Megan Rapinoe.Photo:Brad Smith/USSF/Getty
Brad Smith/USSF/Getty
Rapinoe’s shot, which would have sent the USWNT on to the quarterfinals, went wide right and the team eventually went on to lose. Afterwards,Rapinoe called the missin her final USWNT appearance a “sick joke.”
“This game is so beautiful, even in its cruelest moments,” she wrote Wednesday. “This group was so very special, and I am immensely proud of every single one of us."
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Rapinoe added: “This team is in special hands as I walk away, just like it always was, and always will be. Because that is what this team is all about. We lay it all out on the line every single time. Fighting with everything that we have, for everything we deserve, for every person we possibly can.”
Megan Rapinoe.Carmen Mandato/USSF/Getty
Carmen Mandato/USSF/Getty
Rapinoe will finish out her career later this year with the OL Reign, her NWSL club team. OL Reign’s final regular season game will take place Oct. 15 in Chicago, however the team is currently in fourth place in the league and poised to make a playoff run.
Megan Rapinoe.Quality Sport Images/Getty
Quality Sport Images/Getty
“I could have just never imagined where this beautiful game would’ve taken me,” Rapinoe said upon announcing her retirement last month. “I feel so honored to be able to have represented this country and this federation for so many years. It’s truly been the greatest thing that I’ve ever done.”
source: people.com
