Top 30 athletes under 30

26. Alex Morgan, Portland Thorns FC – 26 years old

What did you think this list was going to be all dudes? Nope, sorry, Alex Morgan is too good to be left off. Let’s talk about her club career before we dive into the good stuff: her time with the USWNT.

In 2011, Morgan was the first-overall pick in the WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. Morgan helped the Flash win its first WPS title that year … as a rookie. She played 689 minutes in 13 games for the club and started six that year with four goals and three assists.

In 2013, she moved on to the Portland Thorns FC and played 1,525 minutes in 18 games, of which she started all of them. She was tied for third in the league with eight goals, and notched five assists as well. She led the NWSL with 82 shots and 44 shots on goal.

The next year she started 13 games despite missing time with an injury, and she scored six goals with four assists to help the Thorns to their second-consecutive appearance in the playoffs.

But the more impressive showings from Morgan have been with her country’s colors on her back. She was the youngest player on the U.S. National Team that finished second in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Morgan became the first player to ever record a goal and an assist in a World Cup final .

Morgan’s popularity skyrocketed when she put away Canada with a game-winning goal in extra time of a semifinal match during the 2012 Olympics in London. She notched 28 goals in 20120 for team U.S.A., and 17 of those occurred in extra time. She was only the sixth U.S. player to score more than 20 goals in a season — and the youngest. She was named the 2012 Female Athlete of the Year by U.S. Soccer.

She was a vital part of the national team’s 5-2 win in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. It was the third World Cup victory for the women’s national team.

Morgan has replaced Abby Wambach as the face of women’s soccer in the U.S.A., and she’s still improving.

Next: No. 25 Kris Bryant