Morgan Gautrat

Houston Dash, 2015–2017

On January 16, 2015, the Houston Dash selected Gautrat with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft for the 2015 season of the National Women's Soccer League. Gautrat made her first appearance for the Dash on April 10, 2015, in a match against the Washington Spirit. Due to commitments with the United States women's national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, Gautrat missed almost half of the NWSL season. She returned to the Dash in late-July, appearing in a match against FC Kansas City on July 20. Gautrat made ten appearances for the Dash in the regular season, recording three assists in 810 minutes played. The Dash finished fifth in the league and did not advance to the playoffs. On January 13, 2016, Gautrat was on the official list of United States women's national team allocated players for the 2016, having been assigned to the Houston Dash along with Carli Lloyd. Gautrat made seven appearances for the Dash before joining the national team in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gautrat returned to Houston for her third season in the NWSL and fifth overall season for the NWSL. Gautrat made her 2017 debut on May 6, 2017, in Chicago during the fourth week of the NWSL historical 5th season. Gautrat sat for the first few weeks due to a MCL injury that she sustained during her 66th appearance for the USWNT during the She Believes Cup against France in early March.

Chicago Red Stars, 2017…

Club summary

As of match played 2 May 2026

International summary

As of February 17, 2022

International goals

As of match played November 10, 2019. United States score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gautrat goal.

Born in St. Simons Island, Georgia to Vickie and Steve Brian, Morgan was raised with her older sister Jennifer. St. Simon's Island had an immense soccer culture and Gautrat played with girls who were four or five years older than she. Because of her small size among the team, she earned the nickname 'Plankton.' Gautrat eventually went on to play with the Ponte Vedra Storm in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where she played from U-12 to U-19. However, the team played as the Clay County Soccer Club for their U-19-year. While with the Storm, Gautrat won state championships at the U-17 and U-19 levels. In their U-19-year, as the Clay County Soccer Club, the team won the 2012 United States Youth Soccer National Championship. Gautrat missed the championships, as she was with the United States U-20 women's national team. Gautrat tried out for the Olympic Development Program state team in Florida along with all of her teammates from the Ponte Vedra Storm. She did not make the ODP team that first year; however she used that as motivation to train harder. She eventually made the state, regional, and national ODP teams. Regarding her experience playing in ODP, Gautrat stated that it "was what got [her] recognized in the beginning." Gautrat attended Frederica Academy in St. Simon's Island from 2007 to 2011, where she played soccer all four years and helped the team win four consecutive state titles. In addition to soccer, Gautrat also played varsity basketball as an eighth-grader, freshman,…

Gautrat is a Christian. Gautrat is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She was in a relationship with Eric Bird from 2013 to 2015. She married soccer player Fabrice Gautrat in November 2017. On June 27, 2020, she wore a jersey with "Gautrat" as her name during the NWSL Challenge Cup, reportedly "to surprise her husband."