Megan Rapinoe will play her remaining recreation for the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce in a Sept. 24 pleasant in opposition to South Africa at Chicago’s Soldier Area, the U.S. Soccer Federation introduced Tuesday.
Rapinoe can be honored earlier than the match, the second of a two-game collection in opposition to South Africa. Rapinoe is not going to play within the first recreation, in Cincinnati on Sept. 21.
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Rapinoe, 38, introduced final month forward of the 2023 World Cup that she would retire from soccer on the finish of the 2023 NWSL season.
The 11-year league veteran and U.S. standout will play her remaining regular-season match at Seattle’s Lumen Area on Oct. 6 in opposition to the Washington Spirit.
“Individuals might imagine that my profession coming to an finish would convey disappointment, however once I suppose again on the previous 30-plus years of enjoying this recreation, my overriding feelings are pleasure and gratitude,” Rapinoe stated within the U.S. Soccer launch.
“It has been an unbelievable experience. It will likely be particular to have this one final alternative to play for my nation in entrance of our unbelievable followers and get the prospect to thank my teammates and everybody who has had an impression on me as an individual and participant through the years.”
Rapinoe will finish her worldwide profession with 203 caps. Through the current World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, she grew to become the 14th American to achieve 200 video games performed for her nation.
She has 63 objectives and 73 assists for the USWNT, rating within the high 10 all time for the U.S. in each classes.
An advocate for equal pay in girls’s soccer and supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, President Joe Biden final yr awarded Rapinoe the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
