) and Servando Carrasco.Hana Asano
As part of the women’s national soccer team, Morgan helped lead her teammates (including co-captainsMegan RapinoeandCarli Lloyd) to the United State’s fourth totalFIFA Women’s World Cup championshipin July, after last taking home the title in 2015.
The U.S. women’s national soccer team made headlines this past year throughout their constant fight for equal pay. In March, theyfiled a gender-discrimination lawsuitagainst the United States Soccer Federation because they were not being paid as much as the men’s team.
“We have this platform and we’ve been able to use that and really show the magnitude of the inequalities that we have in the sport,” Morgan said.
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Morgan and Carrasco, a midfielder forLA Galaxywho previously played forOrlando City SCfrom 2015 to 2017, tied the knot onNew Year’s Evein 2014, PEOPLE revealed exclusively.
The soccer-star couple, who got engaged the previous December, rang in the new year in style, exchanging vows in front of nearly 200 guests at Rancho Dos Pueblos in Santa Barbara, California.
“We are both so happy, grateful and excited to start ourlives together as Mr. and Mrs. Carrasco,” Morgan added. “I truly married my best friend.”
And while their little one on the way is the first child for the spouses of nearly five years, it’s possible that they’ve gotten in plenty of parenting practice thanks to their teammates’ kids (includingDomandSydney Leroux Dwyer‘s 3-month-old daughterRoux James) and their 1-year-old niece.
Almost exactly one year ago — on Oct. 22, 2018 — Carrascoshared a snapshot ofhimself and his wife with their family’s new addition, wrapped in a sweet footprint-covered blanket as she lay in Morgan’s arms.
source: people.com
