Who Is Alex Morgan's Husband? All About Soccer Player Servando Carrasco

Alex Morgan and Servando Carrasco are known as the ultimate power couple in the world of soccer.

Morgan and Carrasco met while in college and have supported each other in their sports careers ever since. After tying the knot on New Year’s Eve in 2014, the couple welcomed their first child together in 2020, a daughter named Charlie.

“We are so happy to be growing our family,” Morgan told PEOPLE of her daughter. “She’s the best World Cup gift I could have asked for.”

In September 2024, Morgan announced her retirement from football and also revealed that she and Carrasco were expecting their second child – news she said they were “overjoyed” about, although it was “unexpected”.

Despite their busy schedules as professional footballers, they take everything day by day and put their family of three first.

“We don’t want to be separated from each other, because we want to see it grow every day, together,” she explained to PEOPLE. “It’s important to us. We made that decision before we decided to get pregnant… We’re just going to take it month by month, and now we’re just enjoying it here.”

In July and August 2023, Morgan competed in her fourth World Cup. The United States Women’s National Team lost to Sweden in the Round of 16. Still, the soccer star was grateful to the USWNT for letting her take her family along for the ride.

“I think it’s really special, that we don’t have to leave our child at home while we’re doing what we love and playing our sport,” Morgan told PEOPLE. “You get the best of both worlds and that’s the way it should be, but it’s not always the case.”

So who is Alex Morgan’s husband? Here’s everything you need to know about Servando Carrasco and his relationship with the two-time Women’s World Cup winner.

Football was his passion from an early age

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During his teenage years, Carrasco played football for St. Augustine and the San Diego Surf Soccer Club. He continued to train in the Olympic Development Program and the Premier Development Program.

In 2007, he received a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley, and played for their football team. The following year, he was named All-Pac-10 Second Team and Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team. Until 2010, he was co-captain of the team. In a span of four years in college, he scored 13 goals.

He met Morgan in college

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Morgan and Carrasco first met during their freshman year of college. He witnessed Morgan’s game evolve and develop throughout her collegiate career.

“She was very raw,” Carrasco told MLS Soccer of Morgan’s talent. “She clearly had athletic ability. She was the fastest player on the team. She had an amazing left foot. She could hit the ball on the rope. And then she started adding things to her game, brick by brick. She got better tactically, she started watching football more, her first touch got better.”

He is a professional soccer player

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Over the years, the midfielder has played for six different teams in the MLS.

In early 2011, he was selected in the second round by Seattle Sounders FC. In March, he made his MLS team debut in a match against the New York Red Bulls. He scored his first MLS goal on June 8, 2013 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

In 2013, he moved to Houston Dynamo before moving to Sporting Kansas City in 2015. In the same year, he signed with Orlando City and later joined Los Angeles Galaxy in 2018. Finally, for the 2020 season, he joined Fort Lauderdale CF, which has since been renamed Inter Miami CF II and is a team in the MLS Next Pro League.

He proposed to Morgan in an elaborate way

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In December 2013, during the annual fireworks display, Carrasco popped the question to Morgan in Manhattan Beach, California.

“He planned a proposal for that night and asked me to stand up and then asked me to marry him,” she told The Knot. “We drove our cruisers to the beach at my dad’s house to celebrate and drink champagne with family and friends. We talked about what kind of engagement ring I wanted before the proposal, but I wasn’t really set on a specific style. He did have it custom designed. .”

He married S Morgan in 2014

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On New Year’s Eve 2014, Morgan and Carrasco tied the knot at Rancho Dos Pueblos in Santa Barbara, California, in front of 180 guests.

Morgan wore a gown by Berta Bridal before changing into a custom Amsale dress for the reception. Meanwhile, Carrasco opted for an Armani tuxedo.

The couple treated the guests to two signature cocktails: a Moscow mule and an authentic Cadillac margarita. They celebrated late into the night with a live band and DJ, along with a balloon release at midnight.

“To be surrounded by our family and friends tonight in such a beautiful location, and on New Year’s Eve, was magical,” Morgan told PEOPLE about the big day. “We are both so happy, grateful and excited to start our life together as Mr. and Mrs. Carrasco. I truly did marry my best friend.”

He has dual citizenship of the United States and Mexico

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Carrasco was born in San Diego but grew up in Tijuana, Mexico, before returning to the United States when he was 7 years old. He also spent time in Argentina in 2006, coaching soccer with other emerging champions. He is currently a citizen of Mexico and the USA

During the couple’s wedding, the couple had a Mexican-American fusion dinner, including a quesadilla bar and homemade churros.

He and Morgan welcomed a child in 2020

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On May 7, 2020, Carrasco and Morgan welcomed their first child together, a daughter they named Charlie Elena. She was born at 11:30 a.m. and weighed 8 kg. and 5 oz. In an Instagram post announcing her birth, Carrasco wrote that it was the “best day” of his life.

“I think every day I see her doing something new or just changing a little bit,” Morgan told PEOPLE of becoming a first-time mom and watching her grow up. “Whether it’s something she says, her outbursts and the way she speaks, it could be different one day or the next.”

Ahead of the 2023 World Cup, Morgan told PEOPLE that Charlie “already loves soccer.” She added: “She’s quite athletic in general. She’s very competitive and when we get to the hotel she wants to race me down the hall. Be the one to touch the walls first. She wants to sing and dance all day and all night. She is very active!”

He competes in other athletic disciplines

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In addition to playing soccer, Carrasco regularly enjoys and competes in track and field events. In January 2022, he completed his first trail marathon.

Afterwards, Carrasco wrote on Instagram that he had to recover from a hard training session. “Always chasing! Now it’s time to melt into the couch for the rest of the weekend,” he captioned the post featuring Morgan and his loved ones.

He doesn’t talk football with Morgan

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Although the pair are powerful in the world of football, they don’t talk to each other about their games and performances — especially when things were tough.

“I’m not going to go out of my way to tell her she played badly,” he told MLS Soccer. “And if she did the same thing for me, well, that wouldn’t be good for our relationship… [The] the last thing I want to hear is from the person I love. If she wants to talk about it, we’ll talk about it. If I want to talk about it, we’ll talk about it. But football is such a big part of our lives, and when we’re off the pitch, we’re normal people. We have hobbies. We do things.”

“[This has] it’s been quite a journey,” Carrasco later told MLS Soccer about talking to his wife. “In the beginning, we talked about games and stuff like that. You know, like, ‘Oh, you should probably do this, you should probably do that.’ And now I think marriage is more important. We kind of keep football separate.”

They are expecting their second child

In an Instagram post shared by Morgan in September 2024, she not only revealed that she was retiring from soccer, but that she and Carrasco were going to be parents to two children.

“As unexpected as it is, we are so overjoyed,” she said in the video. “Family means everything to me. I wouldn’t be here without my husband and my family who have uplifted, motivated, encouraged and supported me and sacrificed for me for the last 15 years as a professional athlete.”

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