Morgan Brian
- U.S. National Team: U-20 WNT
- Position: Midfielder
- Date Of Birth: Feb. 26, 1993
- Height: 5-7
- Hometown: St. Simons Island, Ga.
- Previous National Teams: U-17 WNT
- Club: Virginia
A member of the team that won the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship and earned a berth to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan … Played in four games and totaled 337 minutes in the qualifying tournament … Had one goal and one assist during qualifying, scoring in the 4-0 semifinal victory over Mexico that earned the USA its berth to the Women’s World Cup … Had 15 U-20 caps and three goals heading into the WWC in Japan … Scored a goal against Switzerland in La Manga, Spain in February of 2012 … The youngest player named to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup roster, she played in one match against Paraguay, going all 90 minutes as a defender … She was also the youngest player on the CONCACAF Qualifying team, seeing action in three matches and scoring against El Salvador … Captained the U.S. U-17 team during the 2009-2010 cycle and had seven goals at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament as the USA out-scored its opponents 38-0 but failed to qualify for the U-17 Women’s World Cup Was after falling in a penalty kick shootout during the semifinal … Finished her U-17 international career with 22 caps and 15 goals … Called up from the U.S. U-15s to the U-17s in 2008 … Participated in the U.S. Soccer Under-14 I.D. Camp in 2007 and played some matches with the U-14s that year as well.
Named the Soccer America National Freshman of the Year for Virginia in 2011 … An NSCAA First-Team All-American … A Second-Team Soccer America MVP … Hermann Trophy Semifinalist … Named the ACC Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-ACC … The second-leading scorer on the Cavs with 11 goals and eight assists … Started in 22 games and appeared in 23 of the 24 total matches … Attended Frederica Academy … Was the 2011 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and the 2011 Gatorade National Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year … She was also the 2010 Parade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year … 2010 NSCAA Youth Player of the Year … 2010 NSCAA High School and Youth All-American … 2010 ESPN Rise All-American … A two-time Parade All-American … Two-Time Gatorade Georgia State Player of the Year … Played varsity as an 8th grader and was All-Region and All-State, helping her team to 2nd place in the state tournament … As a freshman, she was team MVP, All-Region and All-State and helped the Knights to the state title … She scored 83 goals with 50 assists in her first two years of high school soccer and had 71 goals and 30 assists her senior season for the Knights … Did not play many high school games as a junior due to national team commitments. ... Club: Played for the Ponte Vedra Storm from U-12 to U-19 … Won state championships at the U-18 and U-17 levels with the Storm … Was the national runner-up in as U-17s … Storm won the U-19 national title in the summer of 2012.
Full name is Morgan Paige Brian … Nickname is Moe or Miss M … Plans to major in a discipline in the kinesiology department … A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Played varsity basketball as an eighth-grader, freshman, sophomore, and senior, earning team MVP every year as well as the Coach’s Award and All-Region and All-State recognition … Enjoys playing Ping-Pong, basketball, going to the beach and watching movies on a rainy day … Also loves to spend time with friends and sleep … Her sister plays soccer for D-2 Armstrong Atlantic University in Savannah, Ga. … Favorite foods are pineapple gratin and peanut butter pie … Favorite candy is Warheads, extreme sour hard candies.
