For the past week or so, she’s been America’s collective crush. And when she scored the goal that put the USA up 1-0 over Japan in the World Cup Final, she became a household name. Unfortunately, we lost that match on penalty kicks. Had we won, then a new star would have truly been born yesterday.
Alex Morgan, the youngest member of the U.S. World Cup Soccer Team, will be featured in the upcoming October issue of Seventeen magazine. And The Sports Bank has acquired an excerpt for you.
Go here for the Alex Morgan photo gallery
And go here to see how Morgan fared in “hotness poll” versus Hope Solo.
Quotes courtesy of Seventeen
17: How about after a loss? What advice do you have for girls on what you do to pick yourself up after a bad game?
Alex Morgan: I mean I think it’s important to review the game and see what created the loss, but at the same time after you do have that moment of trying to figure out what happened, then you need to move on from that moment.
17: Do you give yourself a certain amount of time to think about the game?
Alex Morgan: Yeah, I think that especially with a team sport, we’ll go over video sand talk about the game, probably the day after, two days after, and then after that we’ll move on, because we have another competition coming up, and you need to prepare for that. I mean something I also do is surround myself with my family members, because they’re always the ones that will help you with your confidence, and going to say the right things when it matters.
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