“Megan Rapinoe is one of the most important players in women’s soccer history and a personality like no other,” said U.S. Rapinoe played for five different USWNT head coaches, scoring multiple goals under all of them. She has started 142 of her 199 caps, coming off the bench 57 times, and has served as team captain for 15 matches – matching her longtime jersey number. She played in 14 Olympic matches and scored five goals.
She heads into the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, her last, having played in 17 World Cup matches while scoring nine goals. She is the only player in the 50 goal/50 assist club with more career assists than goals. Rapinoe is tied with Abby Wambach for third all-time in assists for the USWNT and is one of only seven players in USWNT history with 50+ career goals and 50+ career assists. She has appeared for the USA in three different decades and has scored 63 career goals with 73 assists. In her 199 caps to date, the USA has an overall record of 157-14-28, a winning percentage of 86%. She also played in the 2004 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Thailand as well as the Olympic Games in 2012 (when she won a gold medal), 20. Rapinoe is preparing to play in her fourth Women’s World Cup, having represented the USA in 2011 in Germany, 2015 in Canada and 2019 in France, famously helping win the last two World Cup titles. She currently has 199 caps over a span of 17 years playing for her country and will soon become the 14 th U.S. 1, 2006, tallying twice against Chinese Taipei at what is now the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. She scored her first two international goals on Oct. Rapinoe, 38, began her international career in July of 2006 (a few weeks after her 21 st birthday) when she debuted against the Republic of Ireland in San Diego. I will forever cherish the friendships and support over the years in this game, and I am beyond excited for one last ride with the National Team and the Reign.” Soccer, the Seattle Reign and especially Sue, for everything. Thanks to all my teammates and coaches all the way back to my first days in Redding, on to college at the University of Portland and of course thanks to U.S. “I want to thank my family for being by my side all these years. To be able to play one last World Cup and one last NWSL season and go out on my own terms is incredibly special. “I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it. “I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people,” said Rapinoe. She will play in her final World Cup this summer in Australia and New Zealand and then will finish the 2023 NWSL season with her long-time club OL Reign to complete her historic soccer career. She was also the first white athlete and first female to kneel during the national anthem in solidarity with football player Colin Kaepernick. Rapinoe publicly came out as gay in July of 2012 and has been an outspoken and visible advocate ever since. Known for her amazing talents on the field, her creative goal scoring, her clutch performances in some of the biggest matches of her career, as well as for her deep caring and support for a myriad of social issues including LGBTQ+ rights, racial inequality, voter rights, and gender and pay equity, she leaves the game as one of the most impactful figures in the history of soccer in the United States and in the global women’s game.
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CHICAGO (July 8, 2023) – Megan Rapinoe, one of the most iconic soccer players and personalities in the history of the game, has announced that she will retire from professional soccer following the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season.
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