The United States women's national team's to leave legendary forward out of its 2024 Olympics squad for men's soccer icon Landon Donovan, who missed out on the 2014 World Cup in similarly disappointing fashion. Donovan, however, also shared advice for Morgan following her snub by new head coach . “I would say it will pass,” said Donovan to .
“For me, it was about two weeks of being really depressed and sad. Because you’re realizing in that moment that your career with the national team is coming to an end. And you didn’t get to decide it — someone else told you that it was over.
And so that’s really difficult. You don’t have any control over that, and that’s hard for her.” When comparing his own slight to Morgan's under Hayes, the former Stars and Stripes men's star alluded to "one person" - aka Jurgen Klinsmann, the coach who left him out of the 2014 plans.
“Ultimately, in our sport and in most team sports, one person ends up making a decision on your career sometimes," Donovan said. "And that’s the reality - we all know it, we all signed up for it. So it’s not woe is me, but that is the reality and if one person decides that you’re not going, you don’t go and so that’s the difficult part.
” Donovan added: “I’m really just sad and heartbroken for Alex. I’ve been in those shoes. She has done so much for our women’s national team, and for U.
S. Soccer in general. "And I just hope this doesn’t define her.
I hope she doesn’t define her.
