Megan Rapinoe will play her final game for the U.S. women's national team in a Sept. 24 friendly against South Africa at Chicago's Soldier Field.
The 11-year league veteran and U.S. standout will play her final regular-season match at Seattle's Lumen Field on Oct. 6 against the"People may think that my career coming to an end would bring sadness, but when I think back on the past 30-plus years of playing this game, my overriding emotions are joy and gratitude," Rapinoe said in the"It's been an unbelievable ride.
Rapinoe will end her international career with 203 caps. During the recent World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, she became the 14th American toShe has 63 goals and 73 assists for the USWNT, ranking in the top 10 all time for the U.S. in both categories. An advocate for equal pay in women's soccer and supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, President Joe Biden last year awarded Rapinoe the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
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