Megan Rapinoe's club OL Reign set the NWSL single-game attendance record on Friday in the last home game for the United States women's national team star.
Julien Laurens praises Megan Rapinoe's career as the USWNT star says farewell after a 2-0 win over South Africa. With her family and fiancée Sue Bird looking on, Rapinoe started for the Reign in a scoreless draw against the. Lumen Field's public address system played"Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" when she took to the field with her teammates.A video played before the match included well-wishes from such luminaries as Abby Wambach, Ken Griffey Jr.
Rapinoe has played in 114 regular-season games for the Reign and scored 49 goals. Her club career isn't quite over: Next week the Reign wrap up the season on the road against thein Australia and New Zealand hat she was stepping away from the game after an illustrious career that included two World Cup titles, an Olympic gold medal and an Olympic bronze.OL Reign set a new NWSL single-game attendance record with 34,130 fans at Lumen Field to send off Megan Rapinoe.
She has been with the Reign since 2013 and is one of just five players leaguewide who have remained with the same team since the"It's hard to put into words the impact she's had on the game, both on the pitch and off the pitch. She has embodied courage and bravery in a way that I don't know many athletes have done," Berman said."And she's really embraced her role with her full authentic self.
Rapinoe is also known for her social justice activism. She led the national team's long fight for equal pay with the men's national team, which started with an EEOC complaint back in 2016. It was finally resolved last year, when both teams reached contracts with U.S. Soccer that paid them equally and split tournament prize money.
Among the first prominent athletes to publicly come out, Rapinoe has been outspoken about LGBTQ issues, including transgender rights. She has also advocated for racial equity and was among those who knelt in solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
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