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The soccer player Megan Rapinoe ha played this Sunday (in the early hours of Monday in Euskal Herria) her last game as an international player with the United States teambefore definitively retire from professional football this coming month of October. Rapinoe, 38 years old and who belongs to OL Reign, of the United States League (NWSL), has won two World Championships with his team, in 2015 and 2019, and a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 2012. ; In total, he has played 203 international matches, in which he has scored 63 goals.

Thus, Megan Rapinoe lined up for the last time with the United States in a friendly that was played in Chicago, with South Africa as a rival. The local team won 2-0, and the legendary soccer player played as a starter; She was substituted in the 54th minute, and she received a standing ovation from the 25,622 spectators who were in the stadium.

“It has been a great honor can wear this shirtplaying with all these incredible players and making my childhood dream come true, coincidentally, in front of the world,” Rapinoe declared after the match. The soccer player debuted with her national team in 2006.

In addition to the great titles she has achieved with the United States, Megan Rapinoe also won, in 2019, The Best FIFA award and the Ballon d’Or.

The American player He will definitively leave professional football on October 15, when the season ends for his team, OL Reign, which is currently fifth in the NWSL. Last July, before the World Championship in Australia and New Zealand, he announced that, at the end of this 2023 campaign, he was going to hang up his boots.

Source: Eitb

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