Alex Morgan, a star on and off the pitch for U.S. soccer, announces retirement

Alex Morgan, a centerpiece of the U.S. women’s national soccer team that won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal and one of the program’s greatest scorers, announced she will retire after Sunday’s game with the NWSL’s San Diego Wave.  “Soccer has been a part of me for 30 years, and it was one of the first things I ever loved, and I gave everything to this sport. What I got in return was more than I could …