Behind The Scenes: Alex Morgan Game Day

Hey, I'm Alex Morgan, forward for the Seattle Sanders. Join me on my game day. Let's go. So in the morning, I get a good night's sleep. And then in the mornings, I try and get out here on Alki and just kind of walk around. It's just a really beautiful place to kind of start your morning and have a positive mentality going into your day. Yoga definitely fits into my life in terms of preparation. It's great just to have that sense of feeling at ease with yourself. Stretching is a huge part of soccer and making sure that you're pretty flexible. And I just love the feeling of kind of being alone a little bit and being able to take my mind off of soccer. But at the same time, the reason I go to yoga is to help me succeed in soccer. So after my morning workout, I just like to go get some breakfast, maybe a cup of coffee. So I'm going to head over to Alki Cafe to meet my friend Marissa. So come join me. Yeah, I actually come here every game day. I'm trying to be really conscious of what I eat before a game, because it directly correlates with how you play and how you feel on the field. Directly before the game, I like to warm myself up completely. And that includes 11-plus exercises, just so I make sure my muscles, my tendons, everything is ready to go. I've had injuries in the past, so it's so important for me to be completely ready to step out on that field and go from a standstill to a sprint. I'm not worried about my future, about what I'm going to do in 10 years after soccer. It's about right now, how I can contribute to the team's success, how I can make sure that I'm physically, mentally ready for each game. So it's really just taking it day by day and knowing that the future is so uncertain. You just need to be happy where you are right now and just have a positive outlook on it. I want to help those young girls out there tonight watching our game. I want to show them how they can get to where I am. So being able to be an inspiration for those little girls is great to me, because it honestly feels like yesterday that I was in their shoes. You're my favorite player. Thank you. This is my dream. I've wanted to be a professional athlete since I was five years old, and now I'm living that life. So that just explains a little bit of how much fun I'm having. Hey, guys. Thanks for spending the day with me. I'm off to Europe tomorrow, so I'll see you later. Bye.