Alex Morgan Named Player of the Tournament as the USA Win the CONCACAF W Championship

Plant-based striker Alex Morgan has been named player of the tournament at the CONCACAF W Championship, after scoring the winning penalty as the USA beat Canada 1-0 in the final in Monterrey tonight.

Morgan converted the 78th-minute spot kick at Estadio BBVA, in front of 17,247 fans, to beat the reigning Olympic champions. It's the ninth time the USA have won the confederation title, and it also books their place at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. They had already booked their place at next year's World Cup by finishing in the top two of their group.

Morgan finished with three goals, level with Canada's Jessie Fleming and Julia Grosso and Jamaica's Khadija Shaw. Grosso took the Golden Boot for doing it in fewer minutes, but the Golden Ball for the best player was Morgan's. At 33, she is back at the top of the women's game.

Morgan changed her diet in late 2017, shortly after starring in a PETA campaign with her rescue dog Blue, and says it was about not wanting to eat animals while loving one. She says the benefits showed up in her body too. On the Hurdle podcast, quoted by Great Vegan Athletes, she said:

I feel better all around, I feel like I have great energy, I feel like I’m sleeping really well, I feel like I’m just more clear-minded and not as reliant on caffeine as before.

She also credits her diet with keeping her free of the serious injuries she used to suffer.

We've followed every step. In 2018 Morgan took the Golden Boot as the USA won this same tournament, and the following summer she won the Women's World Cup and the Silver Boot. Last year she won Olympic bronze in Tokyo. Last week plant-based Novak Djokovic won his seventh Wimbledon.

The best player in the region, fueled by plants.