'I've played my part' - Morgan ready to hang her boots up - video Dailymotion

Alex Morgan believes that she has achieved everything that she fought for in women's football over the years.

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00:00I hope my legacy is that I pushed the game forward, that I helped gain respect for the

00:12women's game, that I increased the value and the investment in the women's game, that I

00:19helped players and myself not only be respected in the game, but have better resources, be

00:29protected, have player safety be at the forefront, have women's soccer players do just that,

00:35play soccer, not have to fight for so many other things that we've had to continually

00:40fight for, and have had to even before I stepped on the field.

00:46And so I just want young girls to know that anything they set their minds to, they can

00:50achieve and I am trying to help create a pathway for every young girl to see that

00:59and to know that, you know, if you see it, you can be it.

01:04And I think that's so important when it comes to the investment in women's sports is you're

01:09seeing so much more women's sports on TV nowadays, on streaming platforms, anywhere and everywhere

01:16through my media company together with the stories that we're doing to uplift women in sport.

01:23The future of women's soccer, the now, the present and the future of women's soccer is

01:29in such an amazing place where I have done everything that I've needed to do.

01:36I have accomplished everything that I have come to do and achieved what I needed to do

01:41and to see those players step on the field and do work and be able to do it at such a

01:48young age with such poise and such confidence, like that's what this is all about.

01:55That's why like I am so, I'm so happy being here saying, yes, I'm retiring because we

02:02are more than fine.

02:03We are great.