NWSL star embraces her new city, envisions long run here for women's soccer club
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With some 10 million followers on social media, Morgan is the most recognized woman to play for a San Diego sports team and an international ambassador for her sport.season, has seven years on the women’s soccer league whose demise in 2003 ended the San Diego Spirit’s three-year run.Morgan, who grew up east of Los Angeles, said she’ll live year-round in San Diego. She and her husband, Servando Carrasco, who grew up in Tijuana and Coronado, are big fans of the city and region.
The NWSL’s original plans for West Coast expansion didn’t include San Diego. When his bid failed to land Major League Soccer and NWSL clubs in Sacramento, L.A. billionaire Ron Burkle got San Diego into the women’s league.“I’m just really happy in all areas of life right now,” said the 5-foot-7 forward, who had four of the Wave’s nine goals in the preseason and played most of Sunday’s regular-season opener, a 1-0 victory at Houston.
She may be new to San Diego, but she’s not unfamiliar with San Diego sports thanks to her husband, a St. Augustine High alum whose grandfather had Padres and Chargers season tickets
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