Vegan Alex Morgan Takes the Golden Boot as the USA Win the CONCACAF Women's Championship

Vegan striker Alex Morgan has won the Golden Boot as the USA lifted the CONCACAF Women's Championship, beating Canada 2-0 in the final at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas on Wednesday night.

Rose Lavelle put the USA ahead in the second minute, and Morgan sealed it in the 89th, finishing Lindsey Horan's cross with her left foot for her seventh goal of the tournament. The Americans won all five games and outscored their opponents 26-0, scoring inside the first 10 minutes of every game. It was their sixth regional title, and they had already booked their place at next summer's World Cup in France.

Morgan was named Golden Boot winner as the tournament's top scorer, with team-mate Julie Ertz taking the Golden Ball. It was the 29-year-old's 97th international goal, in her 151st cap, and her 17th of the year.

Morgan went vegan at the end of last year. In March she told her followers on Twitter, asking them to share their favorite vegan spots:

3 months eating vegan and now asking for help from my Orlando peeps.

Seven goals in five matches suggests the switch isn't slowing her down. She has scored 24 goals in her last 24 games for her country.

She is far from the only athlete winning on plants this year. Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel retired as an Olympic gold medallist, around 15 Tennessee Titans players went plant-based, and vegan club Forest Green Rovers won a UN climate award.

Golden Boot, plant-powered.