Seeing Alex Morgan take the pitch Thursday night stirred a flood of emotions. For many of us here, she was THE striker that defined our generation. If our parents had Mia Hamm, we proudly had AM13. 2x World Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, activist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and so much more. The best role model one could ask for. An icon on all accounts. We’re sure everyone at Subaru Park felt the same way last night — including the USWNT players on the pitch. It’d been nearly 4 months since they’d last taken the field, but you could tell the weight of Alex Morgan’s retirement ceremony galvanized the squad right before kickoff. After all, they were playing in the same stadium where the legendary forward scored her first-ever goal for the National Team back in 2010. It only took Rose Lavelle 32 seconds to find the back of the net. Maybe some of Alex’s goal-scoring magic was still drifting in the air as she walked off the field. At the other end, they might’ve been inspired too....