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Alex Morgan’s inheritance can be difficult to define with one sentence, because her old professional career comprised to fight for equal wages, to grow the National Women’s Soccer League, the sport itself and the wider world of women’s sports.
But a part of her legacy that is not mentioned that much is Morgan’s fight to return to play after the birth of her firstborn daughter, Charlie, in 2020. While she benefited from previous generations of the American national team players who The road paved by continuing to play after motherhoodMorgan himself helped to obtain stronger protection and standards for mothers in sport.
“A really special moment is when we had five mothers in the team at the same time between myself, Casey [Krueger]Julie [Ertz]Crystal [Dunn] and advertisement [Franch]”Morgan remembered during her pension press conference last fall.” That was a very special moment to enjoy some of my teammates, knowing how far we got and the support we now receive as mothers and still as professional athletes. ”
Although there is a growing acceptance for mothers who return to Elite levels of sport, it was not always the case. And Morgan was very part of the generation that proved that it was possible to do both, especially within the NWSL, and changed the way those things look at players while they return.
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