Megan Rapinoe

Nice article about Megan - www.yourtango.com/2019325314/who-megan-rapinoe-captain-forward-us-womens-soccer-team-world-cup

theScore wrote:Poll finds Rapinoe would beat Trump in 2020 election

Yeah, that seems about right...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fifa-womens-world-cup/poll-finds-rapinoe-would-beat-trump-in-2020-election/ar-AAE5GJH?ocid=spartandhp

Not sure when she'll find the time, but Megan is now set to write two books, one book about her life on and off the pitch, and another for middle-graders about “the power young people have within their own communities and the world at large.”

Megan writes, “I hope this book will inspire people to find what they can do, and in turn inspire other people around them to do the same.”

Penguin Books expects the first book to be released in the fall of 2020…

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2019/07/25/megan-rapinoe-uswnt-star-write-book-due-2020/1830608001/

Megan won the FIFA  World Player of the Year award, beating out Alex Morgan and England’s Lucy Bronze.

Kind of a no brainer.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-worldcup-rapinoe-idUSKBN1W82N8

Interesting outfit.

She’s still not going to the effing White House.

Some guy named Messi won the Men’s award.

And Megan adds Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the year.

https://www.si.com/sportsperson/2019/12/09/megan-rapinoe-2019-sportsperson-of-the-year

World Cup winning goal, Golden Ball, Golden boot, fifa World player of the year, Balón D’or, “the Pose” now this.

Not a bad year.

She’s not going to the effing White House for this award, either.

The article is a good read.

Geezaldinho wrote:And Megan adds Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the year.

https://www.si.com/sportsperson/2019/12/09/megan-rapinoe-2019-sportsperson-of-the-year

World Cup winning goal, Golden Ball, Golden boot, fifa World player of the year, Balón D’or, “the Pose” now this.

Not a bad year.

She’s not going to the effing White House for this award, either.

The article is a good read.

Statue?

And... Time magazine adds the USWNT as Athlete of the Year, collectively.

https://time.com/athlete-of-the-year-2019-us-womens-soccer-team/

Prominently featured is Megan’s role as a team leader, lightning rod for rights, confrontation with the Donald, and a leader in their suit for equal pay.

Megan was interviewed on Fresh Air yesterday, it was a very good interview.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/933084679/megan-rapinoe-remembering-alex-trebek

Alabama running back Najee Harris picked Megan Rapinoe as the person who inspires him, when asked at the pregame Press conference


https://twitter.com/aldotcomtide/status/1344009077039489026?s=10

Najee Harris scoreng and doing the Rapinoe pose

https://twitter.com/bycasagrande/status/1344021141200007169?s=21

Megan to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week...

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2022/7/1/womens-soccer-megan-rapinoe-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom.aspx

DoubleDipper wrote:Megan to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week...

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2022/7/1/womens-soccer-megan-rapinoe-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom.aspx

Nice article and a well deserved honor.

You’d think, though, that the writer of an article about a person in the forefront of womens rights would get the difference between alumnus and alumna.

It turns out she IS going to the effing White House

USWNT legend Megan Rapinoe to retire at end of 2023 season...

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37979433/uswnt-legend-megan-rapinoe-retire-end-2023-season

Seattle Reign will retire the #15 jersey of UP alumna Megan Rapinoe ’08 at its home match August 25.

https://archive.tveyes.com/8383/11214/fba04e8d-3622-4e81-8f76-874790e1ee63/KPTV_03-15-2024_09.17.25.mp4