American soccer star Megan Rapinoe, Olympic champion and two-time world champion, will play her last match in a friendly against South Africa in Chicago on September 24, the United States Federation announced on Tuesday. A tribute will be paid to the 38-year-old player, with 202 selections for 63 goals, said US Soccer. “People might think that ending my career is sad, but if I go back over 30 years of football, the emotions that override everything are joy and gratitude,” said the champion in a statement.
The iconic striker, world figurehead of women’s football, committed to LGBTQ rights, announced that she would be ending her career in November, at the end of the regular season of the United States championship, which she disputes with her club OL Reign.
Fifa player of the year 2019, Rapinoe was eliminated with the United States in the 1/8 finals of the last World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, by Sweden (0-0, 5 tab to 4). She had won with the United States the Olympic tournament at the London Games in 2012 then the World Cup in 2015 and 2019.
