Soccer star Alex Warren posing during her 2019Sports Illustrated Swimsuitphoto shoot in Saint Lucia.Photo: Ben Watts/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Sports Illustrated Swimsuitis continuing its tradition of supporting motivational and aspirational women. And this year, the hotly anticipated magazine is profiling three diverse stars on three different covers.
Alex Morgan, forward for the U.S. women’s national soccer team,joins Tyra BanksandCamille Kostek, posing for ownSI Swimcover.
In March, Morgan and all her teammates on the U.S. women’s national soccer team — which holds a record-breaking three World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals — filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.
Not only are the women fighting for fair paychecks, they’re also highlighting the discrepancies between where they play, how they travel to matches, and the medical treatment they receive, in what the team called “institutionalized gender discrimination,”according toThe New York Times.
“This isn’t just about us; It’s about women in all industries,” Morgansaid in a recent interview with ProSoccerUSA.com. “Women fight for equality every single day. Our hope is that we not only set up ourselves, we set up the next generation as well.”
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It’s been a year full of big achievements for the soccer star, who was also named one ofTimemagazine’s100 most influential people of 2019, calling the honor a “dream” on Instagram.
For theTime100, Olympic gold medalist and a FIFA Women’s World Cup championMia Hamm wrote the following tribute to Morgan: “When we watch Alex Morgan play the game she loves, it’s easy to see why she’s performing at such an extraordinary level. She’s fast, strong and fearless. Alex continues to add so much confidence and variety to her game. It should also excite us to know that she’s playing the best soccer of her career, and that this summer she’ll do whatever it takes to help her team defend the World Cup they reclaimed four years ago.”
SI Swimsuithits newsstands on Wednesday, May 8.
source: people.com
