Megan Rapinoe, a U.S. Women's National Team legend, will retire from professional soccer, she and the organization announced Saturday.
Megan Rapinoe, a U.S. Women's National Team legend, will retire from professional soccer, she and the organization announced Saturday.
"I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we've been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it," Rapinoe said in the USWNTRapinoe, who began her career in 2006, is an Olympic gold medalist and has won two World Cups. She will be playing for USNWT's third consecutive World Cup win before retiring —an opportunity she has called"incredibly special.
Megan Rapinoe #15 of the United States inters the field during the SheBelieves Cup game between Japan and USWNT at GEODIS Park on February 19, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee."Megan Rapinoe is one of the most important players in women's soccer history and a personality like no other," said U.S. Women's National Team head coach Vlatko Andonovski.
In 2019, Rapinoe won best FIFA Women's Player of the Year, France Football Ballon d'Or and the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year.
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