Alex Morgan In the NWSL’s first 22 season, the revenue per game was less than $300.
The two-time FIFA World Cup champion revealed that she saw her play $6,000 for the Portland Thorns in her first season in her freshman football league.
She appeared on Wednesday, September 3 and said: “Not a month.”Call her dad“Podcast.” There are $6,000 on NWSL this season. ”
Morgan’s Revelation Talks to Podcast Host Alex Cooper About her role in the NWSL throughout her 16-year career and the rights of women’s football players.
“I watched these young players go into the NWSL and I thought, ‘Yes, you have confidence. You walk in proudly and ask what you deserve,’ because in many ways, that’s what we fight for, and that’s our fight,” Morgan, 36, said.

Alex Morgan in her first NWSL season
Tony Quinn/Icon SMI/CORBIS/ICON Sportswire via Getty ImagesMorgan has long been an advocate for football pay equity, and even participated in a sex discrimination lawsuit against the American Football Federation in 2022 with her U.S. Women’s National Team teammates. The resulting settlement provides $24 million for women soccer players and ensures that American men and women’s team members will receive equal salary.
While both Cooper and Morgan, 31, admit that progress is usually much slower, it is tangible in the NWSL. As of the league’s 2024 collective bargaining agreement, the new minimum salary is $48,500 and will grow to $82,500 by 2030. The CBA has also begun relaxing team rules for taking charter flights and eliminating draft and free agency restrictions.
“Let yourself take responsibility, know that we all have roles and we may not get the benefits of everything we fight for, but hope our kids will,” Morgan added. “My hope is that my daughter has nothing but equality; there is nothing but being able to get the football field, the best coach, the best chance because I played some small roles in it.”
Morgan announces retirement Starting with professional football in September 2024, she announced her second pregnancy.
“I’m retired and I have a lot of clarity about this decision and I’m so glad to finally tell you,” she said in an Instagram video. “It’s been a long time, and this decision isn’t easy, but in the beginning of 2024, I felt deep down that this is my last season in football.”
Morgan and her husband Servando Carrasco Welcome son Enzo In March 2025. They also shared their 5-year-old daughter Charlie.

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