Alex Morgan: Daughter of Diamond Bar [Back Home]

Hey guys, welcome to my house in Diamond Bar since I was three years old. Come on in. This is Lola, our family dog. We've had her for probably, I don't know, 10 years or so. We also have three cats somewhere around here. They're outdoor, indoor cats, so I don't see them too often. Here's the silver ball from the Under 20 World Cup and the bronze boot. These were really important to me. This was my first major tournament with the youth national team. These mean a lot to me. Of course, they're in my parents' house hanging up there, along with my first cap ball signed by the entire national team and my first goal. There's a lot of little things that I don't really realize until I look around. Diamond Bar was the perfect place to grow up for me. I played a lot of sports and ASO was one big thing, recreational soccer. All of my best friends played. Everyone played. Our parents were the coaches, the managers, everything. That was a big part of growing up in Diamond Bar. So this is the room I grew up in, which I no longer live in, but there's definitely a lot of meaning in this room. I have two pictures of Elvis Presley. I think when I was younger, I just had a fascination with Elvis. I like his music and he's pretty sexy, so who doesn't like Elvis? But one thing that I really love about this room is the picture up there that my sister took. She was really into photography and I was modeling for her. So that picture means a lot to me and I'm really close with my sister, Jerry. I was so excited to get this Letterman jacket and then I wore it like twice. I don't really ever say I'm from Diamond Bar. I usually say LA and then if they know the area, then they're like, oh, we're in LA. I'm like, Diamond Bar? Like with a question mark at the end. No one really knows where Diamond Bar is. So my parents have a bunch of pictures in the house and this one my mom actually framed. We just went to the White House. Me and some of my teammates were invited and we met Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden. This was a really special day just because, I mean, I had never been to the White House before. I'd never been to Washington, D.C. before and to be formally invited by the First Lady was a great honor. So I was really happy to do that, to fly out to D.C. and my mom was really excited to get this photo she framed right away. This is winter formal. Sophomore year, maybe? I liked that dress. Right when you walk in is me and my sisters. This is me. This is my sister, Jenny, and my sister, Jerry. We're really close and we're so intently reading something. I don't know what, but I'll never get sick of looking at this picture even though it was, I don't know, maybe 15 or 18 years ago. I always had friends over. We would either be playing in the pool or playing on, you know, playing video games. I loved video games when I was younger. What is it? Mario Kart, Mario Party, any of those fun games. The World Cup Final, I think there's two or three of these little frames that people signed and so it was really cool coming back and seeing all the things people had to say and there was actually a video when I scored the goal of everyone's reaction at the restaurant, all of my friends and family. So it was really great to go back and see that and read what everyone had to say. It was really special to me. So we are at Sycamore Canyon Park. I have a lot of memories growing up here, playing sports, playing in the creek, catching tadpoles, playing in the trees, swinging on the rope from the tree, and now they've actually made a trail in this park so we're gonna head over and take a little walk on the trail. When I caught the tadpoles I'd bring them home so I can try and make a frog out of it. It didn't always last but I tried. Here actually is where I used to catch tadpoles. I would pull up my pants, take off my shoes, and we were in the water like searching around. I would never get in that water now, ever, but when I was younger that was what was fun to me. That's what I loved to do. I was the biggest tomboy. I mean, everyone knows I'm competitive. I loved to beat all the boys. This was a time where you were still kind of even with the boys, you know, they hadn't surpassed you in their athletic ability. So I was just, I mean, I was loving it, you know, beating all the boys with sprinting, with soccer, anything, you name it, basketball, tetherball, kickball, anything. Oh, I loved tetherball. I loved it. Like, I was tetherball queen at Maple Hill Elementary School. Here we are at Paul Seagrow Park, which is a part of Quail Summit Elementary School, and this brings me back to the very beginning of my memories as a soccer player. My youngest days playing soccer at Paul Seagrow Park probably include eating oranges at halftime. I loved oranges. I was one of those kids who wanted the soccer ball at all times and was going to push some people to get that ball. Our jerseys were burgundy, and I don't know why I remember specifically this team, but it was, it was a fun team, and I think we were, I think we were like the burgundy brats. So we just took a tour down bar. I hope you guys enjoyed it, and now we're back at the house, and look who I found, my mom, and she's the one who really knew me, not only as baby horse, but as a real baby. Well, they used to call her Mighty Mouse because she'd run so fast her chest was puffed out at about five, so honestly. Which is like still, I still run similar, now they just call me horse. Baby horse. What is it like for a mom? There's so many moms across the country that would like to be you. I, it's hard for me to even, you know, express that without tearing up. It's amazing. It's, it's just, you know, it's amazing. I'm so proud of you. It's great that you get to represent our, you know, our country, and you're doing a great job. Very wonderful. So we're gonna head off now. I hope you enjoyed my house, and I think we're off to Dimebar High School, home of the Brahmas.