This will likely be the last go-around together for a majority of the players who have ruled international soccer for nearly a decade.
As it looks to make the United States the first country ever to win three consecutive World Cups, the Women’s National Team will have more fresh faces than it had on either of the previous two winning rosters.
“I could have never imagined where this beautiful game would have taken me,” Rapinoe told reporters. “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.” She starred on the 2015 and 2019 World Cup winning teams, as well as the side that finished as runner-up in 2011.In 2015, Rapinoe scored two goals and provided two assists.
“She’s just a great player that’s done so much for this program, so much for soccer in general,” Alex Morgan, Rapinoe’s longtime teammate, told reporters recently. “I’m just really happy for her that she’s going to go out with a bang, hopefully …USWNT is in a better place thanks to its newfound diversityWhile Rapinoe, as usual, and her swan song are the headlines surrounding the USWNT, it’s a microcosm of the unit she’s for so long led.
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