LOS ANGELES: The bitter memory of defeat is driving Megan Rapinoe and the United States women's football team as they chase an unprecedented ...
and the United States women's football team as they chase an unprecedented double at the Olympics.
"It was really sad. We had a lot of people in their first major championships, so that was tough to go out as early as we did. I wouldn't say it left a bad taste in our mouth - it left a fire under people to never let that happen again. It gave a lot of us motivation.Advertisement A key member of the US team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, Rapinoe was also a pillar of the squads that won back-to-back women's World Cups in 2015 and 2019.Since making her international debut in 2006, Rapinoe has accumulated 177 caps with 59 goals and 69 assists.
"This was a nice silver living of Covid and the pandemic - to have a year of rest," she said."Some players played overseas, some players took more time for themselves, time that we never really get, to get our bodies right. Rapinoe, who is openly gay, has forged a reputation as an unflinching advocate for social justice causes off the field, from demanding equal pay and conditions for her and team-mates to protesting against racial injustice.
Rapinoe is circumspect about her future playing career, stating repeatedly that she will reassess her options once the Olympics are done and dusted.
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