With one gesture, Megan Rapinoe captured the confidence and joy of women's athletics.
And we did. As she had after her two goals against France 10 days before, she jogged to the sideline, put her feet together, raised arms wide, with a smile both solemn and mischievous.
USA's Brandi Chastain reacts to her winning penalty kick that won the 1999 World Cup for the U.S. National Team in their game against China in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., in this July 10, 1999, file photo. revealed in one instant the power, passion and controversy of women’s soccer; 20 years later the ecstatic grandeur of Rapinoe’s pose captured the thrill of its growing confidence and significance.
As the U.S. rolled through France, there was some sniping about the Americans’ exuberance, most pointedly over their unrelenting 13-0 win over Thailand in match play. But if women’s team sports are ever going to achieve parity on any level with their male counterparts, soccer is where it will happen, and images like this will be a very big reason.Hers was the signature silhouette of this year’s Women’s World Cup, and not just because it was topped by the hair or because we saw it so often.
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