Alex Morgan has scored a brand new achievement.
The previous USWNT soccer participant and WNBA star Diana Taurasi have been honored with the Icon Award on the 2025 ESPY Awards in “recognition of their unbelievable careers and vital impression on the world of sports activities.”
Throughout their joint acceptance speech, Alex credited the feminine athletes who got here earlier than her with offering her the chance to play virtually twenty years of soccer for each the US nationwide workforce in addition to the San Diego Wave and Orlando Satisfaction.
“We’re standing on the shoulders of giants, and it is a enormous tribute to them as a lot as us,” Alex stated on stage at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater July 16. “So, to the ladies earlier than us, it is due to you that we by no means need to apologize for talking up or for preventing to lift the bar.”
She added, “It is due to you that we’ve got no limits.”
Equally, Diana thanked her help system whereas reflecting on her 20 seasons within the WNBA, throughout which she scored over 10,600 factors.