American soccer star Alex Morgan was left off the Olympic roster in a stunning choice introduced Wednesday.
Morgan, who will flip 35 subsequent week, responded to the information on social media, saying she was “disenchanted” by the result.
Alex Morgan of the U.S. ladies’s crew celebrates the championship with a medal throughout a World Cup match in opposition to Holland on the Stade de Lyon on July 7, 2019, in Lyon, France. (Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Pictures)
“As we speak, I’m disenchanted about not having the chance to symbolize our nation on the Olympic stage. This may at all times be a event that’s near my coronary heart and I take immense satisfaction any time I placed on the crest,” she wrote in a submit on X.
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“In lower than a month, I stay up for supporting this crew and cheering them on alongside the remainder of our nation. LFG”
The 18-player roster was introduced Wednesday and can embody eight gamers who participated within the 2020 Olympic Video games in Tokyo. Group USA earned the bronze medal, ending behind Canada and Sweden.
It additionally consists of 10 gamers from the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup crew.
Alex Morgan of the U.S. celebrates her aspect’s second aim throughout a 2019 FIFA Girls’s World Cup France semifinal match in opposition to England at Stade de Lyon July 2, 2019, in Lyon, France. (Naomi Baker/FIFA through Getty Pictures)
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“Making an Olympic roster is a large privilege and an honor, and there’s no denying that it was an especially aggressive course of among the many gamers and that there have been tough selections, particularly contemplating how arduous everybody has labored over the previous 10 months,” head coach Emma Hayes mentioned in an announcement.
“Selecting an 18-player roster plus alternates concerned many concerns, however I’m excited for the group we’ve got chosen, and I’m trying ahead to constructing on the work from final camp as we head into the send-off matches after which onto France. These are nice alternatives for us to proceed to indicate the progress we’re making.”
4 different gamers — Jane Campbell, Hal Hershfelt, Croix Bethune and Lynn Williams — had been named as alternates.
Alex Morgan of the U.S. celebrates after successful the 2019 FIFA Girls’s World Cup France last match in opposition to the Netherlands at Stade de Lyon July 7, 2019, in Lyon, France. (Zhizhao Wu/Getty Pictures)
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Morgan missed greater than a month with the San Diego Wave after she injured her left ankle April 19. She additionally missed a match final weekend with an excused absence.
The US has gained 4 Olympic gold medals, greater than another crew, however has not gained gold because the 2012 London Video games. The ladies’s nationwide crew fell to No. 5 within the newest FIFA rankings, its lowest rating ever.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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